Tool Room Team Leader

Broan-NuTone•Hartford, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Broan-NuTone leads the residential ventilation industry in North America, focusing on improving lives through better air with innovative products. They are present in over 110 million homes and move almost 13 trillion cubic feet of fresh air annually. With over 2,000 entrepreneurs in four countries, their quality products are made in five owned manufacturing facilities and by trusted supply partners, under brands like Broan, NuTone, Zephyr, Best, Venmar, and vanEE. Broan-NuTone emphasizes growth, guided by a one-page Growth Agenda. Founded in 1932, it is the largest company in Madison Air, a privately held company with 8,000 entrepreneurs, $10 billion in enterprise value, and 42 manufacturing facilities in 11 countries, dedicated to making the world safer, healthier, and more productive through air. The company fosters a culture of safety, innovation, growth, bias for action, and trust. This role involves leading a team in the tool room, ensuring safety, quality, and efficient operations, and supporting production needs.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (completed).
Minimum of 5 years of tooling experience in a high-volume production environment.
Basic knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S and Continuous Improvement practices.
Demonstrated structured problem-solving and analytical skills.
Demonstrated leadership qualities, professionalism, accountability, communication, and positive attitude.
Demonstrated proficiency in all tooling skills associated with progressive and single stroke punch press operation as well as fixture and gage making.
Willingness to learn and apply new technology and new processes to improve the effectiveness of the maintenance department.
Able to communicate effectively and direct the work of toolmakers on all shifts.
Understands Broan safety requirements and ensures other shift members understand and comply with those requirements.
Able to understand unplanned events in the plant and can react to contain, determine root cause and correct those events quickly and properly.
Basic skills with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

Uphold and model safe work practices.
Proactively seek opportunities to improve safety.
Work proactively to address issues and engage the workforce to achieve work area MDI goals.
Lead safety investigations and complete necessary reports.
Communicate incidents to appropriate level as needed.
Perform preventative and corrective maintenance assignments in response to immediate production needs and verify work is completed correctly.
Prioritize repair work to support the plant and ensure downtime is minimized.
Assist Supervisor with onboarding new associates.
Train associates and maintain training records as necessary.
Participate in selection of new associates and assist Supervisor during interview process.
Provide input to supervisor for employee performance reviews.
Provide leadership and direction with emphasis on team building through daily MDI meetings, effective communications, and develop an efficient team that is responsive to production requirements and changes.
Partner with supervisor and employees on employee related policies and practices.
Respond to employee questions and provide assistance when needed.
Demonstrate 100% commitment to safety, quality, and MDI process.
Ensure highest process standards are being achieved.
Display managerial courage to uphold policies, processes, and appropriate behavior.
Ensure employees maintain accurate WO records and updates for priority work assignments.
Work with vendors when needed for outsourcing work.