Team Leader, High Purity presso Mott

Mott is a technology-driven, high-precision filtration company trusted by the world’s best technical and performance brands across four core markets: Medicine, Computing Power, Clean Energy, and Space Exploration. Our products can be found everywhere…including lifesaving medical devices, artificial intelligence, and missions to Mars! 

The company’s strategic vision is to deliver technological breakthroughs where none currently exist.  Established in 1959 and located in Farmington, Connecticut (90 miles from NYC and Boston), the company has doubled in size over the last 5 years.  Mott is poised for significant expansion over the next 5 years.

Is a Team Lead Role at Mott a GREAT fit for you? 

If get excited rolling up your sleeves, being hands on, solving problems, helping people, and coordinating multiple priorities this job is for you. A team leader is a role model in the group and is the person behind the scenes and often in the scene making the Mott magic happen. 

Mott leads the industries we serve in lead time, performance and quality.  The Manufacturing Team Leaders play a critical role by managing daily priorities of the team, coaching, and training employees, assisting in implementing new processes or equipment, and being an advocate for change and improvement. The team lead has a direct impact on the success of the business every day. 

Key Responsibilities:

1. Analyze manufacturing and sales order data daily to determine issues, set priorities, and personnel assignments in multiple manufacturing cells. 
2. Produce or inspect parts on the manufacturing floor, as required, to ensure production schedule is met while meeting quality expectations. 
3. Collect data and identify pain points in manufacturing, and provides feedback to quality, and engineering. Suggest and implement ideas to improve cost and quality. 
4. Manage the completion continuous improvement projects assigned by the Value Stream Manager to achieve the expected performance outcomes.  
5. Monitor and report on employee performance and potential disciplinary actions up to a memorandum for record. 
6. Drive actions to resolve customer complaints with Quality.
7. Creating a culture of responsibility and ownership.

Major Challenges:

1. Training of multiple job functions to maintain a high level of group competency.
2. Identifying issues with manufacturing documentation and working with engineering to make the required changes. 
3. Managing a high mix and high volume production environment.
4. Rapid fluctuations in demand with 12-14 week visibility.

Success in this role is measured by the following outcomes:

1. 100% of safety opportunities and safety projects completed on time.     
2. Completing 99% of work order on time to the manufacturing schedule. 
3. Group competency maintained at 100% to latest manufacturing standards. 
4. Reduce manufacturing non conformance by 50% in three years.

Technical Knowledge/Skills:

1. Lean Manufacturing
2. Manufacturing processes and inter-departmental relationships.
3. Problem Solving

Required Experience:

1. Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
2. A minimum of 5 years working in a manufacturing environment outside of Mott or a minimum of 3 years at Mott. 
3. Prior experience in a leadership role.
4. Knowledge of continuous improvement and lead methodologies. 
5. Familiarity with ERP systems and manufacturing documentation.

Personal Attributes:

1. Self-directed, results driven, detail oriented and analytical thinker.
2. Competitive winning attitude.
3. Ability to shift tasks without losing focus or momentum.
4. High energy and ability to motivate others.