Operations Lead III - PN Setup Team Lead 1st shift $26.00 presso Titan Specialty - Formerly The Carlstar Group

Description

SUMMARY

The Carlstar Group Operations Lead is an hourly position with cross-functional responsibility to lead and support hourly crew members in safely and efficiently meeting department, plant, and organizational goals relating to production, quality, plant cost, and personnel. The Operations Lead facilitates area concerns relating to waste, downtime, personnel, and incentive not being met, and reports it back to area supervision and/or the area value stream manager. The Operations Lead position is a tiered position based on the advancement of skill, knowledge, and ability to successfully lead the team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Successfully and safely leads team in meeting area, plant, and organizational goals metrics
• Partner with quality to address quality concerns immediately, identify the root cause, and support the retraining of employees
• Build work strong relationships and serve as an open communication channel between salaried and hourly employees
• Serve as a mentor to hourly employees
• Schedule employees for assigned shift, appropriately placing people in roles to meet business need and demand
• Partner with Maintenance to reduce machine downtime
• Schedule employees to other jobs, as needed, during downtime events and to best meet order and machine capacity
• Partner with Quality to reduce scrap and improve first time yield (FTY)
• Educate team on incentive metrics, productivity, quality, safety, attendance, and other performance areas to ensure the most optimal plant operation
• Serve as the Continuous Improvement Leader for the area
• Manage the Training Plan for the team, assigning training or additional knowledge checks, as deemed necessary to meet targeted goals
• Ensure employees are following the Standard Work Procedures when completing tasks
• Monitors productivity, machinery and the employees' work to suggest improvements in the production process.
• Update and maintains production reports for tracking, and keeps production and operations manager aware of the production area's performance, as needed/or required
• Assist the Supervisor/Manager with employee adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Understands support, and communicate to the team the foundational operations disciplines of safety, 5S, lean manufacturing and standard work

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: All Support Tech I Employees

The employee should have the following:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Applicants seeking GED: Enroll in our GED Ready program to help you get a GED while working
• Manufacturing experience preferred but not required, candidate will be trained for this position in-house
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while meeting production and quality goals
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid forklift or equipment license as needed or required

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: All Support Tech I Employees

To perform the essential functions of this job, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions

The employee should possess the ability to:

• Work safely around continuous moving mechanical parts
• Work in a hot environment while meeting production rates
• Be exposed to a noisy environment and comfortable with PPE requirements
• Maintain regular attendance and punctuality for 8-12 hour shifts
• Be comfortable standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, walking, leaning, and working around rotating equipment
• Be comfortable lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to push/pull 50-150 lbs. on a wheeled cart; static push/pull: 20 lbs.
• Ability to stoop, stand, squat, and move at a continuous pace for 8+ hours/day
• Pinch minimum 6 lbs.
• Grasp minimum 35 lbs.
• Full range of motion required:  cervical, shoulders, elbow, wrist, fingers, hands, truck twist, and feet
• Working Conditions:  moderate noise, moving mechanical parts, static shock, burns, go up heights, odors, dust, protrusions, narrow access, good vision and hearing
• Any lifting over 70 lbs. must be completed with assistance through mechanical or individual associate
• Certain positions required a Fork Lift Certification

_{Other job duties will be required, as needed, to be performed by the employees in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Employees often cover other jobs, and may be assigned other functions outside the job role to associate the continuation of operation of the Jackson Plant facility. This job description is not all-encompassing, and duties may change and be adjusted as needed.}

_{This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.}