Body Shop Team Leader - Door Adjuster
Listed on 2026-01-31
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Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineering, Operations Manager, Production Manager
Overview
Job Description - Body Shop Team Leader - Door Adjuster (MER
0003W9J)
Description
Shape the future today. The world is changing. At Mercedes-Benz Vans, interdisciplinary teams are developing the mobility of tomorrow. Our goal is to make mobility safer, simpler, and more sustainable. This is your opportunity to contribute beyond your job title.
At Mercedes-Benz Vans, we offer opportunities for professional and personal growth, with cutting-edge training and career development in collaborative environments that foster game-changing concepts.
Job Overview:
Coordinate the day-to-day activities of a team of production workers to ensure manufacturing operations run according to established production specifications and schedules; support team members in building state-of-the-art vans for the American automotive market.
- Mastery of the work contents of the team
- Regular co-working in the working stations
- Reliever/supporter in case of minimal qualifications
- Short-term replacement for (un) scheduled temporary absence according to regulation
- Eradication of components that are not the defined standard
- Support in the case of vans with special equipment
- Function as utility person and replacement
- Support the team to ensure a frictionless workflow
- Control availability of material and check installation if necessary
- Support process of solving team internal cooperation problems
- Report disruptions and organize disruption management
- Ensure cyclic check of instruments
- Control rework in a close environment and execute as needed
- Act as first contact person for other teams
- Support with / elimination of Q-Alarm
- Support and foster integration of employees
- Claim GAB-Plans, execute/control GAB (man. System)
- Execute Q-Check (at Product)
- Accomplish the CIP process and initiate continuous improvement of the work environment, ergonomics, production process, and product quality
- Control/steer and accomplish CIP, succession control
- Communicate, improve, and monitor standards
- Test and adapt timelines of SABs/ASBs
- Coordinate absence planning (vacation, free shifts, …)
- Execute one-point lessons (in coordination with E5)
- Organize and execute shift organization (according to local regulations)
- Supervise and adapt SOS and marking/inscription
- Establish rotation plan (in coordination with the team) and ensure adherence
- Guarantee and execute Q-Check (at product)
- Maintain board with indicators and process folder
- Follow measurements; escalate via E5 if necessary
- Monitor team targets and performance
- Initiate and regulate problem solving, and provide error response
- Develop and update qualification matrix (in coordination with the team)
- Rework in the close environment
- Accomplish corrective action process (analysis, remedial action, testing efficacy)
- Support during Q-Stop
- Check employees against standards
- Provide material and equipment
- High School Diploma required
- 1 year of relevant experience or Lean Manufacturing certification
- Completed MBV Team Leader Training Program
- Knowledge of Paint Shop operations
- Knowledge of Door Adjustments preferred (Front, Rear, Side & Hood)
- Knowledge of scope of work and processes
- Communication competence
- Lean / MPS - basic knowledge and experience
- Basic computer skills
- Organizational and coordination competence
- Problem solving ability
- Decision-making ability
We are all in for change. Are you too? Apply now.
If you have experience in the above and are interested in joining an outstanding company, we welcome you to apply. The division Mercedes-Benz Vans is world-renowned for quality and innovative products.
Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC is a plant in Ladson, South Carolina that assembles Sprinter vans for the U.S. and Canadian market under the brands Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner. The midsize Mercedes-Benz Metris vans are also reassembled at this location.
Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC has invested more than $500 million in the new Sprinter plant. Today the MBV facility provides more than 1,600 jobs and supports at least 600 additional jobs in the region through its suppliers. More than 200,000 Sprinter and Metris vans have been assembled in North Charleston and delivered to destinations across…
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