Process Lead - Level 5 - Electrode Anode Slitting, Nights B-Shift

Process Lead - Level 5 - Electrode Anode Slitting, Nights B-Shift

Join Panasonic Energy's manufacturing team at De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium‑ion battery factory. This role focuses on leadership and operations in an electric vehicle battery production environment.

Do you want to join a team that’s changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Process Lead
? Then Panasonic Energy is looking for you! This opportunity allows you to contribute to battery technology and sustainable transportation.

Join us as a Process Lead - Level 5 and support production leadership across assembly, machinery, processing, and/or packaging operations. You will provide day‑to‑day direction, motivation, and mentorship to Skilled Machine Technicians (SMTs) while working under a supervisor. You will help drive operational efficiency, coordinate production schedules, and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, on‑time production.

• Coordinate an assigned team with professionalism, integrity, mindfulness, and composure.
• Lead by example and adhere to all company rules, policies, and safety rules.
• Encourage behaviors that embody a High‑Performance Culture and motivate team members to excel.
• Be flexible with work shifts and willing to cross‑train across processes.
• Have no authority to hire, transfer, or discipline other employees.

• Interact daily with team members to provide process‑driven guidance, make decisions, and escalate conflicts as necessary.
• Communicate product/project status consistently with co‑workers using verbal communication or two‑way radio transmission.
• Effectively collaborate with different departments, shifts, and leadership levels as needed.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams—production, engineering, and maintenance—to identify and resolve quality issues promptly.

• Generate and deliver comprehensive daily end‑of‑shift reports, operational feedback, and data to SMT team supervisors.
• Provide operational feedback and recommend improvement actions to supervisors to minimize deficiencies.
• Maintain detailed inspection, quality issue, and deviation records as required.
• Report quality issues, concerns, or deviations from standards to supervisors and engineers in a timely manner.

• Understand, interpret, uphold, and teach Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Standard Work Instructions (SWIs).
• Efficiently train SMTs at all levels in role duties, SOPs, processes, and other required material.
• Ability to train others at the same or lower level within the functional area.

• Perform duties of all SMT levels, including operating machinery to meet production schedules and departmental requirements.
• Support SMTs with equipment maintenance, repair, and replacement of equipment as needed.
• Perform advanced preventive and reactive maintenance as necessary.
• Manage and coordinate raw materials for use in production.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, general plant policies, and PECNA procedures.
• Ensure area cleanliness and compliance with 6S standards.

• Ability to work all scheduled shifts.
• Ability to meet the physical demands and personal protective equipment requirements.

• Wear PPE including, but not limited to, a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

• Required:
  
  High school diploma, GED, or ≥2 years of prior experience in the functional area.
• Preferred:
  Associate or Bachelor’s degree.

• ≥4 years of progressive prior experience in a fast‑paced, high‑volume manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and familiar with department‑specific system programs.
• Comprehensive understanding of the principles and methodologies associated with 6S and Lean processes.
• Working‑level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking.
• Alignment to Panasonic’s seven core principles (contribution to society,…