Team Lead, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Company Name:
Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.

Location:

Pooler, GA, US, 31322

The SMW team leader role is vital for the continued success of SMW. Each team leader is expected to be a working lead who also serves as the primary resource and contact for his/her area of expertise. The roles and responsibilities in this job description are intended to be guidelines and list essential skills required for team leader success.

• Serve as the first point of problem solving with confidence to know the appropriate level of involvement from others to reach successful resolution—solve at the appropriate level.
• Be a champion of creative solutions from all persons utilizing formal and informal problem solving strategies.
• Avoid the I can’t attitude and trap—be a champion and example for turning can’t into this is how we can overcome and succeed.
• Have the ability to look ahead and assess upcoming risks and gaps to safe and effective production.
• Understand, monitor, and participate in maintaining, gathering, and presenting productivity and utilization metrics.
• Understand, monitor, and maintain daily production schedules (DPS).
• Be able to communicate clear and consistent information to all levels of the organization—small group to large audience; shop floor to senior management including work assignments, productivity presentations, tier I, II, III meetings, Kaizen/Improvement reports, formal problem solving meetings.
• Possess skill and knowledge to provide meaningful technical guidance to operators.
• Perform/Lead risk assessments before a team performs any non-standard work or tasks using SMW's First Things First process.
• Actively promote and identify opportunities that improve departmental efficiency and cost.

Be a champion, participant, and daily observer in Behavior Based Safety and Behavior Based Quality programs.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Minimum one year of permanent employment with MPSA-SMW.
• Proven record of stable and sustainable performance.
• Familiar with product flow and able to review & interpret component and assembly blueprints/drawings as well as bill of material.
• Employees with open disciplinary actions are considered ineligible.
• Basic computer skills: SAP, Work orders, Router management, BOM/Inventory information, MS Office, Outlook, Power Point, Word, Excel, Area Specific Software, FANUC Controls, PLC Controls/Robot.
• Successful candidates will be required to participate in advanced training such as
  • 8 Step Problem Solving
  • BBS/BBQ
  • OSHA 10 hour
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Lean/6S
  • Leadership
  • Human Performance
  • Other courses as necessary