Team Leader

• Provide work direction and ensure policy, procedure and safety compliance
• Train employees and move employees as needed to support the plant
• Assist with team board meetings and communicate policies, procedures and safety information
• Complete first-level safety investigations and safety audits with the supervisor
• Maintain production-floor project status reports
• Monitor work in progress and quality standards
• Investigate and resolve inventory issues, including kickbacks and scrap
• Participate in production, overtime, quality, safety and inventory meetings
• Collaborate with supervisors, quality, engineering, programming and other teams to obtain specifications and clarify print questions
• Manage product quality using specifications and standard work processes
• Verify process-control parameters are followed and documented
• Monitor and improve departmental and customer defect rates
• Review production requirements and allocate resources under supervisor direction to ensure on-time delivery
• Lead 6S activities on the production floor
• Support production schedules, quality procedures, run sheets, packaging signoffs and MRB processes
• Support or facilitate departmental training and cross-training
• Use fixtures, equipment, precision measuring devices and hand/power tools
• Explain and follow written work instructions; assist employees with prints and work instructions
• Complete routers, inspection sheets, scrap reports and non-conformances
• Use Oracle to apply labor, close work orders, investigate kickbacks, monitor material issuance and release pick tickets
• Assist in production and equipment setup
• Identify and communicate tooling, packaging, equipment and safety issues
• Provide regular employee-performance feedback to the supervisor
• Rotate between different plant areas as needed

Team Leader jobs in Tennessee

Team Leader – Assembly