1st Shift Fabrication Team Lead - Lean & Flow

Ariens Company; Town of Brillion (WI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

AriensCo is seeking a self-starting Team Leader for our 1st shift Fabrication Department, located in Fayetteville, TN. You will ensure proper material flow from break presses, lead the area, and enforce standard work while supporting daily production goals.

The role requires lean training, strong training/communication skills, and leadership experience. This is a hands-on position with opportunities for growth within a long-standing outdoor equipment manufacturer.

Qualifications

• Minimum High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required
• Clear understanding of Standard work, time observations, takt time, takt vs. actual, bar charts, standard work combination sheets, spaghetti diagrams
• Proven understanding of 5 Key measures (policy deployment measures)
• Training and communication skills
• Understanding of Lean and 6S
• Basic computer skills
• Trained in TWI
• Become torque certified (training will be provided)
• Understands and has the ability to utilize the Ariens Company Standardized Problem Solving Process
• Past leadership experience preferred
• Additional education in lean, leadership, or manufacturing preferred
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Lead area team members
• Adherence to standard work
• Create, maintain, audit, and improve standard work
• Ensuring team members cycle time is at or below takt time, includes helping on the line if needed to meet daily production goals
• Training new employees, transfers, and cross training
• Filling in for team members on vacation or absent
• Root cause problem solving issues that prevent the cell from meeting daily production goals
• Good understanding of waste elimination, continuous improvement, safety, quality, productivity, and delivery.
• Ability to identify waste and eliminate it
• Properly filling out production control charts and good understanding of the production control board and its function
• Ability to effectively communicate to team members, supervisors and other Ariens Company personnel

Skills

Team leadership

Lean

6S

TWI

Training

Education

High school diploma / GED

Lean training

Job description

AriensCo is seeking a self-starting Team Leader for our 1st shift Fabrication Department, located in Fayetteville, TN. You will ensure proper material flow from break presses, lead the area, and enforce standard work while supporting daily production goals.

The role requires lean training, strong training/communication skills, and leadership experience. This is a hands-on position with opportunities for growth within a long-standing outdoor equipment manufacturer.