2nd Shift Leader - Operations

PowerToFly; Bloomfield (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. is seeking a production team supervisor to coordinate a group of employees to meet production specifications, schedules, and quality targets. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and efficient material flow across shifts and departments.

You will support headcount planning, overtime needs, and on-the-job training while driving continuous improvement and reliable operations within a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent as stated.
• Significant relevant work experience or specialized skills.
• Export controls or sanctions licensing may be required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities of a group to meet production specs, schedules, volume, cost and quality.
• Ensure training, safety, and process documentation compliance.
• Communicate across shifts and with customer and supplier departments.
• Assist management with headcount, overtime planning and continuous improvement.
• First responder to equipment faults, shortages and safety issues.

Skills

Collaborates

Communicates effectively

Decision quality

Drives results

Ensures accountability

Instills trust

Manages complexity

Manages conflict

Health and Safety Fundamentals

Manufacturing Knowledge

Values differences

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

Coordinates the activities of a group of employees in order to meet established production specifications and schedules including volume, cost, wastage targets and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards. Immediately report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard. Comply with HSE standards, policies & procedures. Use personal protective equipment (PPE) for protection of themselves and others. Work to promote an interdependent culture by looking out for one another. Correct hazards and safety concerns within their control and capabilities. Engage in HSE training. Quality follows all applicable standard work, process documentation and quality procedures such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), poka-yoke and visual standards. Raises quality concerns to minimize cost and exposures. Performs quality inspections. Identifies and controls non-conforming material. Delivery monitors the performance and output of the team and assigns tasks and inputs to ensure that work specifications, schedules, volume, cost, waste targets and quality standards are met. Ensures team members are using and following process documentation where applicable as part of operator training and defect investigation. First responder to equipment faults, parts shortages, quality issues, and safety issues. Coordinates or communicates activities between shifts and team leaders, customer and supplier departments, and other support functions. Assists management in organizing and coordinating headcount and overtime needs to meet production and delivery schedules. Ensures on the job training and other training requirements are scheduled, completed and documented. Assists management in creating and keeping a team that is focused on continuous improvement. Coach and mentor less experienced team members. Teamwork communicates effectively with the assigned team and all support teams. Completes training and personal development in preparation for upcoming changes in the business and or technology. Participates actively in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.

Competencies

• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Instills trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.
• Manufacturing Knowledge - Demonstrates the knowledge of manufacturing by correctly implementing changes in current processes, equipment, and applications to meet the function's needs and contribute towards continuous improvement.
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.

Supports the off shift supervisor.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E‑Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. Visit http://EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.