Lean Team Leader

Precision Castparts; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts is seeking a manufacturing supervisor to lead a 6-12 member team, promoting teamwork and continuous improvement on the floor. Responsibilities include safety leadership, process control, and cross-training to meet daily throughput goals.

You will coach staff, document standardized work, and escalate issues as needed while maintaining a harassment-free environment and ensuring policy compliance.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) concepts and ability to facilitate the problem‑solving process.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.

Responsibilities

• Promote teamwork and continuous improvement on the shop floor.
• Coordinate safety training and ensure compliance with 5-S standards.
• Plan and prioritize daily throughput with team scheduling and staffing.
• Drive safety initiatives and participate in incident investigations.
• Interface with customers, engineering and other departments for process walks.
• Record attendance and ensure adherence to company policies and deviations.

Skills

PDCA knowledge

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Training staff

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Summary

To provide the leadership necessary to promote teamwork and continuous improvement. To assist with budget items, shipments, process control issues, and cross training. To drive safety and prevent incidents.

Summary

To provide the leadership necessary to promote teamwork and continuous improvement. To assist with budget items, shipments, process control issues, and cross training. To drive safety and prevent incidents.

Essential Functions

Safety

• Complete safety overview training and additional training as required.
• May be required to complete Hazardous Waste Management Training.
• Assure compliance with safe work practices and maintenance of 5-S standards.
• Promptly address and notify supervision of potential hazards and observed safety violations.
• Identify potential solutions for safety related problems and assist with problem resolution.
• Participate in incident investigations.
• May be required to handle hazardous waste.

Teamwork (Teams will consist of 6-12 employees)

• Prioritize work and shift setup in accordance with daily thru-put requirements.
• In performing leadership duties, avoid favoritism or the perception of favoritism.
• Coach and work with team members to identify and solve team problems.
• Facilitate process to drive problem solving to the lowest organizational level.
• Escalate problems that cannot be resolved at the team level to the appropriate organizational level.
• May be tasked to develop and document standardized work and subsequently train employees to the defined standardized work.
• Participate in staffing projections.
• Facilitate scheduling of team O.T. and vacation in accordance with policy.
• Handle front line performance issues. Communicate with employees in a respectful manner regarding time management and workmanship issues. Notify supervision when further action is required to improve performance.
• Give objective, fact-based input for performance management, performance reviews and measurements.
• Train employees on new skills and works with employees to improve performance to satisfactory levels or maintain satisfactory performance. When appropriate will assign a trainer to provide training.
• Coordinate resources to move from one team to help another when necessary to meet daily thru-put and support outside departments.
• Maintain materials, supplies, and product levels.
• Is sensitive to and proactively supports the maintenance of a harassment / discrimination free environment.

Process Control

• Participate in root cause analysis for process in/out of control conditions.
• Understand process control requirements and notify appropriate party/parties when a process is out of control.Facilitate technique card and router changes.

Measurements

• Set, display and communicate daily team production goals in accordance with TOC/Lean principles.
• Update Team Board.
• May participate in presentation of team production status in daily thru-put “line walks”.
• Update daily status on inventory position.
• Perform assessments.

Planning

• Coordinate long and short term capacity requirements and thru-put commitments with planning/supervisors.
• Assist with strategies to forecast and attain team measurements.

Other

• Interface with customers, engineering, and other departments to give process walks and presentations.
• Record daily attendance on the attendance log confirming with individuals/team that information is accurate and in accordance with policy.
• Contact appropriate resources if any employee may not be fit for duty and address issue promptly.
• Assure compliance with company policies and procedures and promptly notify supervision of deviations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

• Must have an understanding of Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) concepts and be able to facilitate the problem-solving process.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.

Required Skills & Abilities

• Maintain all required certifications for your assigned area or be able to certify within 90 days, or as described in the pertinent Step Progression Record.
• Must be willing, as required by team and production needs to:
• Adjust shift
• Perform various jobs required to ship castings (direct labor). Specifically, it may be required to be capable of performing the tasks of all team members.
• Interface with other teams and support areas.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. Instructions must be clear and unambiguous.
• Ability to make “shop floor” presentations to customers, engineering, and other departments as required or requested.
• Demonstrated computer competency, with at least a general understanding of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, preferred.