Medium Mill Machining Team Lead

Major Tool & Machine; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Indianapolis seeks a Manufacturing Team Leader to oversee machining operations. The successful candidate will lead personnel to ensure the safe and timely production of quality parts. Responsibilities include job planning, team coordination, and performance evaluation. Candidates should have a minimum of five years of manufacturing experience, preferably with supervisory skills. This full-time role offers benefits including medical and vision insurance, along with a 401(k) plan. Attendance is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years relevant experience in machining or fabrication.
• Five years minimum manufacturing experience.
• Ability to lead and develop team members.
• Oversee training and development of team.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing personnel in machining quality parts safely.
• Conduct job planning and technical support for team members.
• Ensure team performance meets objectives.
• Coordinate programming preparation with the programmer (machining teams only)
• Review Priority Dispatch Lists and assign personnel to support the plan
• Determine if overtime is needed and obtain approval
• Advise and assist personnel with technical support; conduct regular team meetings
• Evaluate skill level and performance of personnel
• Investigate non-conformances and implement corrective actions
• Provide material, supplies, and instructions to team members

Skills

Supervisory skills

Machining knowledge

Lean Manufacturing

Planning and coordinating

Problem solving

Planning & scheduling

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Trade School or Vocational School education

Some college / related experience

Job description

Position Title

MANUFACTURING TEAM LEADER - MEDIUM MILL MACHINING

Position Summary

Responsible for leading manufacturing personnel to safely machine and fabricate quality parts on time within the estimated hours. Serves as a technical resource for the team. Ensures that the team objectives are met, including project, cost, quality and safety related factors.

Reports To

Manufacturing Manager - Machining

Personnel

Manufacturing personnel assigned to team

Accountabilities

To lead a team to produce quality parts, on time, at the processed hours. Performance will be judged by work center efficiencies, indirect of direct and non-conformances. To lead the team to maintain their area, according to 6S and Lean Manufacturing standards. Play an integral part in the hiring, training and development of team members. Must also ensure team members are held accountable to performance expectations, and initiate appropriate performance feedback and discipline according to company policy.

Authorities

Determine how jobs routed to work centers will be setup and processed. Assign personnel to appropriate tasks based on skill set. Arrange necessary overtime schedules.

Duties

• Conduct planning of jobs
• Attend Production Control meetings as scheduled
• Attend pre-release planning meetings
• Coordinate programming preparation with the programmer (machining teams only)
• Review Priority Dispatch Lists (PDLs) and assign personnel to support the plan. Attend job release meetings to advise engineer and gain advance information about upcoming jobs.
• Determine if overtime is needed to support the plan, get overtime approval from department manager
• Advise and assist personnel with technical support. Conduct regular team meetings.
• Evaluate skill level and performance of personnel.
• Investigate any anomalies– Non-Conformances (NC’s), job overruns, accidents, incidents, define and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Provide any support to team members to help them do their job – material, supplies, instructions, etc.

Job Qualification Requirements

Educational Experience

Minimum requirement of High School Diploma or GED; with additional Trade School / Vocational School education, some college education or relevant job experience not less than three years in either machining or fabrication.

Experience

Must be highly competent in the trade to be supervised. Five years minimum manufacturing experience. Previous supervisory experience is desired, but not required.

Physical Demands

• stand, walk, push, pull, reach overhead, and bend to floor
• exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
• exert 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or
• exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Certification Required

Not applicable

Visual Acuity

Near acuity and accommodation are required for reading machine dial gauges, blueprints, and precision measuring instruments used in the inspection of parts and machinery.

Hearing Ability

Ability to monitor machine sounds to identify and diagnose changes in order to take appropriate action.

Working Conditions

• High noise levels from machinery
• Physical hazards from moving equipment and production components
• Breathing fumes, dust and mist
• Skin exposure to oils and cutting fluids
• Welding flashes

The employee may be required to follow other job related instructions and to perform other job related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

Attendance is an essential job function.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Manufacturing and Management

Industries

Manufacturing

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)