Production Team Lead

Cascade Engineering; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Cascade Engineering is seeking a Production Team Lead to support the production team and ensure quality standards are met. This role involves coaching operators, managing production activities, and fostering a safe and efficient work environment. Candidates should have leadership experience and a passion for developing others in a manufacturing setting.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - Starting on Day 1

401K with match – Starting on Day 1

Quarterly Bonus Program

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years manufacturing/machine operator experience.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a leadership role.
• Ability to communicate effectively in front of small groups.

Responsibilities

• Support production team by ensuring completion of daily production schedule.
• Ensure high level of quality in products produced.
• Coach and mentor operators for a safe work environment.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Team Development

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Job description

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Cascade Engineering is a Family of Companies that invests in our triple bottom line philosophy - People, Planet and Profit. We have been in business for over 50 years in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We manufacture injection molding/plastic products for automotive, office furniture, polymer compounding, waste and recycling industries. We focus on driving organizational excellence through a people centered leadership culture based on the principles of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Are you looking for a positive and encouraging environment? Are you seeking a position where you are included, recognized and celebrated? You belong here! Are you excited for what is ahead? We are too!

Are you passionate about leading, developing, helping, and supporting others? Do you enjoy being the go to person while multi-tasking in your day to day? Are you motivated and strive to make positive impact with those you lead while being a Servant Leader?

Cascade Engineering has opening on our day shift as Production Team Leader; known internally as “C-Admins”. In this role, you would support/be the right hand to the Front Line Leader and the plant in meeting production requirements. You will focus on developing Operators, managing and facilitating daily operational activities to ensure a safe, and efficient and effective work environment. You would be responsible for ensuring quality standards are being met, ensuring the compliance of Flow Cell Certification, and for maintaining production flow.

Location: North Plant (5145 36th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512)

Shift: 2nd shift from 3pm - 11:10pm

Target Pay: $21.70 / hour (plus shift premium of $1.00 and quarterly bonus incentive)

What You'll Be Doing

Plant Focus: As a C-Admin you’ll be responsible for supporting your production team by ensuring completion of the daily production schedule as planned, verifying defects and properly reporting them into our operations system. You will routinely perform first piece approvals, ensure color checks are complete, perform poke-yoke checks, perform final inspections, change over work cells, and create a report at the end of your shift regarding production goals

Continuous Improvement: As a C-Admin you’ll work with our lean department in the support and establishment of flow cell certifications. You’ll utilize lean principles to improve effectiveness and efficiency in production, as well as updating and utilizing lean documents and information as required within the flow cell

Servant Leader: You'll have the opportunity to coach, mentor and support operators to ensure a safe, effective and efficient work environment

Quality, Quality, Quality: You will ensure a high level of quality in products being produced and sent out to customers, making sure specifications and requirements are met

Production Collaboration: You will be responsible for ensuring the production floor is running smoothly. This will include having to step in on a machine while an operator is on break, jump on a Hilo to move finished goods to the shipping and receiving areas and help Front Line Leaders manage production and staff

Safety Mindset: You'll ensure a safe working environment for all employees and visitors by safely utilize tools (knives, nippers, etc.) and secondary equipment. This ensures we produce high quality products, you’ll be responsible for knowing and communicating to others how to use Personal Protective Equipment, proper lifting techniques, safety around conveyors, how to safely use torches. Providing a clean and organized work environment is also essential for a safe work environment

Administrative Tasks: You will regularly use our operations systems to check inventory, support team in unplanned issues as they arise, transfer products or components, queue up the next job, enter downtime, read bill of materials, and scrap out components and parts

Culture Bearer

• Understands and supports the values of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
• Exhibits high moral and ethical standards and high integrity
• Values people regardless of their background
• Exhibits the traits of a servant leader
• Exhibit the principles of 7 Habits and Emotional Intelligence
• Encourages open dialogue and communication
• Develops high trust relationships within all levels of the organization

At Cascade Engineering, we welcome and celebrate diversity and inclusion. We are committed to fostering an authentic workplace where everyone belongs and thrives, and we look forward to welcoming candidates who are enthusiastic about contributing to our community. If you are passionate about this role, we encourage you to apply. We recognize that women and people of color are often underrepresented in manufacturing and want to see this change. When making hiring decisions, we believe in considering the whole person and the life experiences they bring to our teams. Our diversity drives our innovation and has been integral to our success.

Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years manufacturing/machine operator experience
• A minimum of one year experience in a leadership or related role, informal or formal team support
• The ability to hold others accountable to policies, procedures and performance expectations
• The ability to stand for 8-12 hours a day
• The ability to communicate effectively in front of small groups
• The ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize effectively
• The ability to use a computer including Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)
• The ability to read and follow written work instructions
• Some positions require lifting up to 50 pounds
• Critical competencies for this position include: integrity and trust
• leadership
• responsibility
• creative problem solving and reasoning
• effective communication, business knowledge
• “can do” mindset, teamwork and people development
• Valid Driver’s license or be able to use all 4 limbs such as arms, legs (upper and lower limbs), torso/trunk at the shoulder. Have coordination of eyes, hands and feet. Not have any known/documented convulsive disorders and corrected vision (obtain doctor’s note verifying proof of the corrected vision)
• Minimum of 1 year experience with sit-down Forklift / Hilo's
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - Starting on Day 1
• Life Insurance (Company Paid and Supplemental)
• 401K with match – Starting on Day 1
• Flex Spending
• Quarterly Bonus Program
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short and Long Term Disability (Company Paid)
• Onsite Medical Clinic
• Weekly Pay
• Childcare Assistance (Tri-Share)
• Attendance Recognition Program
• Voucher programs for Safety Shoes and Prescription Safety Glasses
• Employee Discount Programs
• Employee Referral & Retention Bonus Program
• Adoption Assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Uniforms / T-shirts
• Employee Resource Groups
• Smoking Cessation Products and Programs

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Manufacturing and Production

• Industries

  Manufacturing

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