Team Coach, Machining

Accelevation; Houston (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and performance bug

Job summary

Accelevation is seeking a Team Coach (Shift Supervisor) for 1st shift in Houston, MS, to lead a frontline team in powder coat and machining environments. You will own safety, quality, and standard work, coaching operators and solving problems on the floor using TPS principles.

The role requires hands-on leadership, a focus on takt time, and the ability to train and develop operators while maintaining a strong culture of safety and continuous improvement across shifts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in powder coating
• Experience in manufacturing, operations, or field execution environments
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through influence and coaching
• Strong understanding of safety, quality, and process discipline
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, problem-rich environments
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Toyota Production System concepts
• Prior frontline leadership or coaching experience
• Familiarity with standard work, visual management, and problem-solving tools
• Background in high-growth or operationally complex environments
• 1+ years of Accelevation experience

Responsibilities

• Own daily safety, quality, delivery, and standard work for assigned team/area
• Ensure work is executed to defined Standard Work and takt time
• Lead daily start-up, shift handoffs, and visual management reviews
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment (5S mindset)
• Respond immediately to safety, quality, or flow issues as they arise
• Treat problems as signals, not failures — stop and address abnormalities
• Contain issues quickly and restore standard work
• Escalate only those problems that cannot be solved at the team level
• Coach operators on SOPs, quality standards, and safe work practices
• Observe work regularly and provide in-the-moment feedback
• Reinforce expected behaviors and standards through presence on the floor
• Act as a teacher, not a firefighter or administrator
• Lead structured problem-solving using TPS principles
• Ensure countermeasures are practical, tested, and sustained
• Capture and share learning across shifts and teams
• Support continuous improvement while protecting daily execution
• Track team training status, skill coverage, and readiness
• Ensure operators are qualified before performing work independently
• Identify skill gaps and coordinate cross-training as needed
• Support onboarding and development of new team members

Skills

Powder coating

Lean Manufacturing

Toyota Production System

Leadership coaching

Safety culture

Team leadership

Problem solving

Quality focus

On-the-floor presence

5S

Job description

Team Coach (Shift Supervisor) - Machining / Powder Coat, 1st Shift

Location: Houston, MS

About Accelevation

We build what the future runs on. Accelevation designs, manufactures and installs the physical infrastructure that powers today’s most advanced technologies. We’ve grown over 440% in the last 18 months because we take ownership, solve hard problems, and build with purpose. Join us to build the future.

Your Impact

The Team Coach (Shift Supervisor) is a frontline operational leader responsible for running today safely, delivering quality at takt, and solving problems immediately. Rooted in Toyota Production System (TPS) principles, the Team Coach acts as a leader-as-teacher, owning daily safety, quality, and standard work while developing operators through hands‑on coaching.

This role exists to ensure problems are surfaced and addressed in real time, work is performed to standard, and teams are continuously improving. Team Coaches have real authority and accountability for their area and are expected to solve problems at the lowest possible level.

Your Day to Day Responsibilities

• Own daily safety, quality, delivery, and standard work for assigned team/area
• Ensure work is executed to defined Standard Work and takt time
• Lead daily start-up, shift handoffs, and visual management reviews
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment (5S mindset)
• Respond immediately to safety, quality, or flow issues as they arise
• Treat problems as signals, not failures — stop and address abnormalities
• Contain issues quickly and restore standard work
• Escalate only those problems that cannot be solved at the team level
• Coach operators on SOPs, quality standards, and safe work practices
• Observe work regularly and provide in-the-moment feedback
• Reinforce expected behaviors and standards through presence on the floor
• Act as a teacher, not a firefighter or administrator
• Lead structured problem-solving using TPS principles (e.g., root cause, countermeasures)
• Ensure countermeasures are practical, tested, and sustained
• Capture and share learning across shifts and teams
• Support continuous improvement while protecting daily execution
• Track team training status, skill coverage, and readiness
• Ensure operators are qualified before performing work independently
• Identify skill gaps and coordinate cross-training as needed
• Support onboarding and development of new team members

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in powder coating, Preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, operations, or field execution environments
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through influence and coaching
• Strong understanding of safety, quality, and process discipline
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, problem-rich environments
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Toyota Production System concepts, Preferred
• Prior frontline leadership or coaching experience, Preferred
• Familiarity with standard work, visual management, and problem-solving tools, Preferred
• Background in high-growth or operationally complex environments, Preferred
• 1+ years of Accelevation experience, Preferred

Our Core Values

• Safety: Proactively fosters a culture of safety in our work environment
• Inclusion: Appreciates and respects individuals from diverse backgrounds, identities, and values
• Speed: Operates with urgency, recognizing the advantage of being swift and responsive
• Innovation: Continuously seeks to simplify and improve processes and designs
• Judgment: Exercises discretion and autonomy in solving technical challenges
• Accountability: Holds self and others to high standards of performance and quality

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance bonus
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Collaborative, high-energy workplace

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Employees must be able to talk, hear, and frequently sit, with occasional standing, walking, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling. Regular lifting up to 25 lbs and occasional lifting up to 50 lbs is required. Vision requirements include close and color vision and focus adjustment. Work may involve exposure to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, chemicals, electrical hazards, and explosives. Noise levels can be very loud, requiring ear protection. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. Ability to pass a Respiratory Physical Screening and Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) for respirator use.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Accelevation LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our core values — we appreciate and respect individuals from diverse backgrounds, identities, values, and cultures. We enthusiastically build teams that celebrate and embrace the contributions of everyone, fostering an environment of welcome and respect for all. As part of our pre-hire process, we may conduct a background check. We use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.