Team Lead

A. O. Smith Corporation; McBee (SC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits plans

Medical and dental insurance

Tuition assistance

Job summary

A. O. Smith Corporation in McBee, SC, is looking for a Team Lead – Manufacturing. This role focuses on coordinating operations, leading teams, and achieving plant metrics such as safety and quality.

The ideal candidate should have a minimum of three years of manufacturing experience, strong time-management skills, and an excellent safety record. We offer a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of manufacturing industry experience.
• Ability to multi-task and strong time-management skills.
• Demonstrated strong productivity and adherence to company policies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate operations in a manufacturing area and support supervisors.
• Instruct teams on safety and emergency procedures.
• Work closely with the supervisor to meet production goals.

Skills

Manufacturing industry experience

Time-management skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Collaboration

MS Office proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

Job description

Location: McBee, SC, US (Zip 29101)

Team Lead – Manufacturing

The primary function of the Team Lead is to coordinate operations in a manufacturing area, supporting supervisors, leading a group of employees, and ensuring efficient operations through achieving plant metrics (safety, quality, delivery, and cost). This role may cover any department in assembly and can be moved as business needs change.

Responsibilities

• Support company values & principles and promote them in everyday work activities.
• Instruct assigned teams on safety and emergency procedures and ensure daily accountability of those procedures.
• Work closely with the supervisor to manage and prioritize daily tasks of employees to ensure quality and production goals/schedules are met.
• Understand quality procedures and requirements and ensuring daily accountability by the operators within the manufacturing areas of responsibility.
• Coordinate, document, and execute employee training and cross‑training to ensure safety and work procedures are followed and meet quality requirements.
• Update and communicate plant functional manufacturing metrics using assigned Gemba board and facilitate daily team meetings.
• Work closely with cross‑functional areas, such as Quality Technicians, Engineers, Material Handlers, and Maintenance, to maximize efficiency.
• Determine root cause of problems and implement corrective actions to avoid repeat issues and mistake‑proof processes.
• Lead pre‑shift safety/training meetings.
• Maintain high standards of product quality complying with corporate quality management system guidelines and regulations.
• Establish plans to achieve or exceed production and quality goals using appropriate problem‑solving tools.
• Identify and support continuous improvement efforts in suggesting waste elimination, efficiency, and cost savings.
• Support new product launches.
• Sustain and drive lean manufacturing initiatives and 5S activities.
• Assign available manpower to workstations based on cross‑training matrix.
• Read and interpret part drawings and bills of materials to ensure manufacturing processes meet quality and engineering specifications.
• Escalate all quality, production, and maintenance issues to supervisor and area manager as per the company’s escalation policy.
• Ensure all scrap generated during the shift is properly documented and accounted for to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Coordinate all end‑of‑shift activities to ensure the next production shift is set up for success.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of manufacturing industry experience.
• In‑depth understanding of AOS values and metrics.
• Ability to multi‑task and strong time‑management skills.
• Excellent safety record.
• Demonstrated strong productivity, performance, attendance, and adherence to company policies.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills to ensure stable operations of the assigned functional areas.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Ability to motivate others to meet production demands/schedules.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office.
• Working knowledge of SAP (strong plus).
• Lean manufacturing and/or continuous improvement experience (strong plus).
• Strong problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage operators to maximize safety, quality, efficiency, and output.
• Willingness to report disciplinary issues to supervisor as required.
• Ability to interact with functional groups including Production, Quality, Engineering, Human Resources, etc.
• Willingness to learn new tasks, cross‑train, rotate, and work as part of a team.
• Ability to serve as a back‑up for other team members to cover absenteeism, vacations, and mandatory rotations.
• Ability to successfully complete the team‑lead training courses provided by AO Smith McBee.
• Willingness to work overtime as required depending on business need.
• Team leads often required to begin their shift at least one half‑hour before the rest of their team and may also need to stay over at the end of shift to complete work activities; successful candidates must accommodate this schedule.

Education

High School Diploma or GED.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plans, including medical and dental insurance, company‑sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short‑ and long‑term disability programs, and tuition assistance.

ADA Statement & EEO Statement

In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case‑by‑case basis. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.