Team Lead I

Mueller; Cleveland (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Mueller Water Products, Inc. in Cleveland, TN seeks a Team Lead I to ensure line teams are trained, follow SOPs, and support the Supervisor when needed. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and efficient production on the lines.

Responsibilities include reading orders, training staff, and guiding process improvements while maintaining a clean, organized work environment and collaborating with cross-functional teams daily.

Qualifications

• Advanced math skills and measurement concepts.
• Read and understand customer work orders and blueprints.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Follow detailed verbal / written assembly instructions, processes, and procedures.
• Read work orders and assembly instructions.
• Provide guidance, troubleshooting, and best practices to others.
• Perform quality control checks and verification of work order specifications.

Responsibilities

• Work Safely in the Manufacturing Production Environment
• Follow detailed verbal / written assembly instructions, processes, and procedures
• Read and understand customer work orders and assembly instructions - blueprints, technical drawings, etc.
• Ability to train others and multiple processes and procedures
• Dismantling, assembling, painting valves and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastening them using hand tools and power tools
• Operate hand power tools, presses, drills, saws, lifts, and control equipment efficiently and safely
• Perform quality control checks and verification of work order specifications
• Communicates and works effectively with others
• Provide hands on and verbal job function training to coworkers as needed
• Report problems with quality, processes, equipment and materials to the Production Supervisor, or appropriate party
• Assist in RCCM (Root Cause, Counter Measure) process to resolve issues
• Maintains a clean and organized work area to facilitate manufacturing functions
• Operate forklifts and overhead cranes with approved rigging methods as directed
• Perform other routine duties as directed
• Give guidance and direction as needed to meet production line goals

Skills

Math skills

Blueprint reading

Quality inspection

Team leadership

Communication

Training others

Education

Professional Welding Certification

Tools

Calipers

Micrometer

Job description

Who We Are:

Thank you for your interest in Mueller Water Products, Inc.

For more than 165 years, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has been building the future of water infrastructure. From lifesaving fire protection to data intelligence, we are committed to developing products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people across North America.

Our purpose is to connect communities to water, life's most essential resource, with exceptional, people solutions and products. Behind that purpose is a dedicated team, united by our shared values of respect, integrity, trust, inclusion and safety. With a vision to be the leader in water infrastructure solutions-solving challenges, enriching lives and safeguarding the future-we are making a positive impact that will last for generations.

By joining Mueller, you become part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and innovation, working collaboratively to achieve meaningful results. We champion our people because when they succeed, our communities thrive.

Team Lead I Mueller Company, a subsidiary of Mueller Water Products and publicly traded company (NYSE: MWA) is the nation's leading manufacturer of flow control devices for the water and gas distribution industries and North America's largest and only full-line supplier of potable water distribution products.

SUMMARY

The primary function of this position is to ensure that our team members on the lines in which the Team Lead supports are trained appropriately, are following the SOPs of their position, and assist the Supervisor where needed or in their absence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS DUTIES/RESPONSIBLITIES

• Work Safely in the Manufacturing Production Environment
• Follow detailed verbal / written assembly instructions, processes, and procedures
• Read and understand customer work orders and assembly instructions - blueprints, technical drawings, etc.
• Ability to train others and multiple processes and procedures
• Dismantling, assembling, painting valves and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastening them using hand tools and power tools
• Operate hand power tools, presses, drills, saws, lifts, and control equipment efficiently and safely
• Perform quality control checks and verification of work order specifications
• Communicates and works effectively with others
• Provide hands on and verbal job function training to coworkers as needed
• Report problems with quality, processes, equipment and materials to the Production Supervisor, or appropriate party
• Assist in RCCM (Rout Cause, Counter Measure) process to resolve issues
• Maintains a clean and organized work area to facilitate manufacturing functions
• Operate forklifts and overhead cranes with approved rigging methods as directed
• Perform other routine duties as directed
• Give guidance and direction as needed to meet production line goals

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced math skills with the ability to understand measuring/measurement concepts and their applications
• Familiarity with basic and advanced tools of measuring and when to use for inspection of parts
• Must be organized, detail oriented
• Follow detailed verbal / written assembly instructions, processes, and procedures
• Read and understand work orders and assembly instructions
• Prepare and assemble materials and parts in a manufacturing production environment
• Perform quality control checks and verification of work order specifications
• Properly fill out basic forms, reports, and label products correctly
• Communicates and works effectively with others
• Ability to provide guidance, troubleshooting, and best practices

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of welding principles.
• Experience in an industrial and/or manufacturing type environment.
• Professional Welding Certification is a plus.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move up to fifty (50) pounds occasionally.
• Must be able to sit and stand in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to walk around in an industrial plant safety sensitive environment on an ongoing daily basis
• Must have good manual dexterity (use of hands and fingers) to use a computer, copier, fax, phone, and multiple pieces of industrial equipment.
• Occasionally ascend or descend stairs.
• The person in this position must be able to manage a team, communicate with leadership, and other departments daily, so the ability to speak & communicate clearly and accurately is essential.
• Position requires the ability to hear and see as this person will be on the plant floor in safety sensitive areas daily.
• Must be able to work in both a plant (loud noises, cold/hot environment, machinery running) and office environment.
• Must be able to function in a high-pressure production type environment

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

No travel required.

Mueller is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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