Team Lead (Material Handling) - 1st Shift

Eaton; Waukesha (WI); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Team Lead (Material Handling) for the 1st Shift in Waukesha, WI. This role involves leading a team to ensure production goals are met, coordinating training, and participating in continuous improvement initiatives. The position offers competitive pay, excellent benefits from day one, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Health benefits

Paid holidays

Weekly pay

Shift premiums

Career progression opportunities

Retirement benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Educational Assistance Program

Wellness Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years manufacturing experience.
• Must be able to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Experience in a lean manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to meet customer requirements and production goals.
• Coordinate training for new employees.
• Participate in lean production projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Manufacturing

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

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Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Team Lead (Material Handling) - 1st Shift to join our team on Lincoln Ave. in Waukesha, WI!

The hourly rate for this position is $26.25 per hour.

The core hours are 5 am - 1 pm. Overtime may exceed these hours and be mandatory at times.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Why work at Eaton? Below are a few of the outstanding benefits we offer:

• Health benefits and vacation time - available to use on day one of your employment!
• Paid holidays - up to 12!
• Weekly pay
• Shift premiums - $2.50/hr for off shifts & Opportunities for overtime.
• Career progression opportunities to cross-train in different departments and increase compensation.
• Retirement benefits, Paid Parental Leave, Educational Assistance Program, Wellness Reimbursement, and more!
  
  
  

What You’ll Do

The Team Leader in Material Handling performs duties in the areas of planning, controlling, and motivating the efforts of team members to meet customer requirements/order rates, ensuring that the lean production process is running as designed, and applying continuous improvement of the process to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals. They use a process to track and follow-up on actual accomplishments of assigned tasks, exhibits intense commitment to focus on explicitly defining processes and disciplined adherence to the Standard Work for Team Leaders. They work under the guidance of the Team Supervisor exercising initiative and independent judgement as needed.

In This Function, You Will

• Lead a team of hourly personnel in a specific work cell/area to fulfill customer requirements/order rates to produce quality products in a safe and timely manner following standard work designed for the value stream.
• Ensure timely and accurate Control board updates
• Coordinate/ provide training to new employees.
• Complete daily for aligning resources, people and work; lead the team start up meetings, and conduct floor check production start up
• Ensure shift change coordination including: leading a tier-one meeting with team members, conducting standard walks with supervisor/ manager ensuring standardized work in Team Members area. Ensures smooth transition of workflow and assignments between shifts, which includes coordination and effective communication w/team lead relieving or being relieved.
• Keep the supervisor/manager informed of issues affecting production; review prior shift’s/day’s production-tracking documents to understand and take required actions on misses and other issues, complete daily assignments, and verify execution of the Team Members work assignment
• Create preventative actions to meet specific safety and environmental goals and ensures that 6S events are being conducted on a regular basis
• Take ownership to lead, set direction for change and improvements and inform management of any continuous improvement ideas and suggestions
• Assist in production when necessary and is responsible for ensuring operators are trained in powered industrial vehicle and/or Crane/Hoist training along with all areas of the value stream they work in
• Participate in lean production projects to support the continuous improvement processes.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or GED (General Education Degree) from an accredited institution is required.
• Minimum of two (2) years manufacturing experience
• Minimum of one (1) year of assembly experience
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate Degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of one (1) year of leadership experience in a lean manufacturing environment
  
  
  

Additional Information

• Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); preferred knowledge of SAP
• Ability to adapt to a flexible work schedule.
• Ability to work overtime when required.
• Effective written and oral communication skills required, and a demonstrated ability to influence others to achieve specific goals.
  
  
  

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Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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