Team Lead Position

Torrey Holistics; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Torrey Holistics seeks a Team Lead for the 2nd shift (2:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Mon-Fri plus overtime) to drive safety, quality and lean initiatives in the production area.

The role requires coaching, scheduling adherence, and hands-on leadership to meet OEE and productivity targets while ensuring team training and documentation are up-to-date.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years hands on production/manufacturing experience.
• Spoken and written English is required.
• Basic math skills and ability to interpret work instructions.
• Able to manage time, meet deadlines and communicate blockers.
• Upholds company values and safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Meet safety, production, productivity, quality and Lean/5S goals for the area.
• Ensure team is trained in all aspects of their duties.
• Act as production expert and cover gaps to keep operation running.
• Lead, develop and hold team members accountable; set a good example.
• Update team board and production tracking tools; follow schedule daily.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Dependability

Organizational skills

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Description

Team Lead

2nd Shift

Schedule: 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Monday-Friday plus overtime)

List of Activities

• Responsible for meeting safety, production, productivity, quality and Lean/5s goals for assigned area.
• Ensure that your team(s) is comfortably and completely trained in all aspects of their job duties.
• Responsible to be the production expert in your area(s) of responsibility and to fill in where necessary to ensure a smooth running operation.
• Supports and promotes core values including employee handbook.
• Responsible for data drive ideas and implementation of ideas/initiatives to improve productivity and quality to achieve a consistent 85 % + OEE.
• Lead, develop, encourage and hold team members accountable. Be an example in your daily work.
• Training/Coaching employees within your team, (Safety, Equipment operation and troubleshooting, setup, standard work, lean/5s, productivity, quality and production tracking (paperwork).
• Update, as requested, Team board with appropriate information.
• Update and use production tracking tools on shop floor.
• Ensuring the schedule is followed in every work center to ensure daily/shift targets are met.
• Team meetings; sharing new information with your team, keeping the team members up to date with current status related to your area. (production/productivity goals and past due, OEE, opportunities for improvement, plant information and other as requested).
• Collecting all paperwork and verifying it’s accuracy before submitting it to your supervisor.
• Ensure all members in team and existing equipment is within compliance of all safety requirements.
• Auditing of the team and the area in which you are managing.
• Be proactive and advocate for Lean/5s initaitives; Ensure the housekeeping standards are met.
• Participation in product launches and other strategic tasks.
• Participation in meetings as required.
• Actively participate and manage High Performance Work Teams.
• Work closely with management, engineering, maintenance, quality, and logistics/scheduling.

Measurement of Job Performance

• Productivity of area vs standard and OEE
• Scrap rates / Quality Measure (customer complaints etc)
• Safety Incidents / Audits
• Adherence to Schedule
• Quality / Process improvement as measured by productivity, scrap and downtime
• Accuracy / Complete / Turned in paperwork and/or entered data
• 5s / Lean audits of Team
• Team member feedback
• Supervisor input
• Quality input

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

High school diploma or GED

Experience

Minimum 2 years hands on production/manufacturing experience.

Communication

• Ability to communicate well with others, including management.
• Spoken and written English is required.
• Ability to understand and interpret written English including work instructions.

Math Skills

Basic math skills.

Problem Solving

Ability to define problems, understands and can employ formal problem solving techniques to a problem.

Ethics

Upholds organizational values, including employee handbook.

Dependability

• Can be relied on to follow directions, meet deadlines and communicates road blocks.
• Realizes he "owns" the are and is willing to put in extra hours when required.

Organizational Skills

• Organizes work and administrative tasks for efficiency.
• Prioritizes.
• Finishes.
• Lives organization.

Attendance and Punctuality

Is consistently at work and on time.