Team Lead - Red Valve

DeZURIK; Gastonia (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign On Bonus

Health and Wellness Incentives

Employee Engagement Activities

Job summary

Red Valve is seeking a Team Leader in the finishing department to assist the Supervisor and Quality Manager in meeting daily goals with emphasis on safety and quality. The role follows defined methods and safety practices while supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate will train new employees, manage workload, analyze failures, and ensure audits and quality checks are completed accurately.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, or at least two years of related manufacturing experience.
• Basic mathematical abilities and computer skills.
• Ability to train new employees within the finishing department.
• Provide direction and leadership to team members through coaching and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all safety regulations and maintain a clean work cell through 5S and housekeeping.
• Manage daily workload and set priorities for finishing team.
• Develop understanding of the finishing department and provide support as needed.
• Train new employees within the finishing department.
• Analyze failure modes and develop corrective actions.
• Assist with quality checks; perform audits to ensure processes are followed.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities; report issues to supervisor.
• Support other areas as business demands require; area of responsibility may change.

Job description

Company Summary

Since 1953, Red Valve has set the standard for solving the world’s toughest flow control challenges through unmatched elastomer design and manufacturing experience. Red Valve is dedicated to exceeding customer expectations with proven, creative, high-value solutions. Red Valve has a passion for innovation and creativity, with patents and best approaches developed for customers’ needs. The people of Red Valve embrace this passion every day, providing reliable solutions to customers’ most demanding challenges, wherever and whenever they are needed most.

Core Values

Driven to Win Right - Can Do! - High Power - Low Ego & Thrive Together

Benefits

• Sign On Bonus
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Employee Engagement Activities

A Red Valve Team Leader will assist the Supervisor and Quality Manager by leading the finishing team to ensure that daily goals are met with the highest regard for safety and quality. This role works with clearly defined methods and tasks, follows established safety/environmental practices and regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Comply with all safety regulations and maintain clean work cell through 5S and housekeeping
• Manage daily workload and set priorities for finishing team
• Develop thorough understanding of the finishing department and provide support to the team as needed
• Train new employees within the finishing department
• Analyze failure modes and develop corrective actions
• Assist with quality checks
• Perform audits to ensure processes are being followed
• Actively participate in continuous improvement activities
• Report issues or problems to immediate supervisor or manager
• Support areas as dictated by business needs; assigned area of responsibility may change based on business demands.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Skills and Experience

• High level of energy, drive, enthusiasm, and professionalism
• Basic mathematical abilities and computer skills
• Accuracy and thoroughness
• Provide direction and leadership to team members through coaching and direct feedback
• Ability to take direction and work as a team

Education and Experience

High school diploma or GED; or at least two years of related manufacturing experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience with an emphasis in manufacturing.

Travel

No travel required.

Physical Demands

Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. May occasionally need to crouch. May occasionally lift items as heavy as 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.