Team Leader - Material Handling 2nd Shift

API Delevan, Inc.

Columbia City (IN)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with employer contributions

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Job summary

Regal Rexnord Warner Electric is seeking a Team Leader to guide our 2nd shift Material Handler group. You will drive safety, quality, and on-time delivery while developing associates and implementing Lean improvements.

The role requires operating industrial trucks and related equipment, coordinating activities, and maintaining an organized production floor. Strong leadership and teamwork are essential for success.

Qualifications

High school diploma or GED required.
Prior leadership and manufacturing experience preferred.
Knowledge of lean manufacturing, TPS, or 6 Sigma a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead production performance activities.
Coordinate material associates and develop staff.
Improve safety and housekeeping across areas.
Implement Lean initiatives and processes.
Lead communication across team and shifts.
Operate industrial trucks and material handling equipment.
Load/unload materials and maintain orderly production floor.

Skills

Sense of urgency

Results oriented

Technical excellence

Develop organizational leaders

Strong communication

Teamwork and collaboration

Industrial truck certification

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Leadership and manufacturing experience

Lean manufacturing/ TPS/ 6 Sigma knowledge

Job description

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

Summary

Warner Electric is looking for our next Team Leader to lead our Material Handler group for our 2nd shift (2:30pm-11pm) operations. Our Team Leaders have a direct impact on our safety, culture, workplace organization, internal and external quality, on-time delivery, productivity and inventory. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be team oriented; operate industrial trucks (sit and stand), hoists, tuggers and pallet jacks; develop, implement, and maintain improvement initiatives and must have the ability and willingness to train others.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Lead all activities relating to production performance.
Coordinate activities of material associates and guide our people in their development Continually improve safety record with a proactive approach to physical safety issues and employee safety behavior.
Maintain and improve housekeeping in all areas.
Collaborate, develop, implement, and maintain improvement initiatives and Lean manufacturing processes.
Lead communication between members of the team, shifts and production cells.
Operate industrial trucks (sit and stand), hoists, tuggers and pallet jacks to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
Lifts heavy objects by hand or using power hoist, cleans work area, prepares all skids for shipment, stocks production cells and keeps supplies on the production floor orderly.

Qualifications and Competencies

Sense of urgency: have a bias for action
Results Oriented: takes ownership and has a drive to achieve goals in the short and long term
Technical Excellence: have the job-related expertise and motivation to use and expand one’s technical knowledge
Develop Organizational Leaders: a genuine commitment to foster long-term growth and development of associates, with the particular attention to how their talent can best be utilized to meet current and future business needs
Strong Communication: Capable of transferring verbal, written, electronic and printed communications across various mediums to effectively deliver messages to appropriate recipient
Teamwork and collaboration: develop high-quality working relationships in order to influence, gain support, and achieve results
Will be required to obtain and maintain industrial truck (sit and stand), hoists, tuggers and pallet jack certification.

Education and Experience Credentials

High School Diploma or GED
Previous leadership and manufacturing experience
Working knowledge of lean manufacturing, TPS, 6 Sigma, or similar improvement methods
Post-secondary education preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, carry, grasp, bend, walk, sit, lift, and use hands. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Lifting requirements include but not limited to the following:

Carrying – Frequent up to 50# distance up to 10 feet
Lifting – 0” to 33” – Frequent up to 50#
Lifting – 34” – 54” – Frequent up to 40# placement of raw materials
Pushing/Pulling – Occasional up to 80# up to 250 feet

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
Paid Time Off and Holidays
401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
Paid Leaves
Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.

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