Team Leader - Tool Service - 1st Shift

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG; Wooster (OH); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG in Wooster, OH, seeks a production supervisor to lead a department, drive performance, and ensure quality standards while coordinating daily and monthly maintenance and scheduling.

You will mentor operators, track records, and push continuous improvement through problem-solving tools, while upholding safety and housekeeping in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Must have an Associate degree or journeyman status and 10 years Tool and Die experience.
• Ability to read English instructions and blueprints; measure with gauges.
• Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead employees and optimize production performance within a department.
• Increase efficiency and productivity of operators and equipment while ensuring quality.
• Troubleshoot equipment and assist with changeover, set-ups, and maintenance scheduling.
• Set example for quality and housekeeping; provide training and feedback.
• Maintain records including maintenance reports, time/attendance, and scheduling.
• Encourage continuous improvement through SPS activities and problem-solving tools.
• Resolve conflicts, communicate openly, and drive production to objectives.
• Enforce company policies and safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Problem solving

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Associates Degree in Machine Tool Technology

Associates Degree in Engineering Technology

Certified Journeyman Card

Tools

Precision gaging

ID/OD micrometers

Conventional micrometers

Blueprints reading

Power tools

Job description

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading employees and working as a team to optimize production performance within a department
• Responsible for using expertise to increase efficiency and productivity of operators and equipment within a department and to ensure consistent quality standards are met
• Will help troubleshoot equipment and assist with changeover, set‑ups, and will coordinate daily and monthly preventative maintenance and work schedules
• Sets an example for quality and good housekeeping practices in the department and will always be available to provide assistance to operators
• Will maintain accurate records including maintenance reports, incentive, scrap, SPC charts, as well as time and attendance / vacation scheduling
• Encourages employee continuous improvement through SPS activities and using general problem‑solving tools
• Must have an assertive disposition, be able to resolve conflict, communicate with others openly, drive production to meet organizational objectives
• Will adhere to and enforce to company policies, safety standards and good housekeeping practices
• Must lead employees by training and coaching employees, as well as providing feedback in regard to employee performance, quality, and safety

Your Qualifications

Required

• Associates Degree in Machine Tool Technology, Associates Degree in Engineering Technology or a Certified Journeyman Card.
• 10 years of Tool and Die experience
• Ability to use instruments for measuring and to identify defects
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions in English
• Experience in the use of precision gaging and measuring equipment including ID, OD Depth and conventional micrometers
• Ability to lift medium-heavy objects if required
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment visa or other sponsorship

Preferred

• Experience with a wide variety of manually operated machine tools including lathes, mills and grinders(OD/ID and Surface).
• Skilled in the use of reading blueprints and interpreting dimensions and geometric tolerancing.
• Understand and able to work with the Metric measurement system.
• Experience working with power tools
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance and 401k eligible with up to 6% company match

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

Schaeffler is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive equal employment opportunities and consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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