Weld Cell Leader

New Flyer; Florida; On-site; USD 85,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits starting day 1

Continuous learning environment

Career advancement opportunities

Employee social events

Job summary

New Flyer, North America’s heavy‑duty transit bus leader, seeks an experienced supervisor to drive cell output using safety, lean, and continuous improvement principles. You will oversee daily cell activity, ensure quality, and coordinate with Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and Material to meet build-in-station goals.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, strong people skills, and excellent written and spoken communication.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Good people skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support all company safety initiatives; conduct weekly safety walks and enforce policies.
• Maintain the cell's quality output; lead self-inspection and MRB follow-up on rejected material.
• Lead the manufacturing cell; coordinate daily cell meetings and report results with corrective actions.
• Maintain production schedule; coordinate in-station and out-of-station requirements and overtime.
• Interface with Engineering, Material, and HR to resolve performance issues and support build-in-station requirements.
• Manage personnel matters; conduct toolbox talks, performance reviews, and attendance records; assist hiring as required.

Skills

Supervisory experience

People skills

Communication skills

Job description

New Flyer is North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader, providing sustainable mobility solutions through transit buses, technology, and infrastructure. New Flyer is a subsidiary of NFI Group, a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions. Building on its 90+ year legacy of innovation, New Flyer is the only manufacturer offering all three types of zero-emission transit buses, with over 1,900 zero-emission buses delivered to date. Proudly serving all 25 of the largest transit agencies in North America, New Flyer actively supports over 35,000 heavy-duty transit buses, currently operated by approximately 500 agencies.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Leads the manufacturing cell in reaching output requirements through the efficient use of provided resources by following documented processes. This position supports the key operating principles of Safety, OPEX, our lean journey, continuous improvement of our employee's, our process, and our product. a high standard of quality in meeting our customer expectations.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Support all company safety initiatives. Conduct weekly safety walks, enforce all safety policies, ensure all employees are trained in safe work procedures, submit hazard and spill reports as required.
• Maintain the quality output of the cell, facilitate, and lead the self-inspection process, support the management of material through the MRB review following up on al rejected material from the cell. Support all quality training to ensure all required material and tools are available to support first time quality.
• Lead the manufacturing cell by coordinating the daily cell meeting will a focus of achieving the goal of 100% build in station requirement. Present the result and corrective action based on the weekly review of the cell metric results. Ensure active participation from the supporting department of Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and the Material group.
• Maintain the production schedule through the coordination of both in station and out of station requirement, scheduling of overtime as required, cross training the employees to always ensure adequate levels of availability. Attend both SWAT and Pre-production meeting, coordinate ECO completion as required.
• Interface with other cells and departments ie - Engineering, the Material group and Human resources in order to resolve issues affecting the performance of the cell or the condition of the product, all in a effort to support of a build in station requirement.
• The management of personnel issues, conduct daily toolbox talks, respond quickly to all employees concerns, document and conduct employees' reviews on time, maintain employee time and attendance records, conduct discipline meeting as required, maintain a visual vacation schedule in the cell, support training needs and requirements. Interact with the HR dept as required to address employee's issues as required. Support the hiring process as required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• 3 to 5 years of Supervisory experience in a Manufacturing environment
• Good people skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Salary $85,000 to $97,000 annually.

• Comprehensive benefits package starting day one

• A continuous learning environment.

• Ability to advance your career with a growing company.

• Employee social committee organizes numerous events throughout the year, including summer barbecues, holiday festivities, sporting events and tournaments, and much more.

• Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.

OUR WHY:

We exist to move people. Our mission is to design and deliver exceptional transportation solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient and reliable.

NFI Group is a leading independent global bus manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation solutions. News and information are available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, www.arbocsv.com, www.alexander-dennis.com, www.carfaircomposites.com and www.nfi.parts.