Team Lead

Description

Why Aludyne?

Aludyne is recognized as the #1 aluminum knuckle manufacturer in the world. We have over 30 strategically located facilities across the globe, with leading market shares in several key regions. With this infrastructure, we are able to serve our global customers as well as meet the needs of local demands of speed, flexibility and efficiency.

At Aludyne, we aim to recruit and retain smart, inquisitive people fueled by the same entrepreneurial spirit that drives us. It’s how we deliver on the promises we make to customers, and to each other. We believe in continuous improvement for our workforce and providing them with the tools necessary to further their career while also giving them the autonomy to make a defined difference.

Benefits We Offer:

Comprehensive Benefits Package to include medical, dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement, Employer 401K Match, Employee Assistance Program, paid vacation and holidays

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The Team Leader works with key manufacturing employees to achieve and deliver safety, quality, delivery, and productivity goals for the cell assigned. The Team Leader takes pro-active ownership in product lines manufactured in the cell by encouraging teamwork, ensuring consistent training of employees, and maintaining open lines of communication with supervision and other department employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Develops standardized work, trains operators in cell, and audits standardized work and all other associated documents for use in the work cell.
• Manages and makes updates to the training matrix for the cell.
• Oversees the written internal communication for manufacturing processes of the customer product line in the machining cell ensuring completion of pace boards, passdown logs, problem solving forms, and quality information.
• Identifies, tracks, and monitors problems in the cell and works with operators and applicable support functions to implement effective corrective actions to resolve issues.
• Tracks daily output and drives continuous improvement in the production cell.
• Report to supervision employee absences, accidents, machine crashes or emergencies, operator inefficiencies, and any other problems or downtime.
• Responsible for communicating with operators on Quality Alerts ensuring operator awareness.
• Perform audits for shop cleanliness and organization and report to supervision inefficiencies in housekeeping standards within the cell.
• Performs designated quality checks in the cell and communicates between the quality department and the production cell to ensure quality product is produced.
• Work with technical staff to improve manufacturing and machining processes.
• Set up operators for successful production: verify cells are stocked with raw material, components, paperwork needed, dunnage for finished product, cardboard, etc. assist with material movement, ensure spare tooling racks are full and ready.
• Helps cover for operator breaks, lunches, call-ins, and vacations.
• Reports out in daily floor walks to cell performance.
• Conducts start of shift meeting for the cell.

Supervisory Responsibilities  

This position assists in providing direction and training to machine cell operators. This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Two to three years CNC machining experience.
• High School Diploma or equivalency

Aludyne is an equal employment opportunity employer such that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or other legally protected status.