Production Administration - Crew Leader

Job Role/Summary: Working Leader of a team in support of all manufacturing processes. Selects, supports and trains Team Members in all essential functions and skill sets, and assigns duties and tasks accordingly to ensure effective operation and continuous improvement of processes. Responsible for the work flow in their area of operation. Leads the team in safe and effective execution of production plans using a structured lean work and management system. This includes leading effective response to abnormal conditions; participate/lead in problem-solving activities to obtain sustainable standards, and supporting continuous improvement efforts in their area. Job Responsibilities: Essential Functions: Safety: Monitors work environment to ensure safe working conditions and safe conduct and behavior by staff and other company personnel. Take corrective action to include, but not limited to disciplinary steps, retraining, etc. as he/she deems necessary to maintain health and safety of others within the Crew Leader’s area of production. Quality: Responsible for subordinate production staff adherence to quality guidelines, procedures, and standards are consistently followed throughout the manufacturing operation including control plans, routings, prints, SPC data, standard work, etc. Supervise subordinate staff to ensure 1st piece / last piece inspection and sign-off is performed to meet company quality standards. Takes corrective action to include, but not limited to disciplinary steps, retraining, etc. as he/she deems necessary to maintain product quality and timely delivery. Conducts audits (safety checks, 5S, standardized work, and other standard GPS audits) and directly takes effective corrective action to remediate deficiencies and risks evident from these audits. Conducts layered process audits and develop task lists with action items to address non-conformances or improvements to product and processes. May have to track down missing parts or sort/ contain any Quality issues. Collaborate with Quality to obtain information needed. Helps ensure the control and storage of master sample parts including appearance and poke yoke / rabbit parts Works with all required support groups to ensure all required services are in place to produce quality product that meets or exceeds customer requirements Responsibility & Customer-Driven: Based upon production audits (see above) initiates requests for changes to standard work procedures, works with respective department (Engineering, Quality, HR, Maintenance, etc.) to update the standard work to include the training of subordinate operators as required. Prepares the floor, insures jobs are set up and participates in changeovers as qualified. Troubleshoots issues and works with the Manufacturing Engineers, Quality Engineer, Maintenance and Team members to ensure efficient production. Leads daily start-up meetings reviewing production information to include assigning duties and tasks to subordinate staff based upon staff member’s demonstrated productivity and quality performance as well as skill level. Monitors the production environment and identifies abnormal and out-of-standard conditions. Once identified, promptly implements appropriate countermeasures (both temporary and permanent) to include, but not limited to, retraining of staff, reassignment of staff, and initiation of work order changes. The top priority is to take preventative actions that maintain worker safety, product quality, overall equipment effectiveness, productivity, and cost targets. Leadership in front line operation of a lean Daily Management System (DMS). This includes responsibility for: Mechanics of the DMS process including gathering and communication of status information (observations, audits, operational report generation or transmittal), diligent and timely updating of management boards at the process and team levels, effective conduct of daily team meetings, and positive participation in meetings. Participate i…