Team Lead

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Position Summary:

American Roller Bearing is currently seeking Team Lead (Grinding) for its facility located in Hiddenite, NC working day shift (630a-230p), plus overtime.  The Team Lead will oversee and coordinate daily operations within the Grind Department, ensuring efficiency, quality, and safety standards are met. This role requires strong leadership abilities, technical, expertise in manufacturing process, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Receives instructions and directions from the Manager.
• Lead a team of production employees, providing guidance, coaching, and training to ensure employees perform at their best.
• Plan and organize roller production schedule and resources to meet customer demand and production targets.
• Ensures daily production standards are met by interaction with operators and review of 2-hour performance.  Maintaining whiteboard. 
• To effectively perform the 5C process.  Escalates help chain to next level management for production, quality, and safety triggers through means of radio communication.
• Promotes a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement (learning).
• To effectively work with manufacturing vendors for grinding supplies, including obtaining quotes.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, safety guidelines, quality assurance standards and other regulatory requirements.
• In the absence of the department manager, team leader plays a crucial role in ensuring continuity, efficiency, and effective management within the department.     
• To effectively use SYSPRO for creating routes, making shop travelers, and assembling grinding job packets involves understanding the software’s functionalities and applying them effectively. 
• Monitor waste tank levels and maintaining hydraulic fluids are critical tasks in a manufacturing environment, especially in operations involving grinding. 
• Operating equipment when time permits is a proactive approach to enhance production flow. 
• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

Skills:

• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, delegate effectively, and manage time efficiently.
• Knowledge of safety protocols and quality assurance standards
• Well-rounded knowledge of Grind Department and the manufacturing processes.
• Good mechanical skills.
• Basic to good knowledge of computers and shop floor computer systems.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience:

• The minimum length of time required to attain quality and quantity standards of assigned work under normal supervision is three years.
• Prior experience in a Team Lead position is a plus.

Required Personal Protective Equipment:

All associates are required to wear protective eyewear, hearing protection, and slip resistant, steel-toed shoes at all times while on the plant floor.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.