Team Leader Die Cast at Linacast, Inc. – Pierceton, Indiana

A Team Lead would work with key manufacturing employees to help meet production needs based on the quality and delivery requirements of our customers. Team Leads take pro-active ownership by encouraging teamwork, ensuring consistent training of employees, and maintaining open lines of communication with supervision and other department employees.

• Train all employees in die cast/machining machines for gauge training, safety training, statistical process control (SPC), work instruction manual, production process, attendance, defect identification.
• Train personnel on equipment, process flow, gauging, labeling, secondary equipment, etc.
• Oversees written internal communication for manufacturing processes of the customer product line ensuring completion of Pace boards, information logs, and SPC charts
• Appropriate Corrective Actions taken when operators incur a problem in the manufacturing process: follow up to make sure any tool changes are 100% checked per SPC charts and Process Control Plan.
• Complete work orders for down equipment.
• Report to supervision employee absences, accidents, machine crashes or emergencies, operator inefficiencies, and any other problems or downtime
• Responsible for communication/training 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.
• 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, bins for finished product, cardboard, etc. assist with material movement.
• Run sample parts, inspect for proper fill and defects and refer to Quality Department for approval to run parts.
• Assists in the administration and adherence of 5S Standards.
• 5S and Pace boards verified and signed off when needed.
• Required to fill in for other shifts if another Team Lead calls in.