Team Lead, Weld
Who We Are:
Challenge’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.
Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!
Together we own Safety! Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!
Who We Want:
Attains team’s goals by working collaboratively with Group Leaders and Team Members to drive continuous improvement. Works collaboratively with Group Leader and Team Members to ensure quality concerns are identified and escalated according to the company’s quality process, ensuring highest quality products are delivered to internal and external customers. Consistently acts and behaves in a manner that supports a team-focused organization, effectively working to manage safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale.
What You'll Do:
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- Drives/supports continuous improvement process and initiatives to ensure continuous improvement of team metrics for assigned area.
- Assists Group Leaders with managing manufacturing processes with detailed accuracy and discipline to ensure a quality part is produced to customer specifications.
- Serves as owner of team(s) board process, including updating metrics daily; transfers information from work team to team(s) board to provide visibility of team measures.
- May have primary responsibility for escalating and driving alignment with the company’s quality process in the event quality failures result in product containment.
- May have primary responsibility for escalating and driving alignment with the company’s policies in the event company and/or department specific processes are not followed.
- May take the lead on product sort activities to assist in resolving internal/external customer quality concerns/complaints.
- Coordinates activities for training team members, as designated by Group Leader, including keeping training matrix complete and up-to-date, ensuring training of team members is complete and standard work processes are followed. May conduct training.
- Performs production responsibilities as necessary to cover for absenteeism or heavy workloads.
- Works collaboratively with Group Leader and Continuous Improvement Team Champion to improve work processes.
- Understands established quality standards and performs quality checks, per work area instructions.
- Utilizes personal computer (PC) and keyboard/mouse skills, including spreadsheets, word processing and other necessary applications, to perform tracking and documenting of improvements.
- May lift material/product weighing up to 30 pounds and / or move material / product weighing various amounts, up to 60 pounds (assistance given with heavier objects).
- Maintains safety and cleanliness of work area by performing housekeeping duties.
- Completes appropriate paperwork and other documentation.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Ability to maintain all standards set by the organization.
- Ability to read, write and understand work instructions.
- Ability to receive, track, and distribute materials and supplies.
- Ability to prepare routine administrative paperwork.
- Ability to read, sort, check, count, and verify numbers.
Ability to detect problems and report information to appropriate personnel
When and Where:
This will be a 1st shift / 6 AM- 4:30 PM M-T with some Fridays position located at our Plant in Cusseta, AL.
What You Need to Have:
- Ability to read and interpret job process sheets, or follow verbal instructions
- Ability to use a variety of gages (functional, go/no go) required
- Ability to work as a contributing member within team environment
What We Offer:
We’re excited to offer a range of awesome benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life and Long-Term Disability options, an Employer 401k Match, ESOP shares, tuition reimbursement, a Referral Bonus Program, Challenge Incentive Program, and paid time off.
Please note, while these benefits are part of what we offer, they may not all apply to this specific role. The details shared in this job description are intended to give you a general idea, but duties and responsibilities may evolve over time, with or without notice. And of course, we’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to help individuals with disabilities succeed in their role.
