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:

• 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.
• Understands established quality standards and performs quality checks, per work area instructions.

When and Where:

This will be a 1st Shift position located at our Plant in Spartanburg, SC.

What You Need to Have:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Able to stand for 8-10 hours a day and be physically capable of performing the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to maintain quality and safety standards.
• Ability to read and write and understand work instructions.
• Ability to understand and follow safety procedures.
• Ability to receive, track, and distribute materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Ability to prepare routine administrative paperwork.
• Ability to read, sort, check, count, and verify numbers.
• Ability to perform simple arithmetic.
• Ability to detect problems and report information to appropriate personnel.
• Ability to receive, stock, and/or deliver goods.
• Ability to operate PC and scan gun.
• Has high standards of performance for self.
• Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes.
• Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.
• Takes positive action to objectively resolve conflict by listening, staying focused on issue to find resolution, and monitoring progress.
• Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts.
• Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and work relationships.
• Moves within own and/or other work areas (flexes) to support plant flow.
• Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers.
• Has necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to perform all aspects of job; rotates through all job responsibilities.
• Maintains knowledge and skills to perform job effectively.
• Has ability to focus on benefits of change and see it as positive; approaches change or newness in constructive/objective manner; views change as learning opportunity.
• Looks for good in others; works collaboratively with others; shares information and knowledge.
• Is at work when scheduled and ensures coverage when absent; takes timely breaks/lunches; uses time wisely.
• Frequent exposure to noise, fumes, dirt, heat, sparks, and smoke
• May also be exposed to water, vibration, dust, grease, and oil
• Exposure to high and low voltage components and systems
• Frequently walks, bends, twists, turns, and lifts while performing functions of position, weighing up to 25 pounds, occasionally weighing more (assistance given with heaving objects by work partner [s], through work center
• Working with/around moderately-sized equipment within a work area
• Possible cuts, scrapes, burns or bruises
• Eye protection required; hearing protection required; cut resistant arm guards required; cut resistant gloves required
• Frequently entering weld cells with high-speed heavy equipment
• Frequent exposure to pinch points, rotating equipment
• When working in electrical cabinets, controller cabinets etc., potential for Arc Flash hazard
• Ability to lift 50 lbs
• Ability to stand for 12 hours
• Ability to work 40 hours a week plus mandatory overtime
• High school diploma or equivalent (required).
• Must be able to understand and follow written and verbal workplace instructions.
• Must be able to work up to 12 hours per day, including Saturday and Sunday.
• Three years' manufacturing experience (required).
• One year of experience working at Challenge Manufacturing or one-year leadership experience (preferred).
• Machine operation and/or material handling equipment experience (preferred).
• Safety shoes required while onsite (steel, carbon, or composite).

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Challenge Manufacturing is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact the respective Talent Acquisition Partner. Challenge Manufacturing is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This company will provide equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Information collected regarding categories as provided by law will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application. Challenge Manufacturing will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Challenge Manufacturing's legal duty to furnish information. Due to customer requirements, it is prohibited by federal export control laws from transferring controlled information and technology to “Foreign Persons” except as specifically authorized by the U.S. government. In the absence of such authorization, access to controlled information or technology must be limited to “U.S. Persons.” Accordingly, in order to comply with export control laws, the customer is required to verify a contractor’s status as being either a “U.S. Person” or a “Foreign Person.”