Assembly Lead

Lead a team in Assembly by directing daily activities and making sure quality, productivity, and safety is maintained and improved upon continuously. With supervisor’s direction, oversee cell employees, material handlers, assemblers, and assembly specialists, to ensure that production requirements are met. Provide strong leadership that will guarantee company objectives are met.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

· Communicate daily production goals/performance feedback to team members.

· Able to interview potential candidates for the department.

· Ensure company procedures and policies are adhered to daily by the assemblers.

· Serve as the controller of production, quality, and safety for a designated team of assemblers.

· Follow the standard work checklists and report abnormalities to the supervisor.

· Coordinate the movement of assemblers from line to line to maximize production output.

· Coordinate activities between the material handlers and set up specialists for fully prepared line set up.

· Enforce adherence to work standards, quality inspections, and tool organization.

· Act as backup to supervisor.

· Follow up on hour-by-hour sheets filled out by assemblers, make any necessary changes to help keep line running efficient.

· Assist in helping cell team members with and daily complications.

· Able to assist supervisor filling out reviews.

· Oversees that employees log on to computer terminals accurately and timely.

· Work with set-up specialist in our daily start up meetings.

· Work in cross functional teams to reduce assembly downtime.

· Enforce 5S discipline and machine/tool maintenance.

· Fill out maintenance work order request as needed.

· Ensure bench stock and miscellaneous inventory is readily available for assemblers.

· Assist set-up specialist with execution of the Assembly schedule and coordinate jobs to assembly lines with keeping ship dates in mind.

· Makes certain that finished product from the cell is moved to shipping accordingly.

· Continually suggest and implement overall improvements in Assembly.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Active participation in ongoing individual training / development program.

· Set goals and objectives with Supervisor; look for ways to improve quality and productivity.

· Maintain good housekeeping conditions in assembly cell and surrounding area daily.

· Follow safety rules, safe operating practices, and procedures.

· Report abnormalities in machines, programs, materials, processes.

· Perform other duties, as assigned.