Department Lead

Job Summary

This position is responsible for leading trimming carbon fiber and fiberglass for the automotive, medical, and defense industries. Adheres to quality programs, policies, and initiatives.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Help manage the workflow of the department’s employees, communicating schedules and delegating tasks
• Assessing the work performance of their employees and identifying areas that need improvement
• Train and retrain employees where necessary
• Train and onboard new hires to make sure they understand their roles and responsibilities
• Recommend new employees to the department head based on an assessment of their performance
• Assist in attendance records, monitoring your employee’s daily attendance, communicating with Human Resources, your department head, and operations managers about all issues
• Assist in performance records by communicating your employees’ achievements and setbacks clearly to the department head and operations manager
• Effective communication daily through messages and daily meetings or team huddles
• Aid in inventory of manufactured parts and consumable material
• Maintain a clean and organized work area
• Team Lead/Supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to walk and stand for extended periods of time
• Constant and repetitive movement of fingers, hands, and wrists

Minimum Requirements

· Basic Microsoft Suite knowledge

· Ability to manage time to meet production deadlines and schedules

· Function well in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment

· Excellent communication skills required for employees and leadership

· Demonstrates excellent team building and teamwork skills

· Possesses good decision making and organizational skills

· Highly motivated and results oriented

· Possesses an eye for detail

· Ability to work a flexible schedule with overtime when production demands

· Willingness and ability to adapt to changing job duties, requirements and cross training as needed

· Professional appearance as defined by the SMI work Rules

· Ability to adhere to all policies outlines in the Code of Conduct as well as all underlying policies

· Must have reliable transportation