Team Leader IV - 1st Shift

Coordinates the activities of a group of employees in order to meet established production specifications and schedules including volume, cost, wastage targets and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE): Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards. Immediately report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard. Comply with HSE standards, policies & procedures. Use personal protective equipment (PPE) for protection of themselves and others. Work to promote an interdependent culture by looking out for one another. Correct hazards and safety concerns within their control and capabilities. Engage in HSE training.
• Quality: Follows all applicable standard work, process documentation and quality procedures such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), poka-yoke and visual standards. Raises quality concerns to minimize cost and exposures. Performs quality inspections. Identifies and controls non-conforming material.
• Delivery: Monitor the performance and output of the team and assign tasks and inputs to ensure that work specifications, schedules, volume, cost, waste targets and quality standards are met. Ensures team members are using and following process documentation as part of operator training and defect investigation. Acts as first responder to equipment faults, parts shortages, quality issues, and safety issues. Coordinates communication between shifts, team leaders, customer and supplier departments, and other support functions. Assists management in organizing headcount and overtime needs to meet production and delivery schedules. Ensures on-the-job training and other training requirements are scheduled, completed and documented. Coaches and mentors less experienced team members. Facilitates teamwork by communicating effectively with the assigned team and all support teams. Completes training and personal development in preparation for upcoming changes in the business and technology. Participates actively in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.

Competencies

• Collaboration – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Effective communication – Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Decision quality – Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Results orientation – Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Trust building – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Complexity management – Making sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Conflict management – Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Health and Safety fundamentals – Championing and modeling proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety, building an interdependent culture and contributing to an injury-free workplace.
• Manufacturing knowledge – Demonstrating the knowledge of manufacturing by correctly implementing changes in current processes, equipment, and applications to meet the function’s needs and contribute towards continuous improvement.
• Valuing diversity – Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience. Lead the Facilities team by setting priorities, work assignments and projects. Knowledge in building maintenance is required. Be able to manage capital projects and interface with contractors on building systems work. Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/on-site.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.