zone 1 body shop operator 3 team leader - Charleston, SC, United States - Mercedes-Benz Group

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    Shape the future today.

    The world is changing.

    The question is, what will be our contribution to the outcome? We have set the pace in the field of mobility from the very beginning, and we will continue to do so.

    At Mercedes-Benz Vans, interdisciplinary teams are developing the mobility of tomorrow. Our goal is to make mobility safer, simpler, and more sustainable for people across the globe.

    Put your pioneering spirit to good use:
    This is your opportunity to make a contribution that extends far beyond your job title.

    At Mercedes-Benz Vans, we offer you the perfect environment for your professional and personal growth.

    Cutting-edge training and promising career opportunities will help you to foster and expand your professional skill set as well as your individual strengths.

    Think, try, and thrive with us in collaborative work environments that spark game-changing concepts.


    Essential Job Functions may include:

    • Machine feeding, set ups, operation of automated and robotic welding machines
    • Monitor and set up machinery for optimal performance
    • Sanding, grinding and deburring of metals
    • Work with hand, power, and pneumatic tools
    • Perform quality and visual inspection of final welds
    • Assemble and fabricate metal structure according to work specifications
    • Read and interpret diagrams and blueprints of the process
    • Efficiently and safely load machines with required parts and identify any issues that arise
    • Participate in the Continuous Improvement Program
    • Must successfully pass assessment testing
    • Prefer knowledge of welding, gluing, metal finish, ultrasonic weld inspection, weld destruct, hydraulic, pneumatic, metal processing or data processing

    Technical lead of the team:

    • Communicate, improve and monitor standards
    • Test and adaption of the timelines of the SABs/ASBs
    • Coordination of the absence planning (vacation, free shifts, ...)
    • Execution of one point lessons (in coordination with E5)
    • Organize and execute shift organization (according to local regulations)
    • Supervision and adaption of SOS and marking/inscription,
    • Establish rotation plan (in coordination with the team) and guarantee the adherence
    • Guarantee and execute Q-Check (at product)
    • Maintain board with indicators/ process folder
    • Follow measurements, escalation via E5 if necessary
    • Follow the adherence of the team targets
    • Initiate and regulate problem solving process, error response to causer
    • Develop and update qualification matrix (in coordination with the team)
    • Rework in the close environment
    • Accomplishment of corrective action process (analysis and allocation of errors, remedial action, testing of the efficacy)
    • Support during Q-Stop
    • Check of employees according to the adherence of standards
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    Qualifications:

    • Completed MBV Team Leader Training Program
    • Knowledge of Paint Shop operations
    • Knowledge of Sealer & Underbody Preferred
    High school Diploma or GED Required

    Required 4+ years relevant experience; OR relevant certificate + 3 years relevant experience; OR relevant associates degree + 1 year relevant experience


    Preferred: 5+ years relevant experience; OR relevant certificate + 4 years relevant experience; OR relevant associates degree + 2 years relevant experience.

    Mercedes Benz Vans can hand you the keys for an exciting career in the automotive manufacturing industry. The division of Mercedes-Benz Vans is world renown for quality and innovative products. If you are interested in joining an outstanding company, we welcome you to apply.

    Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (MBV) is a plant in Ladson, South Carolina that produces Sprinter vans for the U.S. and Canadian market under the brands Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner. The midsize Mercedes-Benz Metris vans are also reassembled at this location.

    Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC invested 500 million U.S.

    dollars in the construction of a new Sprinter production plant in addition to an expansion of the previous assembly operations.

    In September 2018, MBV officially opened its new plant, located next to existing operations in the North Charleston area.

    The MBV facility will provide up to 1,300 jobs by the end of the decade and is expected to create at least 600 additional jobs in the region through its suppliers.

    More than 130,000 Sprinters have been assembled in North Charleston and delivered to destinations in the U.S. since 2006. The U.S. is now the second largest market for Sprinter vans, after Germany.

    Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that appreciates and leverages the diversity of our team.

    We provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation),age, national origin, religion, marital status, veteran status, physical or other disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.