2nd Shift Lead - Brooklyn Center, United States - UFP Industries, Inc

Description

When we win, you win UFP has a long history of sharing profits with employees. Our hourly team members are eligible for a fall bonus based on their local operation's performance Come join our production team where you will work in a hands-on collaborative environment with the ability to see your work come together in an end product every day.

Job Title:

2nd Shift Lead

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt - Hourly

Department:

Operations

Reports To: Supervisor

Prepared By:

Naomi Biehl, Operations Mgr

Prepared Date:

02/27/24

Approved By:

Naomi Biehl, Operations Mgr

Approved Date:

02/27/24

Summary

The 2nd Shift Lead is responsible for leading personnel on our second shift operations hr shifts) to ensure maximization of efficiencies with personnel, tooling, equipment, and processes. The 2nd Shift Lead is responsible for employee communication, planning, training, coaching, motivating, and maintaining accountabilities per Endurable organizational policies and procedures. This position is a working Lead position that will be hands on working on the floor with various departments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Assigns and schedules work to meet customer requirements and ensures resources are assigned to meet production schedules. Recommends staffing levels needed to support business levels. Be responsible for absence reporting and tracking of personnel attendance on a daily basis. Reviews drawings and creates organization for production paperwork including interprets drawings and specifications, prepare materials for processing, communicates requirements to department personnel, and initiates improvements needed to ease manufacturing. Provide employee training to support job function requirements, including new hire training checklists and new hire check-in reviews. Provide documentation of these reviews to support organizational objectives. Responsible for establishing and maintaining productivity goals and daily tracking to support production efficiencies. Process daily paperwork to support operations for product identification, tracking and processing. Maintain material segregation and labeling on defective or on hold material. Review and develop new ideas to develop continuous improvement initiatives with managing production tracking and paperwork. Aid department personnel to trouble shoot and resolve problems as they arise. Work directly with other departments to resolve collaboratively. Ensure that quality daily checklists are being completed for safe use of equipment and PPE equipment and provide for any maintenance required. Detect issues in efficiency and suggest continuous improvements. Support 5S initiatives and objectives with consistent monitoring and accountability feedback. Communicate quality expectations and monitor outputs. Any quality defects should be identified, and corrective actions taken as appropriate. Prepare and plan for shift transition communication including specific productivity and job information details. Coach and develop direct reports to maximize efficiencies and work attendance per organizational policies and procedures. Prepare employee annual reviews and any appropriate disciplinary reports. Always conduct yourself in a professional and respectful manner with all Endurable internal and external customers. Perform other duties and respond to requests in a timely manner as requested.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2-3 years of experience in a leadership role and work experience within manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to motivate employees and develop strong working relationships.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization and ability to teach, coach and mentor.
• Proficiency and experience with Microsoft Office programs preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work in a safe manner.
• Demonstrates ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints and specifications, material property and company standards and operating instructions.
• Demonstrates ability to use and operate hand tools.
• Demonstrates experience with manufacturing and aluminum components.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of basic math and the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to use and read a tape measure to the 32nd.
• Ability to identify safety issues in their work area and notice equipment malfunctions.
• Ability to understand basic verbal and written instructions in English.

Leadership Conduct

• Ability to provide leadership through effective communication, defined expectations and improvement accountabilities if needed.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others building strong internal relationships and gain results with many different personality styles.
• Goal oriented and ability to define expectations for production efficiencies.
• Open to change and positive attitude.
• Critical thinking to approach problems in a consistent and systematic way to bring solutions that address root cause.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to see the overall process from a high level.
• Committed to company core values and achieving plant and company goals.
• Participates in Safety and improvement programs.
• Punctual and reliable and the ability to work hours required by organization.
• Looks for ways to improve productivity and department results.

Working Conditions

The following physical activity is required (percentage of time during a typical workday may vary)

Activity

Not Required

Less than 25%

25 to 49%

50 to 74%

75% or more

Bending at Waist

a

Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Crawling

a

Climbing/Balancing

a

Lifting/Carrying

Less than 10 lbs.

a

10-25 lbs.

a

Over 25 lbs.

a

Pushing / Pulling

a

Twisting

a

Using force

a

Sitting

a

Standing

a

Walking

a

Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

a

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds by the ear with or without correction.

a

Seeing: Obtaining impressions through the eyes of the shape, size, distance, motion, color, or other characteristics of objects with or without correction.

a

Driving a vehicle/heavy equipment

a

Reaching: Extending the hands and arms in any direction (above and beyond comfort zone).

a

Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands.

a

Repetitive Motion: Repetitious movement of arms, hands, wrists, etc.

a

Other: Specify

Disclaimer Statement

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

"Universal Forest Products and its subsidiaries and affiliates are equal opportunity employers. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national.

Employee Acknowledgment

Date:

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.