Lead CNC Machinist
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Job Summary:

The Shift Team Leader is a working team member and part of the operations team, that is responsible for supporting the department lead in daily management of production activities. This role communicates daily with the incoming/outgoing shift lead counterpart in the department and ensures smooth transition of production, including key priorities and any unresolved issue that need attention.

Essential Functions:

· Operate as a primary point of contact for the department lead on the shift in the department to communicate priorities and any other critical information to the team.

· Set Up and Operate machines in home department.

· Two to Three times throughout the shift, walk through the department and ensure work activity is proceeding as expected.

· Ensure product quality is always maintained in the department. Includes ensuring operators follow control plans and that gages are present for the work order and in good working condition.

· Be available for questions from department team members.

· Coordinate requests for maintenance that occur during the shift.

· Act as an emergency contact for employee health, safety, fire and hazard issues.

· Confront minor infractions when observed and report all minor/major issues to department lead.

· Maintain open communication with other shift team leads and department lead about ongoing events and observations.

· Assist in the training and onboarding of new department resources on the respective shift.

Collaboration Responsibilities

· Collaborate with raw material desk, tool room, engineering, safety and production planning as needed to ensure smooth production output during the shift.

· Collaborate with the quality team to investigate, contain, and resolve any non-conformances discovered in process or escalated by customers. Communicate and champion any quality alerts within the department.

· Routinely review work instructions and operator guidance to ensure clarity and simplicity of instructions.

Environmental, Health & Safety:

· Collaborate with safety manager to ensure operations are compliant with all safety & environmental requirements.

· Drive safety culture with pro-active hazard identification

· Take personal responsibility for keeping yourself, co-workers and visitors free from injury by participating in and/or conducting risk assessments, workplace inspections, corrective actions and safety observations.

· Reinforce safety margins through active participation in incident investigations, corrective actions managed shift changes, toolbox talks, pre-tasking, STOP WORK, and task scanning.

Competencies:

· Results orientation; high levels of personal initiative, energy and ownership for success

· Strong service ethic; understands and embraces service relationship with internal and external customers; highly collaborative work style

· Good interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work equally well with peers, superiors, and subordinates

· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Required Education and Experience:

· Experience operating CNC machining equipment such as Swiss Lathe, Mill Turn Machines, Vertical Machining Centers & Horizontal Machining Centers, etc.

· AS degree in Business or Technical discipline or related job experience

· Five (5) years related experience.

· Demonstrated experience developing and improving processes.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience using shop ERP systems to manage work orders

· Experience setting up and operating some combination of Citizen Lathes, HaaS VMC, Doosan Mill, DMG Mori Mill & Eurotech Mill Turn Machines.

· Demonstrated experience coordinating activity in a department, communicating effectively with peer operators.