Team Leader

Donaldson is committed to solving the world's most complex filtration challenges. Employing innovation and breakthrough solutions, we are advancing filtration for a cleaner world. We look for the best people to help us succeed, offering opportunities to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in our communities. This is a place where you can make a world of difference.
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Job Description
Lead, train, and motivate fellow employees to meet and exceed customer expectations while following all safety, quality, and environmental practices and manage daily departmental operations
Skills

• All position MIG welding
• Be able to read blueprint and understand weld symbols
• Must be able to use various measuring devices
• Fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
• Use of grinders, sanders, drills, and basic hand tools to file, sand, grind, or polish metal
• Have the ability to weld MIG on stainless, galanized and mild steel
• Ability to use a PC
• Ability to read, understand and identify blueprints and materials needed for each job
• Meet quality expectations by examining products or work to verify conformance to specifications and having attention to detail
• Must be able to work scheduled overtime hours
• Understand and follow work instructions as applicable
• Comply with standard work practices and SOPs
• Segregate nonconforming or suspected nonconforming material real time and notify supervisor
• Maintain welding machines or equipment; keep area organized and clean
• Complies with all EHS and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) policies and procedures
• Ability to work in a team environment toward a common goal
• Provide leadership to maintain employee focus on safety, quality, delivery and costs
• Have previous experience with forklift operation, crane use and with metal forming machinery
• Ability to recognize and correct unsafe work conditions, situations, behaviors, potential safety concerns
• Train employees on procedures, methods, problem solving, prints, equipment, quality requirements, team methods and maintain training proficiency level reporting
• Represent department in meetings, such as: production, safety, department report outs, etc.
• Conduct daily Start-up meetings and communicate plant and departmental information
• Assist other departments as needed
• Lead production personnel which includes assigning work, training personnel, solving problems, interpreting blueprints, specifications, route sheets, production orders, etc.
• Be able to communicates the status of their department to other departments and coordinates material flow to support production schedules
• Provide parts and equipment to operators to reduce indirect labor. Keep team members on direct labor.
• Promote quality to all employees and assure quality standards are achieved via QC sign off.
• Coordinate with Maintenance to reduce production downtime
• Conduct self in a professional manner and elevate any employee related issues to Manager or HR.
• Comply with all Environmental, Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Expected to fill in for absent team members and work on direct labor when feasible.
• Submit Maintenance Workorders and coordinate with Maintenance to reduce production downtime
• Assists employees in the resolution of manufacturing problems. Communicates the status of their department to other departments and coordinates material flow to support production schedules
• Supports departmental planning and adherence to budget: Scrap/EHR/Delivery/Cycle Count
• Montitor daily production scans for labor reporting accuracy including all completion scans.
• Utilizing department manpower as required to maintain production levels
• First level approver for time off (vacation, PTO)
• Actively work with other departments to manage manpower, overtime, product cross-training, joint efforts, etc.
• Assist with supervisor to conduct and evaluate any employee related issues to Manager or HR.
• Active involvement in DPS through continuous improvement and kaizen events
• Effectively direct/lead a department 6S program
• Submit departmental Purchase Requisitions as required
• Comply with all Environmental, Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Uses all designated Personal Protective Equipment as required
• Must be able to work scheduled overtime hours
• Assist other departments as needed
• Perform other tasks as directed

Salary Range: $ 25.00 - 28.00
Come make a World of Difference!
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