Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

JobsRUs.com is hiring for experienced GAP Leaders for a well-known automotive parts manufacturing facility in Fraser, MI. 

Candidates must have previous team leader experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.

Openings are or 1st and 3rd shifts.

Responsibilities:

Protect GAP from variation. 
Become knowledgeable of workstations
Steers the GAP towards its objectives. 
Focuse on production, HSE, quality, training, and performance.

Environmental procedures and work instructions

• Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) procedures and work instructions.
• Ensure GAP members conform to relevant HSE requirements
• Ensure implementation and reinforcement of 7 Safety Fundamentals

  Ensure Standardized Work

• Check Standardized Work in detail
• Use Standardized Work to coach and improve operator performance
• Train operators who are newly assigned to workstations, helping them attain quality and
• productivity standards using the polyvalence standard.
• Audit SW daily
• Assist operators with daily production duties.
• Build and update Work Instructions as needed

Ensure Quality

• Ensure proper application of the 8 Quality Basics.
• Initiate Line KATA Activities for the GAP
• Analyze and rework product defects

Produce parts

• Replace missing operators
• Reinforce the line (n, n+1)
• Reinforce the line if an operator is late

Improve work processes

• Coach operators to improve GAP’s performance
• Encourage improvement ideas and help implement ideas
• Liaise with Support Functions to solve problems - root cause
• Obtain data and lead GAP’s problem-solving activities
• Submit, implement and Track Improvement Ideas.

Coordinate work within the GAP area

• Prepare/assist/perform line changeovers
• Lead daily TOP 5 meetings and end-of-shift debriefings.
• Update indicators and GAP Board
• Perform daily and weekly Performance Measurements
• React in case of problems

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong attention to detail and willing to listen, discuss and ‘bottom out’ issues
• Ability to work under pressure to tight time scales
• Ability to stand 10 –12 hours per day
• Good decision maker, able to work on own initiative
• Self-motivated and task orientated
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Strong team player
• Flexible approach to Business needs
• MUST be able to work in fast paced environment-Learn on the fly
• Dexterity: peeling stickers, ripping tape, opening boxes, feeling for knots, bumps, voids
• Proficient level of English

Email resume to: cwoods@jobsrus.com

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