Team Lead - 1st Shift

Team Lead

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineered pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

Summary of Job Description

The position, Team Lead, is responsible for motivating, leading, and counseling team members on 1st Shift. The Group Leader must be knowledgeable in all aspects of the department to effectively lead the team. This position is also responsible for making judgements regarding scheduling, work priorities, and material availability; handling employee concerns; applying rational systems to solve practical problems; dealing with a variety of concrete variables with only limited standardization; and interpreting a variety of written, oral, diagrammatic, and / or schedule instructions.

Essential Functions

Ability to perform and demonstrate most tasks of the department

Motivate, assign work, and lead all employees in your department

Monitor and adjust workflow to meet the requirements of the schedule

Perform product inspections and evaluate the quality of the work prior to the product leaving the area

Perform inventory of stock and communicate all shortages to the appropriate personnel (shortage boards, material planners, etc.)

Maintain and complete all manufacturing paperwork for the area

Must be willing to lead by example through hands-on work

Ability to interact with customers and customer representatives in a professional manner consistent with company practices

Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills

Regular attendance required

All other duties and responsibilities that are assigned

Minimum Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent education

One year of leadership experience in manufacturing environment

Demonstrated experience performing tasks of the department

Must not have three or more attendance points within the past 12 months

Preferred Qualifications to Complete Essential Functions

Computer literate and experienced with Microsoft products to include Excel and Word

Experience in Lean Manufacturing principles such as value streams, 5S, Seven General Types of Waste, and project planning

Other Physical Requirements

• All positions require the ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Detailed physical job analysis available upon request.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Sense of sound is required

Sense of balance is required

Limb and finger dexterity is required

Ability to stand for extended periods of time

Ability to perform twisting, turning, bending, climbing, pushing, and pulling motions

Ability to lift at least 35 lbs individually; 36-59 lbs requires 2-person lift; 60 pounds or greater requires mechanical lift.

Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)steel-toe shoes, safety glasses, vest

Work Environment

Working conditions will be inside and outside where temperatures will vary from extreme heat to extreme cold for extended periods of time. This position is regularly exposed to vibration and loud noises.