Team Lead, Hydro & Finishing Operations TFR - 1st Shift

Employment Type: Regular Full-time

Shift: 1st Shift

Work Status: Onsite

Position Summary

The Team Lead, Hydro & Finishing Operations TFR (Taco Fall River) coordinates employees in the four functional areas of hydro testing, bagging, painting and carpentry/packaging at the Bedford St. location and schedules and assigns work as required. They train new hires throughout the departments and coordinate material deliveries from stores to ensure they match the bill of materials (BOM). They assist staff in the most complex hydro testing, painting and carpentry jobs.  They monitor output and progression of complex jobs for the hydro and finishing areas. They schedule people, machinery, and supplies to ensure continuous throughput and high labor efficiencies and prioritize special parts, instructing operators on how to prepare and assemble them.  The Team Leader, Hydro & Finishing Operations updates the supervisor on output from the production lines and reviews data in daily production meetings, as well as interacts with buying/planning staff to minimize disruptions and notify them of supply inventory levels.  They are the “last eyes” on all TFR Bedford St products and they ensure and inspect the products for compliance to Taco Standards.  

Measures of success: 

• Achieve the key performance indicator (KPI) of on-time deliveries
• Ensure that earned labor hours align with expected targets
• Timely/successful training and evaluation of employees 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Ensures all completed products are finished and packaged such that they meet Taco quality standards and customer expectations.
• Reviews schedules with supervisor and production staff.
• Prioritizes and schedules all work to ensure maximum output from each of the four functional areas, Hydro, Bagging, Painting and carpentry.
• Coordinates hydro testing to ensure optimal workflow across the hydro pit and to ensure product flow into bagging and painting at adequate levels.
• Schedules the painting of product including jumbo sized tanks, to minimize disruption in the rest of the plant.  
• Assists employees with setups of hydro equipment and mobile painting equipment.
• Coordinates, directs and directly supervises all heavy rigging operations within their functional areas.  
• Determines the safest material handling options for large tanks weighing up to 15 tons and performs critical rigging.
• Ensures employees are properly utilizing aerial lifts when ladders are not applicable.
• Monitors paint filtration systems to ensure there is no leakage of paint vapor up the stack.
• Develops painting procedures for new coatings.  
• Trains employees in the hydro testing of all sizes of tank products.
• Trains employees in the proper techniques and differences between painting smaller heated tanks and larger cold tanks.  
• Trains employees in carpentry shop best practices and procedures.  Must apply significant knowledge of carpentry processes to ensure packaging is robust and meets shipping requirements.  Will make general calculations of crating structural integrity as applicable and will review with Engineering when necessary.   
• Coordinates with shipping department on large tank shipments.  Calculates truck sizes required and transfers that information to shipping and planners.
• Provides feedback to Engineering and Production Planning on BOM discrepancies and material shortages
• Reviews Epicor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) jobs for completion
• Coaches employees on how to utilize the ERP system
• Coordinates with other shifts to ensure proper material flow
• Assigns and directs work based on needs of the shift
• Instructs and trains inexperienced operators
• Coordinates all first shift manufacturing activities in the functional departments in absence of supervisor
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required: 

• High school diploma or equivalent 
• 10+ years of experience in a heavy assembly industrial environment
• Ability to use Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word)  
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team in a heavy manufacturing environment
• Capability to mentor and train others and to share knowledge
• Familiar with rigging and material handling of large industrial equipment and components up to 15 tons 
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and documentation
• General carpentry experience.
• Able to keep team members well informed and to draw on other's expertise when required
• Ability to professionally communicate and work cooperatively with others
• Ability to manage time effectively to meet strict time deadlines and production volumes
• Judgment to comply with instructions, prescribed routines, methods, and practices
• Attention to detail and ability to handle multiple priorities
• Willingness to learn and to train others 

 Preferred: 

• Up to 2 years of formal post-high school specialized trade, technical school or college. 
• 2-4 years painting experience in an industrial or autobody environment.
• 2-5 years of extensive carpentry experience in industrial packaging or structural framing. 

Work Environment

This position works primarily in a production floor environment where large equipment and noise are prevalent.  Safety gear is required in these areas. 

This position reports into the site every day.  

Management

This position has no direct reports.