Production Team Lead

Do you want to gain incredible experience with a growing company in an amazing industry? Do you know how often you use conveyor and power transmission belts?

Apply your skills in a company that helps bring packages to your doorstep, food to your table, keep you healthy on a treadmill, facilitate automation and so much more! Our organization is highly focused on customers, employees, entrepreneurship, agility and responsibility. Our values and continuous improvement culture build the foundation of strong and sustainable businesses appreciated by our employees and customers around the world.

For our Ammeraal Beltech and AMMEGA Operations team, we are currently looking for a

Team lead

The Team Lead is responsible for a designated area and for directing, training and coordinating the activities of the team members engaged in the production or the processing of material. Lead the department team and others, perform all fabrication necessary in fulfilling work orders; achieve and support company goals in support of the customer, quality, and on-time delivery. In this role, you will be based in Skokie.

A day in the life of a Team Lead can look like

• Review work orders, production schedule, reports and other related documents to determine production requirements. Evaluate current work cell capacity for on-time performance
• Interpret drawing, specifications and shop orders
• Plan and implement work schedules, assignments and workflow to meet production goals
• Identify opportunities for productivity improvements
• Revise production schedules where required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering
• Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess quality. Completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
• Ensure team members adhere to all safety policies and procedures. Maintain housekeeping standards.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

We are looking for you to have

• High school Diploma, GED, Technical/Trade School or equivalent experience with 2 years supervision experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• A Customer Service Attitude is a requirement
• Computer skills to include: Windows7 & Microsoft Office suite. Familiarity with AS 400 is desirable.
• Team player mentality
• Outstanding organizational skills are a must
• Must be able to work in the US
  
  

Competencies

• Ability to behave decisively
• Ability to grasp complex concepts easily
• Pay attention to minute detail
• Excellent planning, negotiating, and organizing skills
• Ability to motivate co-workers, colleagues and others
• Patient and self-confidence
• Ability to operate in a systematic and logical manner
• Utilize good judgment.
• Must be able to read and write English
  
  

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The phrases “occasionally,” “regularly,” and “frequently” correspond to the following definitions: “Occasionally” means up to 1/3 of working time, “regularly” means between 1/3 and 2/3 of working time, and “frequently” means 2/3 and more working time.
• While performing the duties and responsibilities of this position, the employee is occasionally required to walk, use foot/feet to operate machine, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, reach above shoulders and move from place to place. The incumbent will regularly stand, sit and talk and listen and will frequently use hands to finger, handle or touch. Specific vision requirements for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• During the performance of his/her work duties, the incumbent will be required to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds, and will frequently lift up to 25 pounds such as moving parts from material storage and moving parts in and out of work area.
  
  

What we offer you

The benefits of working at AMMEGA go beyond the daily work. You will join a world class team and have the opportunity to grow through internal advancement, on-the job training, educational support, and access to a global network.

Other Benefits Include

• Paid training.
• Team bonuses and learning incentives.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Employer-paid Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• 401k with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement for Undergraduate and Graduate education.
• Paid time off.
  
  

AMMEGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.