Production Lead (Swing)

Job Description
At ASC Steel Deck, we are seeking a dedicated, proactive, and driven Production Lead to help oversee our production employees, ensuring safety, efficiency, and quality output for our customers. In this role, you'll not only supervise operations but also act as a champion for our Bond, fostering a culture of safety, learning, and quality. If you're passionate about people and driving operational success, this position is for you.
Under general direction, monitors and leads the production employees while the Manufacturing Supervisor/Manager is on the premises. When the Manufacturing Manager is not available, the Production Lead will supervise production employees, ensuring employees are operating safely and theproduct is manufactured efficiently and accurately within the desired specifications and lead times. The Production Lead will act as a leader and, as such, emulate BlueScope’s Guide to Business Conduct and model Our Bond and Safety culture using Human &
Organizational Performance principles (HOP). This position is a working lead position. This position may lead the work site and/or a specific area, depending on the nature of the facility, to support driving operational reliability and superiorcustomer experiences.
Primary Duties &
Responsibilities:
Supports daily floor activities of production employees, including prioritizing and assigning work and monitoring work outputs. Ensures products are produced to all quality requirements. Be visible on the floor and walk the floor.
Carry out BSL Codes of practice and Safety and environmental standards.
Assists work site management to ensure that safety and productivity goals are met.
Supports the completion of scheduled and periodic safety training.
Maintains work procedures and standard practices in production area. Observe, maintain, coordinate, and complete standard work.
Assists operators with machine set-ups, programming and adjustments to equipment and tooling when necessary to resolve quality, functioning or safety issues. This includes the ability to provide shift hand-off.
Works closely with support staff and support departments Production, Customer Service Departments, Purchasing and pertinent departments to resolve issues.
Provides feedback, direction, and coaching, resolve basic interpersonal individual and team queries, keeps manager informed and can assess when to escalate.
Assists and conducts daily communication meetings “toolbox” utilizing effective communication techniques;
at times will conduct meetings in small groups.
Maintains a clean and organized work area to facilitate manufacturing functions. Assign and maintain housekeeping to established visual standards where available or establish visual standards as needed to meet 5’s standards.
Assists Manufacturing Manager with training all employees in manufacturing processes, and forklift, overhead crane operation.
Provides cross training information to employees and review progress/results with operators and trainees.
Immediately reports to Manufacturing Manager any problems or concerns with quality, processes, equipment, materials, and labor.
Queries inventory system for appropriated information of stock material or products.
Identify and support continuous improvement efforts with Manufacturing Supervisor.