Department Lead

Job Summary

This position is responsible for leading trimming carbon fiber and fiberglass for the automotive, medical, and defense industries. Adheres to quality programs, policies, and initiatives.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Help manage the workflow of the department’s employees, communicating schedules and delegating tasks
• Assessing the work performance of their employees and identifying areas that need improvement
• Train and retrain employees where necessary
• Train and onboard new hires to make sure they understand their roles and responsibilities
• Recommend new employees to the department head based on an assessment of their performance
• Assist in attendance records, monitoring your employee’s daily attendance, communicating with Human Resources, your department head, and operations managers about all issues
• Assist in performance records by communicating your employees’ achievements and setbacks clearly to the department head and operations manager
• Effective communication daily through messages and daily meetings or team huddles
• Aid in inventory of manufactured parts and consumable material
• Maintain a clean and organized work area
• Team Lead/Supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to walk and stand for extended periods of time
• Constant and repetitive movement of fingers, hands, and wrists

Minimum Requirements

· Basic Microsoft Suite knowledge

· Ability to manage time to meet production deadlines and schedules

· Function well in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment

· Excellent communication skills required for employees and leadership

· Demonstrates excellent team building and teamwork skills

· Possesses good decision making and organizational skills

· Highly motivated and results oriented

· Possesses an eye for detail

· Ability to work a flexible schedule with overtime when production demands

· Willingness and ability to adapt to changing job duties, requirements and cross training as needed

· Professional appearance as defined by the SMI work Rules

· Ability to adhere to all policies outlines in the Code of Conduct as well as all underlying policies

· Must have reliable transportation

Mayco International and Affiliate Companies is a fast growing, technologically driven manufacturing company. Our culture is built upon our values of vision, integrity, pride, and family. Our people are our greatest asset, and we are looking for awesome individuals to join our growing team at SMI Composites!

SMI Composites is at the forefront of incorporating innovative composite technologies into the automotive industry. We work with our customers to explore and develop the best possible composite solutions for their new and existing programs, with multiple quality assurance checkpoints and on-time delivery.