ABOUT LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES
Landscape Structures Inc. has been the leading manufacturer of commercial playground equipment in the world for more than 50 years. Our employee-owned company designs community and school playgrounds that encourage kids of all ages and abilities to learn persistence, leadership, competition, bravery, support, and empathy through play. Landscape Structures pushes the limitsof design, inclusion, and playto help kids realize there is no limit to what they can do today and in the future. For a better tomorrow, we play today.
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POSITION SUMMARY
The Team Lead is responsible for supporting the process and the people in their assigned work function or work cell. This includes assigning workload, communicating to internal customers, providing continuous feedback on the daily performance of the team; listening, responding and coaching team members about concerns with standard work and process issues; and works towards meeting department goals.
Hours: M-Th, 1:30 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.
VALUES
- Innovation
- Commitment & Passion
- Integrity
- Team & Relationships
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This individual spends about 30% of their time in the process:
- Assigns positions or directions to team for the workday
- Training
- Ensures that training is happening and that there is time for training to happen
- Validates competencies of team members
- Acts as the outgoing quality gate
This individual spends about 70% of their time working on administrative duties:
- Works through problems with cross functional teams/departments
- Conducts standard work audits
- Conducts safety and 5S Audits
- Works on MDI projects/Control Plans
- Trends production metrics
- Owns the Q Board
- Updates the board at a minimum of daily, and ensures department participation
- Puts in request to complete newspaper items
- Closed out newspaper items or escalates as needed
- End of Day Communication (depending on area: start and end of shift meeting, end of day emails or end of day checklists)
- Provides interview and onboarding support
- Follows leader standard work.
- Other duties as assigned.
ATTRIBUTES
- Action Oriented: Takes pride in their work; pursues work with energy, drive, and a need to finish; enjoys seeing work completed; is action oriented and full of energy for the things they see as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.
- Approachability: Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; builds rapport well; is a good listener; knows how to manage relationships effectively and knows when to escalate.
- Composure: Is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together during tough times; can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn’t show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis.
- Conflict Management: Steps up to conflicts; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can work through disagreements equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise; awareness of the pulse of the team; doesn’t avoid conflict
- Problem Solvin
