POSITION SUMMARY:

A Team Lead guides and mentors all production associate levels in their assigned areas. They must have professional communication skills, allowing them to facilitate production meetings and assist the Production Supervisor with employee relations issues. They are responsible for ensuring their assigned product lines meet the minimum efficiency requirements while maintaining quality requirements. Oversee new hire technical and production line training ensuring all training documentation meets compliance requirements. Additional duties include line auditing, working with engineering on lean manufacturing/improvement projects and other tasks assigned by the Production Supervisor.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:

• Coordinate the activities of Production Associates on their product line(s)
• Ensure team’s compliance to regulatory requirements through Gemba walks and regular auditing.
• Monitor production output to assure that daily production goals are met
• Monitor the quality of output at each workstation
• Identify material shortages or issues that may disrupt production activities
• Monitor production material scrap and report on defect trends
• Communicate product and production issues to management or other appropriate individuals
• Communicate packaging and labeling issues to management or other appropriate individuals
• Monitoring production associate productivity utilizing time matrix.
• Facilitate Tier 1 and Tier 2 Meetings
• Communicate work hours, including any required overtime
• Maintain records as required by the Quality System
• Audit, coach, and train on Device History Records to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Partner with production supervisor, Production manager and/ or HR on employee relations.
• Ensure team manufactures quality product while maintaining line output and productivity requirements
• Ensures team packs and labels quality product while maintaining line output and productivity requirements
• Responsible for effective training of associates and completeness of training records
• Partner with engineering to identify root cause and corrective actions for line issues.
• Ensures Team members are accurately documenting time to appropriate manufacturing orders by reviewing and correcting as required in Time Matrix
• Conducts technical onboarding with newly hired production associates and provides feedback to Supervisor.

ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:

• Consistent and predictable work performance
• Able to successfully multi-task
• Ability to work under fast-paced conditions
• Ability to make decisions and use good judgement
• Ability to prioritize various deadlines and multitask as required
• Ability to communicate written and verbally with professionalism
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Excellent Professional written and oral communication skills
• Additional duties as assigned

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Completed the AtriCure Trainer Certification
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent in professional verbal and written communication
• Effective organizational and communication skills
• Knowledge of cGMP and ISO standards
• Ability to Problem solve and troubleshoot manufacturing issues
• Able to read and understand work instructions written in English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum Level 3 Production Associate
• Leadership experience
• Six Sigma Yellow belt certified

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to regularly walk, sit, or stand as needed
• Ability to occasionally bend and push/pull as needed
• Ability to regularly lift up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift over 50 pounds
• Able to complete Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification within 1 year of hire
• Ability to pass pre-employment drug screen and background check

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