Team Lead - 1st Shift

Summary of Job Description

The position, Team Lead, is responsible for motivating, leading, and counseling team members in the Cab Department on 1st Shift. The Group Leader must be knowledgeable in all aspects of the department to effectively lead the team. This position is also responsible for making judgements regarding scheduling, work priorities, and material availability; handling employee concerns; applying rational systems to solve practical problems; dealing with a variety of concrete variables with only limited standardization; and interpreting a variety of written, oral, diagrammatic, and/or schedule instructions.

Essential Functions

• Ability to perform and demonstrate most tasks of the department
• Motivate, assign work, and lead all employees in your department
• Monitor and adjust workflow to meet the requirements of the schedule
• Perform product inspections and evaluate the quality of the work prior to the product leaving the area
• Perform inventory of stock and communicate all shortages to the appropriate personnel (shortage boards, material planners, etc.)
• Maintain and complete all manufacturing paperwork for the area
• Must be willing to lead by example through hands-on work
• Ability to interact with customers and customer representatives in a professional manner consistent with company practices
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills
• Regular attendance required
• All other duties and responsibilities that are assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent education
• One year of leadership experience in manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience performing tasks of the department.
• Must not have three or more attendance points within the past 12 months

Preferred Qualifications to complete Essential Functions

• Computer literate and experienced with Microsoft products to include Excel and Word
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing principles such as value streams, 5S, Seven General Types of Waste, and project planning

Other Physical Requirements

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Sense of sound is required
• Sense of balance is required
• Limb and finger dexterity is required
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to perform twisting, turning, bending, climbing, pushing, and pulling motions
• Ability to lift at least 35 lbs individually; 36-59 lbs requires 2-person lift; 60 pounds or greater requires mechanical lift.
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)-steel-toe shoes, safety glasses, vest

Work Environment

• Working conditions will be inside and outside where temperatures will vary from extreme heat to extreme cold for extended periods of time. This position is regularly exposed to vibration and loud noises.
• Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.