Team Leader
Team Leader
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22-06-2025
Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. Our client is the brand name of Deere & Company an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery heavy equipment forestry machinery diesel engines drivetrains used in heavy equipment and lawn care equipment.
Job Title: Team Leader
Location: Dubuque IA 52001
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Visa sponsorship is not available now or in the near future for this position.
Job Description:
- Is responsible for achieving departmental/area goals and objectives.
- Supervises semi to highly skilled production and/or maintenance employees on an assigned shift to ensure the manufacture of products within established delivery quality safety and cost standards.
- The supervisor is the first-line liaison between the production employees and the management staff and thus also serves the function of representing the companys interests with the shop floor staff.
Duties:
- Establishes employee environment regarding communications feedback and overall guidance.
- Ensures that assigned personnel have appropriate training work instruction and tools to successfully do their job.
- Monitors Control Plans troubleshoots workmanship problems and generally supervises production activities to ensure that manufactured products meet or exceed all established quality requirements.
- Administers employee policies practices procedures and work rules appropriate for the unit.
- Monitors individual and line performance and takes corrective action including discipline as needed and responds to complaints to insure the Company and employees adheres to policies practices procedures and work rules.
- Determines manufacturing and/or distribution priorities based on the production schedule and makes daily assignments including filling vacancies and assigning overtime in order to adhere to the Customer Delivery date.
- Plans for maintenance of equipment and facilities to maximize the uptime and utilization of capital equipment assets.
- Monitors and makes corrections to stay within the department operating budget targets. Directs departmental continuous improvement plans and activities.
- Implements and monitors safety programs and housekeeping.
Your Responsibilities
- As a Team Leader for Backhoe Operations in the client Dubuque Works in Dubuque Iowa you will:
- Manage and monitor individual and department performance on safety quality delivery and efficiency and take corrective action including discipline as needed
- Be intentional in driving employee engagement activities while establishing a positive employee environment through regular communication feedback and overall guidance
- Ensure that assigned personnel have appropriate training work instruction and tooling to successfully execute their jobs
- Lead safety through regular safety communications driving engagement in the CI process Safety and Ergonomic Risk Assessment (SERA) process and prompting near miss reporting with a focus on quick thorough safety corrective actions
- Manage daily staffing and employee moves on the line to meet daily production and warehousing requirements
- Oversee production activities to ensure that manufactured products meet or exceed all established quality requirements
- Drive department-level support of factory goals regarding 5S implementation Continuous Improvement manpower planning and operating budgets
What Skills You Need
- 2 or more years of experience in unionized manufacturing environment
- 1 or more years of experience with manufacturing and quality management principles tools and processes
- Willingness to work overtime (weekdays or weekends) as necessary to support operational needs and on-time delivery
- Excellent communicator who thrives on solving problems and working in a team environment
- Demonstrated experience making sound decisions and being proactive in a high-pressure or time-sensitive environments
- Ability to conduct crucial conversations including ability to enforce company policies practices procedures and work rules
- Experience communicating across functions such as: supply management engineering operations and human resources or labor relations
What Makes You Stand Out
- 1 or more years of experience with production control systems preferably within the client.
- 1 or more years of experience in a leadership role in a union environment
- Two or more years of experience with shop floor manufacturing and incentive pay systems (such as CIPP)
- Cross-functional work experience in Manufacturing Engineering Quality Material Control or Supply Management
- Demonstrated experience utilizing lean manufacturing techniques to drive business improvements
- Possess a good working knowledge of the appropriate operating and information systems used in Operations (Word Excel SAP SharePoint PowerBI)
Education
- Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology Operations Business/Management or Supply Management or equivalent experience
- Competencies
Leadership level of position Manager
Competencies:
- Driving Sustainable Results
- Operating Globally and Inclusively
- Making Sound Decisions
- Communicating with Impact
- Leading Change
- Engaging & Inspiring
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Employment Type
Full Time
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