Who We Are:

Nexthermal is a leading provider of innovative thermal solutions for a wide range of industries, including injection molding, packaging, food production, and more. We go beyond simply selling heaters – we partner with our customers to design and deliver custom thermal systems that optimize their processes, enhance their products, and drive their success.  Our sales and manufacturing headquarters are located in Battle Creek, Michigan with a supplemental manufacturing facility located in Bengaluru, India.

Production Team Lead:

The production Team Lead supervises the daily activities of a specific production area to ensure that volume, cost, waste, and quality standards are achieved. Team Lead’s also coordinate work schedules, staffing requirement and production sequences to maximize productivity.

What You’ll Do:

• Establish team goals that align with the organizational goals and business needs. Work with scheduling team to find a true daily average for area.
• Lead the activities of all personnel related to daily numbers, scrap activities and any open issues supporting the team’s success against established metrics.
• Coordinate, drive and assist in the prioritization of daily activities to meet production goals and ensure daily numbers are hit.
• Analyze/investigate production issues, and work with the team to investigate trends, conduct root cause analysis and recommend and implement corrective actions for processes.
• Prepare a daily plan for the following day of production.
• Lead team is stretching in the morning and afternoon to help prevent injury. Also, strive to make all work cells/stations to be ergonomically friendly.
• Clean and organize the area daily.
• Review BOMs and Routes with team including engineering when issues need correcting.
• Update Operations Management to support operational success.
• Coach others on procedures, teamwork, etc., and lead by example, exemplify positive behavior.
• Identify opportunities and implement productivity improvements.
• Assist in the training of new personnel, as required.
• Employee’s yearly reviews for personnel that are assigned to you.