Team Leader, Final Assembly

This is where  your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter:

In this pivotal role on our Final Assembly team you will work collaboratively with Supervisors and Materials Planning to determine staff requirements, prioritize work to ensure that customer deliveries are achieved, and that production plans are successfully implemented. As a motivated and upbeat leader, you have proven leadership abilities and hands-on capability! As the Group Leader, you will take the lead and give direction to a group of operators as well as coordinate and prioritize work schedules and assign tasks. You will be the first level of escalation to resolve production issues and ensure tasks are met.

Your Team:

Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by manufacturing high-quality products. Baxter strives to create quality products for our customers each day.

Delivering life-saving products is about getting them right, and attention to detail is how we make sure we meet that challenge. We are a team that supports each other throughout each shift. Working together in a supportive and open culture makes our processes evolve for the better and engages our workforce.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Commit to a Zero-Harm workplace and ensure Safety policies are followed.

• Timely reporting of all safety incidents.

• Cultivate a collaborative environment while interacting and motivating a team of operators to achieve People/Quality/Delivery/Cost objectives

• Ensure training and cross training on accurate procedures and operations of tools to develop operators and maintain flexibility

• Use computer to update production targets, scrap transactions, order material. Knowledge of Excel/Word/SAP

• Ensure all quality and regulatory policies are carried out

• Review/Sign Device History Records, Training records and other quality documents

• Assist your Supervisor with employee appraisals

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma/GED, Associates Degree preferred.

• 2-4 years’ experience preferred

• Able and willing to work overtime on short notice

• Demonstrates good judgment and can balance multiple tasks and prioritize accordingly.

• Work in various positions such as standing or sitting and working in repetitive jobs/assemblies.

• Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience or other Process Improvement program is desirable.

• Leadership skills will be a key attribute.

Physical Requirements:

• The worker is required to have natural or corrected near-distance visual acuity of 20/25 and the ability to differentiate between colors.

• Be able to lift 70lbs and work in various positions: standing, sitting, and working on repetitive jobs/assemblies.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career.  At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.  To that end, this position has a pay rate of $27.00 an hour.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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