Team Leader, Press 3rd Shift

Who We Are: Challenge Manufacturing's mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.

Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge's success!

Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!

Who We Want:

The Ideal team member maintains the team's goals by working collaboratively with Group Leaders and Team Members to drive continuous improvement. This position works collaboratively with Group Leader and Team Members to ensure quality concerns are identified and escalated according to the company's quality process, ensuring highest quality products are delivered to internal and external customers. This Team Lead consistently acts and behaves in a manner that supports a team-focused organization, effectively working to manage safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale.

What You'll Do:

• The Team Leader helps facilitate the work activities of the department and ensures that work activities are being performed according to policy, procedure and process.
• Team Leaders help to ensure that safety, quality and productivity requirements are being achieved by:
• First line of support to team members when abnormal conditions exist
• Escalating issues so that appropriate resources are involved when abnormalities occur,
• Ensure continuity of operations by filling in for team members when necessary (absenteeism, break periods, etc.)
• Working on continuous improvement projects
• Oversees personnel that are loading and unloading trucks, verifying counts, inspecting for damaged packaging,
• Ensure safe operation of equipment by team members
• Train team members' on various processes, procedures and job tasks within their work zone
• Certify team members' on individual workstations to satisfy each level of progression on the skills matrix
• Track and communicate status for inbound/outbound truck schedules.
• Constant communication with supervisor and fork lift drivers.
• Verify EDI requirements and setup/manage loads
• Lead and assist shipping personnel as needed
• Spot check the labeling of staged containers throughout the day.
• Enforce FIFO procedures that are set in place
• Understand and follow plant rules including proper dress, hair and cell phone usage.
• Responsible for performing incidental work activities associated with all job functions within the department / work area
• Responsible for providing relief to production team members for scheduled or emergency breaks / lunch periods.
• May required to perform work normally assigned to production operators and / or hilo drivers to cover absenteeism / labor shortage.

When and Where:

This will be a 3rd Shift / 10:00pm-6:30am Sunday-Thursday position located at our Plant in Walker, MI.

Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.


What You Need to Have:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English at a level sufficient to safely and effectively perform job duties, including following work instructions, safety procedures, and company communications.
• Able to stand for 8-10 hours a day and be physically capable of performing the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• High School Diploma or GED (preferred)
• Ability to maintain quality and safety standards.
• Ability to read and write and understand work instructions.
• Ability to understand and follow safety procedures.
• Ability to receive, track, and distribute materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Ability to prepare routine administrative paperwork.
• Ability to read, sort, check, count, and verify numbers.
• Ability to perform simple arithmetic.
• Ability to detect problems and report information to appropriate personnel.
• Ability to receive, stock, and/or deliver goods.
• Ability to operate PC and scan gun.

What We Offer: We're excited to offer a range of awesome benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life and Long-Term Disability options, an Employer 401k Match, ESOP shares, tuition reimbursement, a Referral Bonus Program, Challenge Incentive Program, and paid time off.

Please note, while these benefits are part of what we offer, they may not all apply to this specific role. The details shared in this job description are intended to give you a general idea, but duties and responsibilities may evolve over time, with or without notice. And of course, we're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to help individuals with disabilities succeed in their role.