Weld Cell Leader

New Flyer is North America’s heavy-duty transit bus leader, providing sustainable mobility solutions through transit buses, technology, and infrastructure. New Flyer is a subsidiary of NFI Group, a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions. Building on its 90+ year legacy of innovation, New Flyer is the only manufacturer offering all three types of zero-emission transit buses, with over 1,900 zero-emission buses delivered to date.

Proudly serving all 25 of the largest transit agencies in North America, New Flyer actively supports over 35,000 heavy-duty transit buses, currently operated by approximately 500 agencies.

POSITION SUMMARY: Leads the manufacturing cell in reaching output requirements through the efficient use of provided resources by following documented processes. This position supports the key operating principles of Safety, OPEX, our lean journey, continuous improvement of our employee’s, our process, and our product. a high standard of quality in meeting our customer expectations.

Requirements

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• · Support all company safety initiatives. Conduct weekly safety walks, enforce all safety policies, ensure all employees are trained in safe work procedures, submit hazard and spill reports as required.
• · Maintain the quality output of the cell, facilitate, and lead the self-inspection process, support the management of material through the MRB review following up on al rejected material from the cell. Support all quality training to ensure all required material and tools are available to support first time quality.
• · Lead the manufacturing cell by coordinating the daily cell meeting will a focus of achieving the goal of 100% build in station requirement. Present the result and corrective action based on the weekly review of the cell metric results. Ensure active participation from the supporting department of Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and the Material group.
• · Maintain the production schedule through the coordination of both in station and out of station requirement, scheduling of overtime as required, cross training the employees to always ensure adequate levels of availability. Attend both SWAT and Pre-production meeting, coordinate ECO completion as required.
• · Interface with other cells and departments ie – Engineering, the Material group and Human resources in order to resolve issues affecting the performance of the cell or the condition of the product, all in a effort to support of a build in station requirement.
• · The management of personnel issues, conduct daily toolbox talks, respond quickly to all employees concerns, document and conduct employees’ reviews on time, maintain employee time and attendance records, conduct discipline meeting as required, maintain a visual vacation schedule in the cell, support training needs and requirements. Interact with the HR dept as required to address employee’s issues as required. Support the hiring process as required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• · 3 to 5 years of Supervisory experience in a Manufacturing environment
• · Good people skills
• · Strong oral and written communication skills