Production Team Lead - 1st Shift - New Flyer

New Flyer is North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader and offers the most advanced product line under the Xcelsior® and Xcelsior CHARGE® brands. It also offers infrastructure development through NFI Infrastructure Solutions™, a service dedicated to providing safe, sustainable, and reliable charging and mobility solutions. Further information is available at www.newflyer.com.         

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for supervising effective and safe daily activities of subordinates and meeting production deadlines. We are hiring for Shell 2, Raw, Finish 1, Finish 2, Roat Test, and a Floater. 

 WHAT YOU WILL DO: 

• Coordinate team’s work efforts within the station to facilitate completion of assigned installations.
• Utilize progressive discipline process up to written warnings to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Complete assigned tasks in station to the highest quality standards.
• Comply with the established procedures regarding the handling of parts to ensure a quality build and eliminate waste.
• Coordinate with support elements (M.E., Materials, and QA).
• Ensure proper training and when possible cross-train all station members to accomplish any/all installations done in station.
• Report unsafe work conditions and injuries immediately to appropriate personnel.
• Ensure that your workstation is clean at the end of shift and all tools are marked, operational and accounted for.
• Maintain good documentation in completing proper forms and account for labor against the installations.
• Ensure the LiveBus is completed properly and done prior to line move.
• Organize, plan and execute everything in the work station to ensure daily production line schedule is met.
• Keep track of part shortages and report shortages immediately.
• Communicate with team members and minimally conduct daily Toolbox meetings.
• Able to communicate and support a changing environment.
• Able to learn the Oracle system and be able to use it daily in the work station.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• Able to communicate effectively via written and verbal communication.
• Excellent blueprint reading, working knowledge of process sheets and work instructions.
• Must have working knowledge of all on-line installations.

• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite products, specifically Microsoft Outlook
• Extremely quality conscious and detail oriented

New Flyer is an EEO/AAP/Female/Minority/Disabled/Vets Employer   

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM:

• Competitive Wages.
• COVID-19 Precaution(s): Personal protective equipment provided or required. Social distancing guidelines in place.  Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place.
• Benefits: Our benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance. We also have 12 paid holidays and vacation, 401k with a generous company match, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, voluntary-term life insurance, employer-paid short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident benefits, and an allowance for safety boot/shoes just to name a few. A waiting period for benefits may apply and only full-time employees are eligible.
• NFI Group has been named a Manitoba Top Employer for 2020 and this is the tenth since the competition was established in 2007.
• Employee social committee organizes numerous events throughout the year, including summer barbecues, holiday festivities, sporting events and tournaments, and much more.
• Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.

OUR WHY: 

We exist to move people. Our mission is to design and deliver exceptional transportation solutions that are safe, accessible, e­fficient and reliable.

NFI Group is a leading independent global bus manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation solutions.  News and information are available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, www.arbocsv.com, www.alexander-dennis.com, www.carfaircomposites.com and www.nfi.parts.