FULL DESCRIPTION: 

At MGS, we provide our team members with steady work, year-round, and opportunities to grow a lasting career while focusing on employee safety and promoting a healthy work environment.

In business since 1962, we build equipment that delivers well-engineered, reliable solutions for all kinds of transportation challenges. With a focus on superior quality and great people, we are proud to say we build things that last.

Summary: Aids departmental supervisor or production manager in directing and coordinating departmental workflow by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review and compares order sheets to work order prints to find discrepancies.  Chases print and works out issues with engineering.
• Compiles work order packets when job is complete.
• Sets employees work schedules after conferring with supervisor.
• Aids in the training of new employees.
• Inspects product as directed by supervisor and completes inspection sheets.
• Works with team to produce product.
• Is knowledgeable about the products produced and the best methods to product them.
• After conferring with the area supervisor or production manager, directs the team to stage and product products with the greatest efficiency.  Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders for workers, and assigns duties.
• Assists supervisor with the selection of new employees.
• Supplies the supervisor with input for employee evaluation.
• Ensures that workplace safety practices are monitored and followed.
• Interprets, follows and ensures compliance for necessary departmental MGS procedures and work instructions.
• Acts as liaison to interpret company policies for team members.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
• Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department or work crew.
• Suggest plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Assures that time records (job cards) are filled out correctly and are turned in on a timely basis.
• Confers with other Team Leaders to coordinate activities of individuals within the department.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  the requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION & / OR EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one to three months related experience and training.  basic mechanical and print reading ability.  Basic knowledge of electrical and hydraulic systems.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee frequently is required to walk.  The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, and talk or hear.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.