As the Autonomous Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading your autonomous team(s) to safely achieve day-to-day objectives, quality standards, performance and output levels within the time and cost budgeted, while supporting the Value Stream Leader/APU Leader.
This includes ensuring safety and quality policies and procedures are followed, as well as ensuring production meets the organization's targeted goals. The team leader will assist in completing production and assembly. The Team Leader is directly responsible for ensuring ALL team members follow all safety standards and are in compliance with the requirements and pro-actively addressing any non-conformaties immediately. The team leader will assist in completing production and assembly. This position reports directly to the Value Stream Leader over their assigned work area.

• Maintaining and inputting accurate team data into the computer system or other designated system.
• This includes production numbers, scrap, team boards, etc.
• Responsible for daily 4 P patrol.
• Designated Health & Safety Representative for the team.
• As applicable, undertake and provide on the job training for their relevant autonomous team.
• Communicating efficiently and effectively to the Production Supervisor, ensuring they are informed of any incident that has stopped production for more than 15 minutes.
• Ensuring that job rotation standard is continually met.
• Cover when required for other Autonomous Team Leaders.
• Conduct 5S audits with the Manufacturing Supervisors and as per the agreed audit plan.
• Continually drive 5S improvements.
• Ensuring all team maintenance tasks are completed.
• Verify that Operating Procedures are up to date and maintained.
• Coordinate changeover with other teams.
• As applicable, ensure proper training for new employees.
• Ensure that employees are performing their job in adherence to company policies, procedures and work instructions
• Notify appropriate personnel of any line issues (personnel, production, and product).
• Ensure that Saft policies and procedures are communicated effectively to employees and followed.
• Develop and maintain good work relationships with team members.
• Must be certified on ALL workstations within the Autonomous team.
• Must be able to perform minor first aid, if needed.
• Responsible for verification of OP's, OIP's and/or 9306's are accurate, up-to-date and the most recent revision is being used.
• Responsible for advance notification to maintenance and all team members of all upcoming changeovers 

• Minimum high school diploma or GED
• Associate degree in related field, preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years in high-capacity production environment
• Experience as a team leader, desired.
• Strong communication and motivation skills
• Influencing and developing others
• Planning and organizing
• Experience in dealing with team members of multi-cultural backgrounds in a professional manner with tact and diplomacy
• Must possess the ability to write and key in data from production builds into the computer system
• Knowledge of basic labor laws, such as FLSA, Wage & Hour and FML a plus.
• Must be authorized to work in the USA for ANY Employer

Whether you are just getting started or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package to include generous compensation based on market standards, healthcare, wellness, adoption assistance, discounted stock purchase, career development and recognition programs. Some of our superior benefits include parental (maternal and paternal) leave, 401K retirement contribution match at 7%, educational assistance (tuition reimbursement), Short-term Disability (STD), paid holidays, paid vacation, and paid employee referral award.

We appreciate diverse skills/experience and yours could add immense value to our team. Our customers have varied backgrounds and so do our employees. If you are excited about leaving your footprint on our technical customer-centric solutions while increasing sales, we would love to hear from you.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, and genetic information. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccommodation@saft.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Saft is a global battery company like no other. Thanks to our historical expertise, combined with our unique industrial approach, we have a leading position in meeting the demands of our customers. Our batteries and battery systems make a difference for all the market sectors they serve. Established in 19 countries and supported by our 16 production sites, Saft has more than 4,000 employees across the planet and have been manufacturing batteries for more than 100 years. Since 2016, Saft is a wholly owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables, and electricity. Their 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, cleaner, more reliable, and accessible to as many people as possible. The Company is active in more than 130 countries and puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.