Play a key role in the manufacturing of seating products as a Team Lead. These full-time positions include benefits, overtime pay, and multiple training and advancement opportunities.

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Hiring Company

Freedman Seating manufactures seats and seating related products for many different applications. Freedman Seating's product lines include bus, rail, marine, delivery truck, specialty and commercial vehicle seating. Consistent growth and expansion has earned Freedman Seating recognition as the leading manufacturer of transportation seating solutions. Manufacturing seats for buses, Freedman Seating supplies the major OEMs, over 250 bus distributors, the federal government, and many states and municipalities. The family of Freedman Seating bus seats includes products for small and mid-size coaches, paratransit vans and buses, public transit buses, and private bus operators. Freedman Seating Company currently has nearly 750 employees including manufacturing, sales, engineering and administrative personnel.

Position Overview

Manages subordinate supervisors who supervise 50 employees in the Production Department. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Hours

• Monday - Friday
• 1 st and 2 nd shift opportunities

Job Duties

• Reviews master production schedule and work orders
• Establishes priorities for specific customer orders
• Revises schedule according to work order specifications, established priorities, and availability or capability of workers, parts, material, machines, and equipment
• Reschedules identical processes to eliminate duplicate machine setups
• Distributes work orders to departments, denoting number, type, and proposed completion date of units to be produced
• Confers with department supervisors to determine progress of work and to provide information on changes in processing methods received from methods or engineering departments.
• Compiles reports concerning progress of work and downtime due to failures of machines and equipment to appraise production-planning personnel of production delays
• Maintains inventory of materials and parts needed to complete production
• Inspects seats frequently, which requires lifting of up to 50lbs to ensure assembly is in accordance to specs and order
• Expedites production of spare parts and establishes delivery dates for spare parts orders.
• Train new employees
• Inform the Production supervisor if any employee is not performing up to speed
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• 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.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Salary and Benefit Information

• Hourly wages based on experience
• Overtime pay available after 40 hours (not mandatory)
• Medical, Dental, Vison, and 401k
• Cross training and career growth opportunities
• Apprentice programs to increase skillsets and wages
• Free fitness facility on-site
• Relaxed dress code
• CTA accessible (Cicero Green Line)

Location

4545 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL. (West Humboldt Park near Cicero Green Line stop)