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JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE:
Panel Team Lead
Manager’s Title:
Electrical Panel Supervisor
JOB CODE:
Direct Reports:
No
Date:
April 5, 2025
Direct Budget Responsibilities:
No
Department:
Electrical
If yes, budget scope:
MHSE Location:
Terry Blvd. Electrical Panel Assembly Plant
Level:
Job Family:
Operations
Exempt/Non-Exempt:
Non-Exempt
Job Summary:
The Panel Team Lead will be responsible for leading a team of Panel Technicians to assemble electrical control panels. This position is focused on interpreting control panel layouts and schematics for an electrical control panel and working alongside a team to complete the control panel build while supporting the overall project schedule.
Essential Functions:
Lead daily activities to meet performance targets, resolve production issues, and promote continuous improvement
Promote a safe work environment and keep work areas free of hazards.
Coordinate with Supervisor to develop daily plan and targets.
Review status of open items (Daily Routine Management board updates).
Ensure items necessary for team members to perform daily work assignments are staged, preventing “go gets.”
Assign team members to work statement; coordinate to get backup coverage for absent team members.
Communicate daily performance targets to the team.
Understand the statement of work to performed by the team.
Train others to perform standard work processes.
Facilitate 5S activities throughout the day.
Be the first point of contact for team members for process problems or needs to perform daily work.
Coordinate to resolve production issues by utilizing support staff and supervisor.
Update and communicate progress on the daily team targets throughout the day (DRM).
Monitor scheduled work progress and coordinate with Supervisor to identify overtime requirements.
Become product Subject Matter Expert.
Continuous Improvement
Understand how business goals and objectives relate to your statement of work and communicate them to your team.
Communicate goals and objectives to the team. Develop plans and conduct activities to align with the goals and performance.
Participate in Kaizen teams.
Lead your team in process improvement and defect reduction activities. Drive root cause resolution.
Facilitate the implementation of improvements identified by your team.
Education and Experience:
Two-year EE technical degree preferred, or equivalent work experience required
1+ years of electrical panel assembly experience
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Multimeter – resistance, current and voltage testing
Hand tools
MS Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Excellent verbal and written skills
This job description describes the general nature and level of work expected of a person assigned to this position. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor.
It is the policy of FORTNA and its affiliated companies to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, citizenship status (if authorized to work in the U.S.), or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, FORTNA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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Fortna partners with the world’s leading brands to transform their distribution operations to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives. Known world-wide as the Distribution Experts™, we design and deliver intelligent solutions, powered by FortnaWES™ software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools, ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our clients with comprehensive services including network strategy, distribution center operations, material handling automation, supply chain systems and warehouse software design and implementation.
