Utility Team Member

Job Summary

Support team members to satisfy required quality, safety, and production standards by performing the following duties: yellow light calls, changeover verifications, wire checks, movement of hot parts, maintenance work orders, scrap processing, containment of non-conformances, and with line side operator support. The Team Member must follow all safety and work policy requirements while performing job duties.  Each Team Member must support job functions that will affect quality, safety, and cost metrics for their shift and department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - include the following:

• Ability to install tooling correctly (per Procedure Book)


• Has the ability to perform all Pokayoke checks (setting and verifying effectiveness)


• Correctly performs RPC (remaining piece check) after every job


• Correctly performs changeover preparation


• Ability to perform non-conformance containment


• Ability to correctly submit and follow up maintenance work orders


• Support team members on process troubleshooting during machine issues


• Ability to properly perform the non-conformance procedure


• Ability to correctly adjust oil and air


• Correctly performs movement of non-conformances in N/C cage


• Correctly sets prester 


• Inspect work pieces on cold forming machines


• Ability to correctly set box stacker


• Fully understands the Kanban system


• Performs line side quality checks


• Daily checks of empty washer cans and empty bowl table


• 4S+ Projects and Assistance


• Worn tooling Audits


• Support of safety/quality audits


• Replacement of new procedures/documents line side


• Ability to read setup sheet correctly and install tooling by setup sheet


• Tool number verification to set up


• Worn/Chip judgment


• Ability to understand the cause of nonconformance and the reason for the non-conformance


• Ability to make proper adjustments after determining non-conformance


• Ability to determine if a non-conformance is caused by man, machine, method, or material


• Ability to determine the cause of a non-conformance, make the proper adjustments, and notify the Area Leader of a non-conformance


• Assisting department management in setting and meeting Key Productivity Indicators (KPI)


• Understands the priority system and can self-manage to ensure there are not any incorrect shipments to customers


• Select and transport the required raw material from the material storage area via crane and position it on the wire de-realer


• Deliver finished products and Kanban to the next designated address


• Regular predictable attendance and the ability to work overtime and Saturdays


• Other duties as assigned 

Requirements/Qualifications

• Six months of related experience and or training, a one-year certificate from a college or technical school, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


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

  
  

 WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 

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.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk or hear.  The Team Member is occasionally required to stand and use hands, walk, bend, lift, or twist.  The Team Member frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.  The Team Member is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.  The Team Member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  The Team Member must be able to lift a container of fasteners weighing up to 25 pounds on a regular basis.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is frequently required to sit; to use their hands to finger, handle, or feel; and to talk or hear.

CODE OF CONDUCT:

Indiana Automotive Fasteners is a team environment. We operate with mission-driven integrity. Our mission of “Ensuring your family’s SAFETY through our team’s QUALITY” is at the heart of all our decisions and actions. We exemplify ethical practices, professionalism, and personal integrity, creating respectful and trusting collaborative work environments where sound advice is valued. We contribute to the IAF team by living the core values of T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K.

We are Trustworthy. We do the right things right every time. We do our jobs with honest effort every time, every day. We follow all Safety, Quality, and Work Policies. We are Engaged. We are eager and enthusiastic to help our team succeed. We persistently pursue excellence every day. We work together to continuously improve. We are Accountable. We are responsible for every product and process we touch. Our choices and actions matter because our work matters. We produce Excellent Quality fasteners. Our work is a critical component to critical features on vehicles. It is our responsibility to follow our Quality-controlled procedures to ensure the Safety of our products. We are Motivated. Our work drives us. We can achieve, and we will achieve. We care about what we do. We are Welcoming. We encourage everyone’s best. We greet everyone with a friendly smile. We care about each other. We are Open-minded. We ask. We listen. We consider. We are curious about new possibilities. We are not content with the status quo, and we believe that our diverse backgrounds are what makes us stronger, so we listen to learn from each other. We are Respectful. We listen to understand. We help each other. We believe every team member matters and deserves respect. We are Knowledge-seeking. We Genchi Genbutsu: Go, Look, See. We keep learning, we keep growing. We strive to understand, so we investigate problems to learn from our mistakes. We train and develop our team so that we continue to grow and improve.

 Indiana Automotive Fasteners is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.