Brake Press Lead - 3rd Shift

Greenwood, IN, USA Req #1845
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Avalign produces innovative, high-performance, and cost-effective medical devices with a particular focus on high growth and ingenuity. Our team is growing quickly and proud of the fact that our custom-made devices continue to make a huge difference in the lives of medical professionals and their patients. Our employees are actively involved in the design, engineering and manufacture of technologically advanced medical devices that ensure that we meet our customer’s quality specifications for each product we produce.

We are looking for a Brake Press Lead on a 3rd shift schedule. You will be responsible for providing day-to-day functional guidance and training to operators for the overall direction and performance to provide the highest quality products for the Company.

 

What You’ll Do:

  • Coordinate production to meet schedules and ensure that company policies and procedures are followed at all times, paying particular attention to safety, quality, and maintenance of equipment
  • Oversee and assure that proper maintenance and care is taken on all machines and report any malfunctions or equipment problems to Management
  • Maintain clean, orderly and safe work areas at all times
  • Perform periodic inspections of parts being run to ensure both visual quality and dimensional quality standards are maintained
  • Work closely with supervisor to foster teamwork, ensure correctness and accuracy of products, and compliance with all company policies and procedures
  • Conduct daily production review of tier-1 metrics and group notification of NCMR/scrap issues
  • Responsible for work center’s 5S, PMs, machine metrics, review of machine speeds, dispatch adherence, tracking daily downtime or issues on tier-1 board, managing material movement, and submitting shift pass downs
  • Direct and assign work for the team, training (both DOT Compliance and on-the-job training), and coaching and auditing GDP/GMP

 

What You Won’t Do:

  • Feel stuck – we offer great opportunities to advance and learn
  • Get bored – we make custom products, so no day is the same
  • Feel like a number – we’re a close-knit bunch and always have each other’s backs 

 

Who You Are:

  • A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment
  • A quick learner who is always ready to gain depth of knowledge in manufacturing processes
  • A reliable worker who knows the importance of showing up when it counts
  • Accept assignments with open, cooperative, positive and team-oriented attitudes
  • Able to plan and execute plans across teams
  • Effective communicator, both written and verbal

 

What You’ll Need:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred; plus, one or more years of fabrication experience. Prior leadership/supervisory experience preferred
  • Must be able to read and interpret blueprints, work orders, part numbers, operations sheets and other pertinent information to determine appropriate operations
  • Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
  • Mathematical skills to manage units of measure, fractions, decimals, whole numbers
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and operations sheets to determine set-up and operations to be formed
  • Ability to lift up to 25 pounds

 

What You’ll Enjoy:

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid vacation and 10 observed paid holidays per year
  • Employer funded Basic Life and AD&D insurance
  • Employer funded STD and LTD insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Great 401(k) with company match
  • Generous employee referral bonus program
  • Working for a thriving, performance-based company that values promoting from within and career advancement
  • Temperature controlled environment
  • Community involvement investing and giving back to the community
  • Additional free resources such as travel assistance, EAP, etc.

Avalign conducts a comprehensive background, drug testing, highest level of education completion verification, and reference checks. 
 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are an employer that participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Other details

  • Pay Type Hourly
Location on Google Maps
  • Greenwood, IN, USA