Position Summary

The Work Leader plays a key role in the day-to-day operations within the production areas of the facility, exemplifying the core values of the departments and identifying non-value-added activities.  This individual helps ensure smooth material flow across the shop floor to meet customer delivery commitments, utilizing SAP for tracking and management. The Work Leader acts as a vital communication link, reinforcing management direction while providing employee feedback through active listening.

Responsibilities

• Perform direct labor tasks by earning hours to support customer deliveries when needed
• Act as a backup for the Supervisor during their absence, including scheduling and assigning work, communicating schedules to operators, and troubleshooting,
• Provide leadership to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, including safety, quality, and continuous improvements initiatives.  (Note: While the position does require upholding policies and procedures, however does not include discipling operators)
• Accurately document production activities using SAP transactions
• Accurately document issues in designated files
• Coordinate rework efforts as needed
• Effectively assign and schedule work, including coordinating product flow across departments when required. 
• Perform activities related to hazardous waste handling, such as container labeling, understanding emergency procedures, and completing initial and annual hazardous waste training.  
• Ability to understand and support day-by-hour sheet completion and ability to lead High Performance Teams. This position should be involved in leading by example by participating in the various facets of the Parker Lean System. 

• This list contains the most essential functions of the job but is not meant to be exhaustive of everything this position will be asked to do

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Three years Production experience
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Work experience/ knowledge in multiple departments
• Ability to read, understand and follow written and verbal procedures, processes, and instructions.
• Demonstrated computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and SAP software.
• Willingness and ability to work other shifts and overtime as needed
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision
• Strong teamwork and communication skills to collaborate effectively with management and coworkers
• Ability to perform job duties safely, without posing significant risk to self or others. 
• Demonstrated commitments to self-improvement by acquiring new knowledge, skills, and accepting new assignments. 

• Preferred back-up work lead experience 

   

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in spanets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.  However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

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