Date Posted:
2024-10-26
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HSK02: Kidde Aerospace 4200 Airport Drive,NW, Wilson, NC, 27896 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite

1st Shift

Monday-Friday, 7 am-3:30 pm

• Full-benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
• Paid vacation & sick-time

Function:

This position provides manufacturing team leadership, coaching, and mentoring to one or more production cells within the department. The individual will distribute and ensure flow of work is consistent with expectations. This individual will support the company's lean process and work to improve processes and flow.

Characteristics of Applicant:

• A successful applicant for this role should have an unquestioned integrity and provide support to all employees within the specified work cell(s). The applicant needs to be able to motivate employees with the specified work cell(s), without having direct authority over the employees.
• The applicant does not need to currently know all of the process and job functions within the specified work cell(s); however, the applicant must be capable of learning each station and become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in regard to the work instructions and standard work for the specified cell(s).
• The individual for this role must have strong discipline to procedures, work instructions, compliance, policies, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), our EH&S and Quality Cardinal Rules, and promote a Speak Up culture.
• The applicant should be able to handle various working conditions and challenges; including, the ability to work with minimal supervision, multi-task, work with a cross-functional team, solve basic problems, escalate to the supervisor appropriately, and speak a public setting (Tier I meeting)
• Capable of using different computer software applications and providing mentoring and coaching to applicable employees for: SAP, Emails, Excel, Autotime, Collin's Website (LDAP, Empower U, etc.), escalating employee Tech Support, and entering Report It Don't Ignore It (RIDII) concerns.
• Comfortable resolving conflicts or bringing them to a Supervisor so that issues can be resolved quickly.
• Desire to continue to grow their career and look at this role as a building block to their next career choice.
• Willing to act as a Supervisor backup when needed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Become subject matter experts in assigned work cell(s)

• Provide preliminary review of employees for the OJT sign-off
• Ability to communicate & document standard work changes
• Interview operators on an hourly basis to determine if they are achieving expectations (i.e. Pitchwalk)
  • Determine what is driving underperformance
  • Provide countermeasure to underperformance
  • Escalate underperformance to Supervisor, if needed
• Perform stand down training with each operator within assigned work cell(s)
  • Performed at Tier I, or individually based on stand down communication
• Demonstrate usage of tools and workstation
  • Either for training, or when observed to be performing the incorrect way by and employee within the assigned work cell(s)

• Support operations by performing the following functions:
  • Review kitting to ensure operators within the work cell have complete kits and continue to work
    • Identify Flow Inhibitors and material shortages and escalate accordingly
  • Perform regular Gemba Walks to observe non-standard production
  • Report output on an hourly basis and update Pitchwalk and Tier boards accordingly
  • Use problem solving skills to resolve issues in a timely manner
  • Ensure shiftchange is executed properly between shift leads, as well as with operators at each station.
  • Review roster and skills matrix to optimize work stations
  • Provide suggestions to the Supervisor on cross-training potential and depth building
  • Ensure training and cross-training is completed in a timely manner, based on specific work station
  • Identify and encourage turnbacks so the organization can resolve systemic issues
  • Support CORE and Continuous Improvement activities
• Support quality through the following functions:
  • Ensure confirmation tool is being utilized at assigned work cell(s)
  • Ensure QN's are being open and closed in a timely manner
  • Facilitate Operator discussions on performance before escalation to the Supervisor
  • Participate in QAT Gemba Walks
  • Support Audit Preparation
  • Monitor MRB cages and support moving material in and out of cages when needed
  • Perform PR Transactions
  • Communicate Quality Alerts
• Support the EH&S and Operations department by:
  • Own PPE compliance within assigned work cell(s)
    • Start of Shift
    • All of Shift
  • Perform Self Inspections on a weekly basis
  • Identify, recommend and encourage improvements
  • Enter RIDII on operator or own behalf
  • Understand and provide support for building evacuations
    • Execution and Roster check
  • Read-across and stand down communications
    • Tier I or 1-on-1 with operators
  • Escalate PPE shortages or failure to adhere to PPE to Supervisor
• Support Facilities and Engineering by:
  • Inspecting calibrated equipment to ensure compliance
  • Ensure TPM's are being performed by employees within assigned Work Cell(s)
  • Enter work orders for down equipment
    • Escalate when not addressed in a timely manner (15 mins)
  • Review chemical cabinets for expired or non-complaint material
  • 5S public spaces within assigned Work Cell
  • Ensure employees are performing and adhering to 5S practices
  • Ensure compliance to all applicable shadowboards
  
  

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a HS diploma with a minimum of 2 year of relevant experience. In the absence of a HS diploma or GED, 4 years of relevant experience is required.
• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.6

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Prior manufacturing experience
• Experience with interpreting schematics and/or technical drawings.
• Experience reading and/or interpreting documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Intermediate computer skills in terms of typing, navigating screens and learning new software programs.

ROLE TYPE:

• Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world - and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
• And more!
  

Learn More and Apply Now!

Diversity drives innovation: inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

Minimum Program Qualifications

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our Avionics team advances flight deck solutions, airborne communications, vision systems, sensors and fire protection for commercial and military customers around the world. That means we're helping people reach their destination safely and keeping pilots, passengers, flight crews, airlines, airports and military personnel connected and informed. And we're providing industry-leading fire protection and safety systems that our customers can count on when it matters most. Are you ready to learn from the most knowledgeable experts in the industry, develop the technologies of tomorrow and reach new heights in your career? Join our Avionics team today.

• Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application
• Have prior experience in functional area of interest
• Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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