Production Associate Group Leader

Job Description Summary

Description: Responsible for directing the day-to-day work in the assigned area. Individual may provide input or recommendations to supervisory personnel on hiring, performance assessment and discipline. Responsible for execution of the daily, weekly, and monthly forecasted production priorities required to meet output quotas and group performance goals.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring team is on schedule. Adjusts people and resources as necessary to meet business objectives. Reads work procedures, work instructions, drawings (where applicable), and provides instruction to others when required.
• Audit that required tools are available and in good working order, within calibration date, and escalate if additional action is required.
• Monitor the daily production flow and adjust workloads and resources appropriately.
• Identify, report, escalate, investigate, and resolve defects.
• Assist in implementation of process improvements to increase quality and productivity levels.
• Monitor team compliance to quality assurance and environmental health and safety procedures and policies as required, and correct as needed.
• Ensure team is using current documents released in MyWorkshop used during the production process.
• Qualified and effective competency trainer of the entire work area. Check and review final product paperwork or DHR entries as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned and may be asked to be included in quality activities, training sessions, and employee activity teams.
• Participate in quality control inspections when required.
• Fill in for the supervisor when they are out of office.
• Monitor 5S in the area and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for the area for technical support.
• Be the first responder to eAndons and escalate until they are resolved.
• Order tools and supplies as needed to support area needs.
• Handle initial personnel issues and escalate if needed.
• Serve as a backup to fill unexpected absences.
• Update visual management boards daily.
• Follow group lead standard work.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• High School Diploma or local equivalent.
• 5 or more years of related manufacturing experience.
• Ability to communicate, receive and understand instructions regarding duties to be performed
• Ability to provide instructions regarding policies and procedures Must be able to lift (floor to waist, waist to crown level, and horizontally).
• Lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to perform frequent simple grasping, firm grasping, fine manipulation, neck rotation, and neck flexion throughout the workday.
• Must be able to twist, push/pull, reach at, above and below shoulder height frequently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to frequently stoop and bend; occasionally squat and kneel, throughout the workday.
• Must be able to stand/sit continuously throughout the day.
• Must be able to ascend/descend/balance occasionally on portable step stool.   

Desired Characteristics:

• Associates degree or local equivalent.
• Prior management experience.
• Prior experience working in a medical device manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience in GMP work environment.

Other: Quality Specific Goals:

• Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position.
• Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines.
• Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required.
• Training: Aware of and comply with GEHC training requirements.
• Knowledge and understanding of production process, work instructions, documentation configuration control, non-conforming & rework documentation requirements and operates within them to ensure that a device conforms to its specification.
• Aware of and comply with Stop Order, Concessions, ESD, Calibration, Preventative Maintenance, Material Identification & Segregation, and Good Documentation Practices, as associated with this job type/position.   

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. For this role sponsorship is not provided. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Additional Information

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.