About Landscape Structures

Landscape Structures Inc. has been the leading manufacturer of commercial playground equipment in the world for more than 50 years. Our employee-owned company designs community and school playgrounds that encourage kids of all ages and abilities to learn persistence, leadership, competition, bravery, support, and empathy through play. Landscape Structures pushes the limits—of design, inclusion, and play—to help kids realize there is no limit to what they can do today and in the future. For a better tomorrow, we play today.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Production Coordinator is responsible for understanding different work cells, facilitating workflow, and assigning workload. The Production Coordinator will coach and give team members feedback, will work through problems with cross-functional teams/departments, will conduct safety and standard work audits, while rotating to gain exposure to different work cells/Departments.

VALUES

• Innovation
• Commitment & Passion
• Integrity
• Team & Relationships
  
  

Duties And Responsibilities

This individual spends about 50% of their time in the process:

• Ensures team members are assigned/reassigned to the right roles and responsibilities to optimize workflow for the day
• Point of contact to addresses product and people concerns are ensuring prompt resolution
• Actively participates in training and development for new and existing employees
• Responsible for the achievement of daily production goals within the assigned area
• Ensures product standards are met before leaving work area
  
  

This individual spends about 50% of their time working on administrative duties:

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and departments to resolve challenges
• Conducts standard work audits
• Conducts safety and 5S Audits
• Responsible for Hot jobs and area priorities
• Monitors production metrics to identify patterns
• Balances workload with MDI projects/Control Plans
• Actively participates/leads daily team huddles
• Participates and contributes to department presentation preparation and monthly report out
• Assists with the Q Board
• Ensures department participation
• Puts in request to complete newspaper items
• Closed out newspaper items or escalates as needed
• Shared responsibility for end of day communication
• Provides interview and onboarding support
• Follow LSI Leader Standard Work
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

ATTRIBUTES

• Action Oriented: Takes pride in their work; pursues work with energy, drive, and a need to finish; enjoys seeing work completed; is action oriented and full of energy for the things they see as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.
• Approachability Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; builds rapport well; is a good listener; knows how to manage relationships effectively and knows when to escalate.
• Composure Is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together during tough times; can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn’t show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis.
• Conflict Management: Steps up to conflicts; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can work through disagreements equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise; awareness of the pulse of the team; doesn’t avoid conflict
• Problem Solving: Uses lean or problem-solving tools (including LSI tools) to solve difficult problems; knows which resources to use and when; can see hidden problems; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
• Planning, Priority Setting & Managing (and Measuring) Work: Spends their time and the time of others on what’s important; develops schedules and task/people assignments; sets clear objectives and measures; clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; eliminates roadblocks; understands how decisions impact up and down stream customers and organizational goals; monitors process, progress, and results; designs feedback loops into work; accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects;; measures performance against goals; identifies, understands, and act upon department trends; evaluates results.
• Delegating: Delegates both routine tasks and decisions appropriately and when needed; may delegates tasks to team members but is ultimately responsible for the output; ensures time and resources are in place, giving team members time to complete tasks; equitably and fairly assigns tasks among team members.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with two years’ related experience and/or training, preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2+ years of Manufacturing experience in a team lead role preferred
• Experience in ERP applications - Microsoft D365, preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of lean principles strongly preferred
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
  
  

The target hourly range is $24.00 - $28.00, depending upon qualifications and experience, plus a differential for 2nd Shift. Expanded pay ranges may be available for growth and advancement opportunities. In addition to hourly pay, the compensation package also includes eligibility for profit-sharing and monthly bonus opportunity. Additionally, for eligible full-time employees, we offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits; paid time off and paid holidays; 401(k) retirement plan and employee stock ownership plan.

Landscape Structures is an equal opportunity employer.