Manufacturing Shift Lead – Drive Operations

Seagate Technology; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Seagate Technology in Woodlands, Singapore is seeking a Manufacturing Specialist III for Drive Operations. You will coordinate daily production, manage manpower deployment, ensure equipment readiness, and monitor safety and quality across shifts.

You will train and coach teammates, review production records, and support continuous improvement efforts within your area while collaborating with Engineering, Quality, and Planning teams. The role is on-site with rotating shifts in Singapore.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience across manufacturing, production, assembly, testing, inspection, packing, material-flow, equipment operation, standard work, production documentation, and material traceability processes.
• Experience coordinating work assignments, shift activities, daily production priorities, manpower deployment, handovers, follow-up actions.
• Experience conducting on-the-job training, coaching team members, or verifying task readiness against training/authorization requirements.
• Experience supporting containment, structured problem-solving, investigations, recurring issue follow-up, or local continuous-improvement actions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily production activities across an assigned line, cell, or area with increasing independence by translating approved production plans into work assignments and operating priorities.
• Coordinate manpower deployment, shift-start communication, handovers, follow-up actions, and task assignments within approved production plans.
• Verify team members are trained and authorized before assigning equipment or materials-handling tasks.
• Monitor safety, quality, output, workflow, material availability, and operational indicators; support reporting and escalation of metrics.
• Lead or coordinate local continuous improvement actions and verify sustainment without formal managerial authority.
• Perform trained production support tasks such as equipment setup, machine operation, labeling, packing, and material handling.
• Support other related manufacturing activities within the assigned scope.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Production coordination

Training/coaching

Documentation

Problem solving

Job description

Seagate Technology in Woodlands, Singapore is seeking a Manufacturing Specialist III for Drive Operations. You will coordinate daily production, manage manpower deployment, ensure equipment readiness, and monitor safety and quality across shifts.

You will train and coach teammates, review production records, and support continuous improvement efforts within your area while collaborating with Engineering, Quality, and Planning teams. The role is on-site with rotating shifts in Singapore.