3rd Shift Production Lead - Lean & 5S Champion

Cornerstone Building Brands; Rocky Mount (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Collaborative culture

Market leader

Professional development

Job summary

Cornerstone Building Brands is seeking a hands-on Supervisor / Workplace Organization Pillar Lead for the Rocky Mount Model Line on the 3rd shift (6:00 PM–6:30 AM). You will coach production teams and drive Workplace Organization within the model line, applying lean methods and continuous improvement on the manufacturing floor.

The role emphasizes leadership, problem‑solving and the ability to learn structured methods.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing operations, production leadership or related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coach employees in a manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, operational excellence or structured problem solving.
• Strong communication, organization and accountability skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new methods and translate training into floor-level execution.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality and Material Flow.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing execution with focus on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost and people.
• Own Workplace Organization implementation and performance within the assigned model-line area.
• Establish team roles, zone ownership, baseline conditions, Activity Boards and execution plans.
• Lead and coach teams in 5S, red tagging, visual management and workplace standards.
• Identify workplace losses including unnecessary motion, waiting, searching, handling and other non‑value‑added activity.
• Apply 3M – Muda, Mura and Muri analysis to identify waste, variation and overburden.
• Support time observations and VAA/NVAA analysis.
• Partner with the Process Engineer to use Yamazumi/work-balance analysis to identify workload imbalance and improve operator balance.
• Develop, implement and sustain standard work and visual work instructions.
• Improve ergonomics, point-of-use organization and operator movement.
• Lead daily Activity Board reviews and ensure abnormalities have owners, countermeasures and closure dates.
• Coach Team Leaders and employees in problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Verify implementation and sustainment through floor observation, audits and performance results.
• Support expansion of successful Model Line practices to additional production areas.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Strong communication

Learning ability

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Cornerstone Building Brands is seeking a hands-on Supervisor / Workplace Organization Pillar Lead for the Rocky Mount Model Line on the 3rd shift (6:00 PM–6:30 AM). You will coach production teams and drive Workplace Organization within the model line, applying lean methods and continuous improvement on the manufacturing floor.

The role emphasizes leadership, problem‑solving and the ability to learn structured methods.