Assembly Lead

Regal Rexnord; Radford (VA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage

HSA & FSA

Paid Time Off

401k with Employer Match

Life and AD&D Insurance

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Regal Rexnord is seeking a Cell Leader to coordinate daily manufacturing operations within a production cell, maintaining safety, quality, and productivity while ensuring effective communication of priorities. You will lead a team, troubleshoot issues, and ensure standard processes are followed to eliminate waste.

The role is onsite with a base salary range displayed and benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA/CPA options, paid time off, 401k with matching, life/AD&D, and tuition

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and production workflows.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation (drawings, diagrams, specifications).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Basic math skills and ability to analyze production data.
• Experience using systems such as Oracle or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations within the production cell, ensuring work is prioritized and completed efficiently.
• Train and support associates on processes, procedures, and manufacturing tasks across multiple roles.
• Maintain working knowledge of all cell functions to provide coverage as needed.
• Troubleshoot equipment and production issues and coordinate resolution.
• Ensure daily management systems (boards, meetings, metrics) are updated and executed.
• Monitor and drive completion of standard work activities (5S, Kanban audits, routine tasks).
• Communicate staffing needs, including labor shortages or excess capacity based on production demand.
• Promote adherence to standard processes and identify opportunities to eliminate waste.
• Ensure compliance with safety procedures and workplace standards.
• Provide support and coverage for the Production Supervisor as needed and communicate issues proactively.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Production workflows

Technical documentation reading

Communication skills

Teamwork

Math skills

Oracle experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Oracle

Job description

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

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Position Overview

We are seeking a Cell Leader to support daily manufacturing operations by coordinating work within a production cell, ensuring adherence to standard processes, and driving team performance. In this role, you will play a key role in maintaining safety, quality, and productivity while ensuring effective communication and execution of daily production priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations within the production cell, ensuring work is prioritized and completed efficiently
• Train and support associates on processes, procedures, and manufacturing tasks across multiple roles
• Maintain working knowledge of all cell functions to provide coverage as needed
• Troubleshoot equipment and production issues and coordinate resolution
• Ensure daily management systems (boards, meetings, metrics) are updated and executed
• Monitor and drive completion of standard work activities (5S, Kanban audits, routine tasks)
• Communicate staffing needs, including labor shortages or excess capacity based on production demand
• Promote adherence to standard processes and identify opportunities to eliminate waste
• Ensure compliance with safety procedures and workplace standards
• Provide support and coverage for the Production Supervisor as needed and communicate issues proactively

Required Skills and Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and production workflows
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation (drawings, diagrams, specifications)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Basic math skills and ability to analyze production data
• Experience using systems such as Oracle or similar tools

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Prior experience in a lead or supervisory role in a manufacturing environment
• Experience training and mentoring team members
• Experience with continuous improvement practices (e.g. 5S, Lean, Kanban)
• Familiarity with daily management systems and production metrics tracking
• Experience troubleshooting production equipment or processes

Physical Demand and Work Environment

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to

use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently needs to stand, walk, and sit. Occasionally, the employee must climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Work Type

Onsite - This role follows an Onsite Work Schedule and requires working from your designated Regal Rexnord office on a full-time basis.

Expected Base Salary Range

$37,440-$51,729

The salary range provided is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation for this position. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, the geographic market of that location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education and internal peer compensation comparisons among other potential factors.

This role may be filled at different levels depending on the candidate’s experience, skills, and business needs.

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws

May limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

Candidates must be eligible

to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.

Per the Internal Career Movement Guidelines, you must be in your current position for a minimum of 12 months.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affinine Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email [e-mail]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [e-mail].

Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

Notification to Agencies

Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Regal Rexnord”) do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.