Assembly Lead

Teledyne Technologies; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated in San Diego seeks a hands-on Work Cell Lead to drive safety, quality, output, and team effectiveness in daily production. The role combines front-line leadership with ongoing hands-on work to meet cell results and timelines.

You will monitor performance, adjust staffing and workflows, and coordinate with maintenance, logistics, and leadership to resolve constraints while maintaining 5S standards and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading production teams in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong focus on safety, quality and continuous improvement.
• Ability to train and develop team members and drive engagement.
• Proven capability to monitor real-time performance and respond quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own daily work cell performance, including output, efficiency, and on-time delivery.
• Remain actively engaged in hands-on production work while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• Monitor real-time performance and proactively adjust staffing, workflow, or priorities.
• Ensure quality of all output and drive corrective actions for defects or trends.
• Troubleshoot process, equipment, and personnel issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Motivate and direct team members to meet production and quality expectations.
• Ensure materials, staffing, and equipment are aligned to meet production demands.
• Coordinate with logistics, maintenance, and leadership to resolve constraints.
• Maintain 5S standards and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure safety compliance and proactively address hazards.
• Train and develop employees and support skill progression within the team.
• Communicate work cell performance, issues, and priorities across shifts and leadership.

Skills

Leadership

5S/Lean

Team management

Job description

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

General Overview

The Work Cell Lead is responsible for driving operational performance within the work cell, including safety, quality, output, and team effectiveness. This role serves as the front-line leader of the cell and is expected to remain highly hands-on in daily production activities while owning overall cell results. The Work Cell Lead proactively identifies issues, implements solutions, and ensures the team consistently meets or exceeds performance expectations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Own daily work cell performance, including output, efficiency, and on-time delivery.

• Remain actively engaged in hands-on production work while balancing leadership responsibilities.

• Monitor real-time performance and proactively adjust staffing, workflow, or priorities.

• Ensure quality of all output and drive corrective actions for defects or trends.

• Troubleshoot process, equipment, and personnel issues and implement sustainable solutions.

• Motivate and direct team members to meet production and quality expectations.

• Ensure materials, staffing, and equipment are aligned to meet production demands.

• Coordinate with logistics, maintenance, and leadership to resolve constraints.

• Maintain 5S standards and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Ensure safety compliance and proactively address hazards.

• Train and develop employees and support skill progression within the team.

• Communicate work cell performance, issues, and priorities across shifts and leadership.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The Work Cell Lead provides functional leadership, including assigning work, directing day-to-day activities, supporting training, and reinforcing accountability for performance standards.

Salary Range: $44,500.00-$59,300.000

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne conducts background checks on qualified applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, education verification, employment history and verification, criminal convictions, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR & driving history), reference check, credit checks/credit history and drug testing. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.