Assembly Operator Lead - 3rd Shift

nVent; Solon (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Job summary

nVent in Solon, IA is seeking an Assembly Team Lead to ensure uninterrupted production flow, mentor staff, and escalate issues to resolve faults quickly. You will coach on-the-job training and drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, and delivery.

This role requires 8+ years in manufacturing, strong leadership, lean knowledge, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams. You’ll set up, troubleshoot, and coordinate staffing to meet daily production goals.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 8+ years Manufacturing or Production experience.
• Ability to lead in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to coach and develop others.
• Strong verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary backup to the Production Supervisor for all assigned departments.
• Provide coaching, training, and performance feedback to staff.
• Lead audits on production, safety, and quality processes.
• Be first point of contact in escalation procedures; communicate with resources to resolve issues.
• Drive continuous improvement through Lean activities (5S, Kaizen).
• Assign work, remove roadblocks, and ensure daily production goals are met.
• Coordinate material and information flow within and outside the work area.
• Collaborate with leadership to align teams on production status.
• Report on machine and process issues and support safety/quality resolutions.
• Set up, adjust, and troubleshoot processes; escalate non-conformities.
• Adjust staffing as needed to meet material, machine, or labor changes.
• Lead safety, quality, and performance standards.
• Assist with shift start-up, attendance, inspections, and training.
• Create Excel reports for daily production and attendance.
• Track production schedules for Assembly and related areas.
• Participate in daily production meetings and support material handlers.

Skills

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Lean manufacturing

Coach and train

Communication

Problem solving

Microsoft Office

Team coordination

Safety compliance

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Excel

Job description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

In this position, you will ensure uninterrupted production flow in assigned process. Provide troubleshooting support as well as coaching/on-the-job training to employees to ensure that day to day department goals are being met. You will be the first point of escalation for production issues and tasked the responsibility of communicating with appropriate resources to ensure that problems are resolved quickly and efficiently. As you grow, you will develop critical leadership competencies and business process knowledge.

Key role responsibilities

• Serve as primary backup to the Production Supervisor for all assigned departments
• Provides documentation to support Production Supervisor in managing performance concerns as well as recognizing exceptional performance
• Completes various audits on production, safety, and quality processes
• Provide communication to the team as the first point of contact in the escalation procedure. Coach, guide, develop, and train employees to meet production goals and improve skillsets
• Knowledge of Lean methodologies. Lead and drive engagement in MDI, 5S, Waste Elimination, and Kaizen activities
• Drive a continuous improvement culture by involving employees in problem solving, decision making, as well as recognizing the team for exceptional work
• Lead production processes by assigning work, removing process roadblocks, and collaborating with appropriate resources to ensure that daily production, safety, quality, and delivery goals are met.
• Coordinate the timely and accurate movement of material and information into, within, and out of assigned work area as needed.
• Collaborate with leadership and department stakeholders to ensure all teams are aligned on production status and any issues are resolved in a timely fashion
• Reports and assists in resolution of product, process, or machine issues. Additionally reports and assists in resolution of safety and quality non-conformacies.
• Runs and troubleshoots machinery. Removes production roadblocks in assembly process.
• Able to setup, adjust, and troubleshoot process and be the first point of contact in the escalation path to resolve process non-conformancies, in order to meet quality and production specifications
• Adjusts staffing and work flow as necessary in response to material, machine, or labor changes throughout the shift.
• Is a leader for established safety, quality, performance standards.
• Assists in resolving data integrity issues on Manufacturing Orders and production databases. Performs transactions necessary to maintain accurate records and inventory balances.
• Leads improvement efforts surrounding all applicable safety procedures, quality specifications, and 5S Standards. Reports and helps in driving resolution to adverse conditions, non-conforming products/procedures, and 5S violations.
• Demonstrates flexibility by identifying production, process, or resource related roadblocks and helping to resolve them across assembly processes. Provides and implements continuous improvement recommendations as well as participates actively as a team member through continuous improvement activities to meet customer needs.
• Assist department supervisor with shift start up, daily attendance, first piece inspections, machine set up and troubleshooting, employee job assignments, employee training.
• Create and populate Excel spreadsheets to report daily production and attendance
• Track production schedules for Assembly, Automation, and Packing
• Participate in GIMBA and daily production meetings
• Assist material handlers as needed
• Operate PIT. Stand up.

At nVent, we believe in an agile and flexible workforce. Assemby Team Lead will help demonstrate these values as well as have the opportunity to, or be asked to, work in multiple areas of the business.

Areas may include, but are not limited to:

• Areas encompassed within Assembly I, Assembly II and Assembly III job descriptions

qualifications and experience

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 8+ years Manufacturing or Production work experience.
• Bend, squat down, and reach above your head
• Climb stairs and ladders
• Lift and carry at least 25 pounds
• Work in confined spaces
• Ability to lead in a fast-paced; multi-taksing environment and meet operational deadlines.
• Ability to work individually and with others to identify, elevate, troubleshoot, and resolve non-conforming machine, process, product, or environmental issues
• Ability to coach, train, and develop others as a leader of an agile and flexible workforce
• Excellent verbal and written communication with positive attitude
• Detail-oriented and able to identify discrepancies with parts, process, or paperwork
• Effective computer skills. Ability to work with Microsoft Office Suite of tools

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.