Assembly Team Lead - 2nd Shift

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V.; Town of Saugerties (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture of trust

Career growth

Innovation powered by people

Comprehensive benefits

Health and well-being

Job summary

Ceres Technologies, Inc. in Saugerties, NY is seeking an Assembly Team Lead for 2nd shift to direct day-to-day shop floor operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production on-site.

You will lead a team of assemblers, drive continuous improvement, and ensure alignment with VTPS standards while maintaining strong cross-functional communication and performance management.

Qualifications

• Lead and direct a team of production assemblers to meet daily/weekly output targets.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and diagrams.
• Proficiency with hand tools and small power tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and supervise a small team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a team of production assemblers to achieve daily and weekly output targets, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality, and efficiency expectations.
• Promote safety excellence by modeling safe behaviors and ensuring EHS compliance.
• Provide hands-on supervision, coaching, and training to assemble personnel.
• Communicate production status and coordinate troubleshooting across departments.

Skills

Team leadership

Reading drawings

Hand tools

Supervisory experience

2nd shift

Tools

Encompix

Job description

Manufacturing Ceres US – United States Saugerties

The Assembly Team Lead- 2nd Shift is responsible for leading day-to-day shop floor operations to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. This role provides direction to assembly personnel to achieve daily output targets while maintaining product flow and operational continuity.

Main Responsibilities

• Execute Production Plan: Lead and direct a team of production assemblers to achieve daily and weekly output targets, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality, and efficiency expectations.
• Promote Safety Excellence: Drive a safety-first culture by modeling safe behaviors, enforcing safety standards, and ensuring compliance with all EHS requirements.
• Team Leadership & Development: Provide hands-on supervision, coaching, and training to assembly personnel to build capability, improve performance, and ensure process consistency.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Communicate production status, escalates issues, and coordinate troubleshooting efforts across departments to maintain workflow and resolve constraints.
• Workplace Organization (6S): Ensure a clean, organized, and efficient work environment, including workstations, tools, equipment, and material flow areas.
• Continuous Improvement & VTPS: Apply and promote the Atlas Copco Vacuum Technique Production System (VTPS) principles, driving continuous improvement through standardized work, waste elimination, and process optimization.
• Team Engagement: Foster a positive, collaborative team environment that promotes accountability, engagement, and high morale.
• Process Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the primary point of expertise for assembly processes, ensuring adherence to standards and driving best practices.
• Labor & Systems Management: Maintain accurate labor transactions and routing updates in Encompix, ensuring data integrity and alignment with production activities.
• Performance Management: Lead the performance management cycle for direct reports, including goal setting, feedback, evaluations, and development planning.
• Attendance & Professionalism: Maintain consistent attendance and reliability while promoting teamwork, cooperation, and a professional work environment.
• Leadership Alignment: Take direction from the Flow Team Manager and support additional responsibilities or projects as assigned.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience

• Minimum of 3–5 years of assembly experience required.
• 1-3 years of lead or supervisory experience
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and diagrams.
• Proficiency with hand tools and small power tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and supervise a small team.
• Ability to work 2nd shift hours, 2:30pm-11pm

In additon to thehourly rate you will be eligible for a shift differential of 10%.

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Saugerties, NY for shift 2:30p-11pm. You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.

Contact information

Talent Acquisition Team: Kasey Griffin

Ceres Technologies, Inc.

Ceres Technologies offers gas and vapour delivery equipment. The brand mainly serves the semiconductor industry, but also provides engineering solutions for customers in solar energy, display technology and industrial applications. Since its founding in 2011, the brand has gained a reputation for exceeding customers’ expectations. Beyond branded products, it also offers engineer-to-order solutions, systems integration and engineering services. The competent team is ready to help. Whether it be with a complete system integration or designing and installing a customized solution. The goal is to strengthen businesses, by bridging the gap between ideas and breakthroughs in molecule delivery. Ceres Technologies is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.