Cable and Wire Harness Production Lead

DP Gayatri; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Source Engineering & Manufacturing in Plymouth, MN is seeking a Cable and Wire Harness Production Lead. The role is 50/50 hands-on building and leading a floor team of 10–12, with staffing, training, process improvement, and workmanship standards under your supervision.

You will own the weekly workload plan, coordinate personnel, conduct performance reviews and wage conversations, and enforce IPC/WHMA-A-620 across the cell.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on cable and harness assembly background.
• Experience with IPC/WHMA-A-620 workmanship standards.
• Experience leading, training, or mentoring assemblers.
• Able to plan staffing against a live production schedule.
• Comfort discussing performance and pay with staff.
• Ability to read complex drawings, wire lists, and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Own the weekly workload plan and staffing.
• Coordinate people, training, and job movement across the cell.
• Conduct performance reviews and wage conversations.
• Maintain IPC/WHMA-A-620 workmanship standard across the cell.
• Lead 5S, lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma efforts.
• Own safety processes and keep a safe, ESD-compliant work area.
• Split time between hands-on building and floor leadership.
• Clear bottlenecks and protect the schedule.

Skills

Hands-on cable assembly

Leadership

Staffing & scheduling

Reading drawings

Lean manufacturing

Education

IPC/WHMA-A-620 CIS

IPC/WHMA-A-620 CIT

Tools

IPC/WHMA-A-620

J-STD-001

ERP/MES scheduling

Job description

$30 to $35 per hour, overtime-eligible | First shift, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday to Friday | Plymouth, MN

Ready to build AND lead? Source Engineering & Manufacturing is hiring a Cable and Wire Harness Production Lead for our Plymouth, MN cable cell. This is a 50/50 role: half your time hands-on building, half leading a team of 10 to 12 on the floor, owning staffing, training, process improvement, and the workmanship standard.

If you're the assembler others already come to for answers, this is your next step.

Your Role Will Include:

• Own the weekly workload plan: review incoming jobs and set staffing and hours for the week.
• Coordinate people, training, and job movement across the cell.
• Conduct performance reviews and handle pay conversations for your team.
• Set and hold the IPC/WHMA-A-620 workmanship standard across the cell.
• Lead 5S, lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma efforts to make the cell faster and better.
• Own safety processes and keep a safe, ESD-compliant work area.
• Half your time will be hands-on building, the other half will be leading the floor.
• Jump onto the line to clear bottlenecks and protect the schedule.

Qualifications:

• Deep hands-on cable and harness assembly background.
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 workmanship standards experience.
• Experience leading, training, or mentoring other assemblers, formally or informally.
• Comfort planning staffing and hours against a live schedule.
• Willingness and ability to hold performance and pay conversations directly and fairly.
• Ability to read complex engineering drawings, wire lists, and schematics independently.

Preferred:

• Current IPC/WHMA-A-620 certification (CIS); training provided if not already certified.
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 CIT (Certified IPC Trainer).
• J-STD-001 soldering knowledge and experience; certification is a plus but not required.
• Prior Supervisor experience with review and wage responsibility.
• Lean manufacturing/quality experience (5S, Six Sigma).
• ERP/MES scheduling experience.
• Control panel build experience.

Salary and Benefits:

• Full-time, hourly, overtime-eligible.
• $30 to $35 per hour, based on experience.
• 401(k), health and dental insurance, and performance bonuses.

Location & Shift Times:

• Plymouth, MN (on-site).
• Day shift, full-time, with occasional overtime based on workload, including some Saturday availability.

Physical Demands:

• Fine motor control, close vision, and sustained focus at a bench.
• Frequent repetitive hand/wrist movement; extended periods seated or standing on the floor.
• Occasional lifting and moving of parts and material up to 35 lbs.
• ESD-safe manufacturing environment.