Group Lead/Manufacturing Technician

Siemens; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens in the United States is seeking a Group Lead Manufacturing Technician to coordinate daily duties, assign work, and monitor production progress across the floor.

You will define steps, prepare standardized instructions, manage schedules, and drive improvements while ensuring safety and product quality. You will mentor team members and lead a diverse crew with hands-on mechanical or electrical aptitude.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
• Hands-on manufacturing experience with strong mechanical/electrical aptitude.
• Experience training and mentoring team members.
• Ability to utilize SAP for production workflows.
• Proven leadership of diverse production teams.

Responsibilities

• Define production steps and sequences for each station.
• Prepare standardized work instructions and schedules.
• Coordinate with operations to meet goals.
• Implement manufacturing improvements and technology changes.
• Provide process control guidance to improve quality.
• Ensure safety measures are followed.

Skills

SAP proficiency

Mentoring

Team leadership

Problem solving

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical aptitude

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

Job description

Pioneering in America, from the first mile to the last. This is what drives us.

We're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified—a reflection of our commitment to creating an environment where innovation thrives, and every voice matters.

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

Position Overview:

As a Group Lead Manufacturing Technician, you will provide coordination for daily duties, work assignments to all team members, closely monitor the manufacturing progress, and provide support of assigned employees.

What your day will look like:

• Defining key production work steps, sequences, and durations and setting up work scope per station or per cell basis.
• Preparing Standardized work instructions
• Coordinating work schedules with operational goals
• Implementing manufacturing improvements, complex process changes, and technology changes
• Providing critical process control guidance to production, maintenance, and quality control to improve the dimensional accuracy and overall quality of our products.
• Ensuring all safety measure are followed.
• Escalate issues to manager or appropriate support group.

This posting outlines the primary responsibilities of the role, but is not all-inclusive; additional duties may be assigned in alignment with business needs.

What will make you successful:

• High School Graduate/GED
• Minimum of 2 Years' experience in a Manufacturing Environment.
• Demonstrated Mechanical and or Electrical aptitude.
• Exhibits ability to utilize SAP proficiently.
• Proven ability to train and mentor team members.
• Experience in successfully leading a diverse team in a production environment.
• Track record of actively engaging in problem-solving and implementing effective countermeasures within assigned area of responsibility.

We would be impressed if you had:

• 3 + years of experience planning and supporting launch of new production lines in a low-speed production environment (e.g. rail, aviation/aerospace, naval, heavy equipment, etc.).
• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering (Or Equivalent Experience)
• Work experience in the rail business, preferably in light rail, heavy rail, or related production, is needed.
• Practical experience in Customer Service / Maintenance / After Market businesses and technologies within the rail industry.

Additional Information:

Upon offer of employment, candidates will be subject to a background check and drug screen.

The physical demands described here are representative of those necessary to successfully perform the essential job duties:

• Frequently walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently required to climb stairs, steps, and ladders
• Frequently required to work on elevated platforms.
• Perform work overhead.
• Occasionally lift and move at most 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Candidates should be willing to work in non-climate-controlled environments and inclement weather if required or if applicable.

Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without needing current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Purpose is the reason a company exists. It's not about making money or selling products - it's the deeper "why" behind everything we do. It answers the question: What problem are we solving? What positive change are we creating?

For Siemens, our purpose has been clear for over 175 years: We create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone.

The world needs technologies that work. Technologies that matter. Technologies that solve today's challenges and help shape a better tomorrow. And that's exactly what we build. By bringing together the real world (factories, buildings, power grids, trains) with the digital world (software, data, AI, digital twins), we help our customers become more competitive, resilient, and sustainable.

Our technology is everywhere

in trains and transportation, we help move people faster, safer, and more sustainably.

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