Hybrid Manufacturing Team Lead - Aerospace & Tech

Quest Global; Windsor Locks (CT); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K)

401(K) matching

Dental Insurance

Health Insurance

Paid time off

Vision Insurance

Job summary

Quest Global in Windsor Locks, CT is seeking a Team Lead-Manufacturing to guide a 10–20 person engineering and manufacturing team at a customer site, owning customer satisfaction, project delivery, and key Quest metrics.

You will forecast workload, manage schedules, ensure on-time delivery, develop team capability, mentor staff, and maintain strong customer relationships while complying with aerospace quality standards. This hybrid role requires 60% onsite presence, located in Windsor Locks, CT.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading, mentoring, coaching, or supervising technical, engineering, or manufacturing personnel.
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience managing projects, resources, schedules, deliverables, and customer expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Strong project management, organizational, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong business acumen with an understanding of project financials, resource planning, forecasting, and risk management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiarity with aerospace manufacturing and highly regulated industry environments.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes such as machining, welding, and assembly.
• Strong process-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented, and global environment.
• Ability to work occasional extended hours to meet business and customer deadlines.
• Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of 10–20 engineering and manufacturing professionals supporting a customer site.
• Own customer satisfaction, employee engagement, project delivery, and Quest Global business metrics for the assigned team.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships and serve as a key point of contact for customer needs, concerns, and escalations.
• Manage workload forecasting, resource assignments, project schedules, deliverables, and overall project health.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within quality requirements, and in alignment with customer expectations.
• Monitor project risks, financial performance, staffing needs, and business objectives; escalates issues as needed.
• Develop team capability through training plans, mentoring, coaching, performance management, and knowledge-gap closure.
• Support interviewing, onboarding, employee development, succession planning, and business continuity.
• Conduct regular team meetings and employee performance reviews while driving engagement and accountability.
• Identify and pursue opportunities for additional work, team growth, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Quest Global leadership and internal departments to improve processes, productivity, and delivery performance.
• Support customer manufacturing and engineering activities and execute technical work as needed under assigned Statements of Work.
• Ensure compliance with Quest Global policies, customer requirements, quality standards, and applicable aerospace regulations.
• Support manufacturing engineering activities including process review and improvements.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Customer relationships

Communication

Business acumen

MS Office

Aerospace familiarity

Manufacturing processes know-how

Continuous improvement

Fast-paced environment

Extended hours

Visits to customer sites

Job description

Quest Global in Windsor Locks, CT is seeking a Team Lead-Manufacturing to guide a 10–20 person engineering and manufacturing team at a customer site, owning customer satisfaction, project delivery, and key Quest metrics.

You will forecast workload, manage schedules, ensure on-time delivery, develop team capability, mentor staff, and maintain strong customer relationships while complying with aerospace quality standards. This hybrid role requires 60% onsite presence, located in Windsor Locks, CT.