Manufacturing Team Lead

M. C. Dean; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

M.C. Dean's Modular Mission Critical campus near Richmond, VA, is seeking a Production Team Lead to guide a team of assemblers in daily production and assembly activities.

This hands-on leadership role balances task coordination with active participation on the shop floor. You will monitor quality, coach personnel, interpret engineering drawings, and ensure safety and PPE compliance while meeting project priorities.

Qualifications

• Lead small teams and provide on-the-job technical guidance.
• Coordinate tasks across a team with strong communication.
• Interpret drawings, schematics, and engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily tasks, assignments, and priorities for a team of assemblers.
• Provide hands-on support and technical guidance during mechanical, electrical, and system assembly tasks.
• Monitor work quality, verify compliance with assembly standards, and address defects or rework needs.
• Support troubleshooting of routine and moderately complex assembly issues.
• Communicate schedule updates, material needs, and risks to the Assembly Supervisor or Project Lead.
• Train, coach, and mentor new or less experienced assemblers in tools, processes, safety, and workflow expectations.
• Promote safe work practices, enforce PPE requirements, and stop work when unsafe conditions arise.
• Maintain an organized work area and ensure team readiness regarding materials, documentation, and equipment.
• This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and responsibilities. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Read drawings

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Overview

About Modular Mission Critical

ModularMission Critical™ is the manufacturing campus for M.C. Dean's complex, modular product line for datacenters and critical infrastructure. Located just north of Richmond, VA, this site is growing fast serving customers worldwide. Important openings include assemblers for our production lines and engineers and designers for products and continuous improvement. Join M.C. Dean's more than 9,000 employees around the world making an impact through innovations in power and technology.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values - agility, expertise, and trust we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment for employees to build long-term careers.

Job Summary

The Production Team Lead supports daily production and assembly activities by guiding a team through assigned work, priorities, and quality expectations. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances task coordination with active participation in production operations. The Team Lead helps keep work moving efficiently, supports problem-solving on the floor, and serves as a key communication link between the team and supervision.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily tasks, assignments, and priorities for a team of assemblers.
• Provide hands-on support and technical guidance during mechanical, electrical, and system assembly tasks.
• Monitor work quality, verify compliance with assembly standards, and address basic defects or rework needs.
• Support troubleshooting of routine and moderately complex assembly issues.
• Communicate schedule updates, material needs, and risks to the Assembly Supervisor or Project Lead.
• Train, coach, and mentor new or less experienced assemblers in tools, processes, safety, and workflow expectations.
• Promote safe work practices, enforce PPE requirements, and stop work when unsafe conditions arise.
• Maintain an organized work area and ensure team readiness regarding materials, documentation, and equipment.
• This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and responsibilities. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Education:/Experience:

• High school diploma with 4+ years of assembly or relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead small teams and provide on-the-job technical guidance.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to coordinate tasks across a team.
• Proficiency in interpreting drawings, schematics, and engineering documentation.

Abilities

• The position requires the ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to [50 pounds] on a regular basis. Candidates must demonstrate physical strength and stamina to perform various tasks, including but not limited to, loading, and unloading, operating equipment, and assisting in the transportation of various materials. Proper lifting techniques and safety protocols must be followed to ensure personal and team safety.
• Relocates a 12 foot stepladder without assistance.
• Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
• Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
• Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English.
• May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
• Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.