Pilot-Scale Prototyping Lead

Ellaway Blues Consulting; Texas; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellaway Blues Consulting in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Prototyping Supervisor to lead and develop a team of technicians supporting a pilot-scale manufacturing operation. You will supervise day-to-day production activities, coordinate resources, and ensure schedules, quality, and safety standards are met.

The role requires strong hands-on leadership, excellent communication across Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, and EHS, and a focus on continuous improvement in a high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on manufacturing operations experience.
• Experience supervising technicians or operators.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving in manufacturing.
• Experience with scheduling and prioritizing work to meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across multiple teams.
• Experience with metals or ceramics manufacturing preferred.
• Lean Manufacturing/5S knowledge is a plus.
• Experience handling air-sensitive materials preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, schedule, train, and develop a team of manufacturing technicians/operators.
• Coordinate technician workloads and redeploy resources to meet production schedules.
• Monitor manufacturing processes, product yields, quality, and labor efficiency.
• Remain hands-on with operation and maintenance of pilot-scale prototyping equipment.
• Develop and maintain production procedures, work instructions, and standardized processes.
• Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, and EHS to troubleshoot deviations and implement corrective actions.
• Drive a clean, organized, safe, and high-performing manufacturing environment.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Troubleshooting

Production scheduling

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Job description

Ellaway Blues Consulting in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Prototyping Supervisor to lead and develop a team of technicians supporting a pilot-scale manufacturing operation. You will supervise day-to-day production activities, coordinate resources, and ensure schedules, quality, and safety standards are met.

The role requires strong hands-on leadership, excellent communication across Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, and EHS, and a focus on continuous improvement in a high-performance environment.