Production Lead

Flex; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products. A career at Flex offers growth in a respectful, inclusive environment and opportunities to contribute to meaningful projects.

We seek an individual to update department communication boards, coordinate staffing and assist in budget planning while maintaining quality and timely communications across shifts and functions.

Qualifications

• Typically requires an Associate’s Degree, vocational or technical training, or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 2 years of related experience.
• Has awareness of Flex technologies/ techniques and can read and interpret moderately complex instructions.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through formal and informal evaluations.
• Initiate and participate in process development and cost improvement projects.
• Coordinate people resource requirements for the department.
• Assist in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
• Communicate daily plan and any production or customer service issues.
• Highlight material shortages and interface with Expediter/Purchasing on shortages.
• Recognize and monitor bottlenecks.
• Report and alert resources concerning downtime.
• Interface with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
• Track time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
• Communicate with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
• Update department communication boards.
• Follow quality indicators and stop if indicators are below target.
• Primary contact for responses to scrap situations.

Skills

Communication skills

People coordination

Budget planning

Process improvement

Data interpretation

Reading graphs

Education

Associate’s Degree or technical training

Tools

Excel

Job description

• Update department communication boards.

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Provide ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through both formal and informal evaluations.
• Initiate and participate in process development and cost improvement projects.
• Coordinate people resource requirements for the department.
• Assist in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
• Communicate daily plan and any production or customer service issues
• Highlight material shortages, interface with Expediter/Purchasing on any part shortages
• Recognize and monitor bottlenecks.
• Report and alert resources concerning downtime.
• Interface with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
• Track time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
• Communicate with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
• Update department communication boards.
• Follow quality indicators. Stop and alert if predefined indicators are below target.
• Primary contact for response to situations where scrap is occurring in any process step.

Education / Experience

Typically requires an Associate’s Degree, vocational or technical training, or equivalent experience. Typically requires 2 years of related experience.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Has awareness of Flex technologies/ techniques. Demonstrates functional and/or process knowledge and participates in process. Requires high level of competency related to function. Demonstrates advanced technical skills. Ability to read and comprehend and interpret moderately complex instructions. Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Decision Making / Discretion.

Scope / Impact

Moderate impact. May have influence on multiple programs or areas.

Decision Making / Discretion

Can perform analyses/work using some independent judgment. Decisions affect team.

Supervision / Leadership

Normally receives little instruction on daily work, general instructions on newly introduced assignments.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to work that requires repetitive motion, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock and occasionally works in job assignments that may require overtime and 2nd or 3rd shift job assignments as required. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to handle small components. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email [e-mail] and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).