Production Lead

Trulite; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance starting day one

Disability coverage

401k match

HSA with employer match

Wellness program

Job summary

Trulite in Columbus, OH is seeking a Production Lead to manage 15+ associates in an automated glass production environment. You will coach teams, enforce safety rules, and drive quality and efficiency improvements daily.

The role emphasizes lean methods, cross-training, and meeting production schedules while supporting a strong safety culture and on-time delivery metrics.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• 1-2+ years of prior lead experience.
• Prior manufacturing experience.
• Able to read a tape measure and match labels.
• Must be able to lift 75 pounds on a regular basis.
• Steel toe boots required.
• Passing pre-employment requirements such as physical, drug screen, weight lift test, and background check.

Responsibilities

• Oversee 15+ employees in an automated/semi-automated manufacturing environment.
• Maintain a safety-first work environment and ensure PPE and SOP adherence.
• Ensure line cleanliness and 5S implementation.
• Audit all stages within glass production processes for conformance quality.
• Monitor quality of upstream parts and materials from suppliers.
• Meet or exceed on-time delivery by following the daily production schedule.
• Perform cycle time and standard work audits to meet throughput targets.
• Develop associates through coaching and cross-training.
• Apply lean tools and methods (PDCA, root cause analysis).
• Record and report hourly and daily metrics for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

Skills

Lead experience

Manufacturing experience

Safety consciousness

Read tape measure

Physical stamina

Job description

Production Lead

What Brought You Here

• Pay- $20-$25
• Day shift hours- 7:00a- 3:30pm
• Benefits starting DAY ONE!
• Located at-2395 Setterlin Dr, Columbus, OH 43228

Who You Are:

Strong Leader who communicates well and engages your team and fellow coworkers.

Focused and detail-oriented

Driven to complete tasks on time and accurately.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Oversee 15+ employees in an automated/semi-automated manufacturing environment.
• Maintain a safety-first work environment, utilizing proactive safety and ensuring all associates adhere to personal protective gear requirements and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure line cleanliness and organization through the implementation and enforcement of 5S tenets.
• Audit all stages within glass production processes, ensuring employee and machine adherence to all aspects of conformance quality.
• Monitor quality of upstream parts and materials from internal and external suppliers.
• Ascertain that all associates are actively performing and recording checks daily.
• Meet or exceed on-time delivery expectations through adherence to, and completion of, daily production schedule.
• Perform cycle time and standard work audits, making sure associates are adhering to performance and efficiency standards. Ultimately responsible for production throughput and output goals.
• Develop associates through coaching, mentoring, and cross-training. Responsible for maintaining and executing on departmental cross-training matrix to attain adequate personnel flexibility and coverage for all workstations.
• Employ lean tools and methodologies such as waste identification and elimination, plan-do-check-act (PDCA), root cause analysis, etc.
• Record and report out on all hourly and aggregate daily metrics for safety, quality, delivery, and cost. Responsible for maintaining frontline management system.
• Make sure daily operator-level preventative maintenance is being accomplished and coordinate with maintenance on other equipment needs.
• Uphold company policies around factors such as attendance and conduct, administering corrective actions when necessary.
• Initiate and engage in continuous improvement efforts.

Skills You Bring:

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• 1-2 plus years of prior lead experience
• Prior manufacturing experience
• Knowledge of and ability to follow all health, safety, quality, and labor standards applying to your area of responsibility.
• Must be able to stand, twist, bend, and stoop for long periods of time.
• Able to read a tape measure and match the correct label with the correct lite of glass.
• Must be able to lift 75 pounds on a regular basis.
• Must be able to work in a noisy environment.
• Must be able to work in hot or cold temperatures.
• Must be able to bend, crouch, kneel, stand, sit, lift, push, and pull repetitively and/or throughout the duration of the shift.
• Steel toe boots required (not company provided).
• Passing pre-employment requirements such as physical, drug screen, weight lift test, and criminal background check are condition of employment for all positions.

Why Trulite:

Trulite offers the most comprehensive benefit coverage in the industry. We give our employees immediate access to health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits, as well as provide short/long-term disability coverage to protect you financially if you should incur a non-occupational illness or accident.

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive wellness initiative that includes access to a progressive financial training program.

Stay with us for a year and your 401k employer match is 100% vested and immediately becomes part of your ever improving financial plan. This is also true for those who select and contribute to their Health Savings Account. We match on both employee and family coverage to help cover out-of-pocket expenses and if unused continues to grow until needed. The employer match for your HSA, if you choose to participate, is also vested immediately at 100%, improving your financial health.

Trulite bears most of the cost of your benefits. We structured these benefits because we care not only about your physical well-being but your financial health and welfare too. Let us show you why Trulite values you as an employee and how we will help you achieve financial independence.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Pay Range

$20-$25