Production Lead

Buckeye Fire Equipment; Kings Mountain (NC); On-site; USD 79,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading manufacturing company as a Manufacturing Production Lead. You will oversee team operations, ensuring production goals are met while maintaining safety and quality standards. This role offers opportunities for leadership, training, and process improvement. Ideal candidates will possess strong problem-solving and organizational skills.

Benefits

Weekly attendance bonus

Qualifications

• Proven ability to direct and coordinate operations.
• Ability to manage activities simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead team to meet production targets and ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Provide training for operators on products and processes.
• Monitor production issues and facilitate continuous improvement.

Skills

Organisational skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Time management

Job description

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The Manufacturing Production Lead will be responsible for overseeing a group of team members, ensuring efficient processes, and achieving production targets. This includes, but is not limited to, supporting the Shift Supervisor with the day-to-day management of their manufacturing area, providing leadership and line management to the team, coordinating employees’ workloads, providing support to ensure that the team meets daily goals, monitoring any issues, and ensuring production targets are achieved.

Full-time employees are eligible for a weekly attendance bonus! Eligible employees can receive an additional $1 per hour, for every hour worked, in addition to their hourly wages for working their scheduled shift.

Manufacturing Production Lead Responsibilities

• Work to ensure people and resources are applied in an efficient and effective manner to meet delivery requirements while achieving quality and safety standards
• Ensure the team are aware of day to day targets and responsibilities
• Ensure that team members follow defined manufacturing procedures and comply with quality requirements, company policies, and procedures. Lead by example for adherence to company procedures and instructions
• Ensure full adherence to housekeeping and safety practices at all times
• Ensure equipment is functioning correctly and records are completed appropriately
• Ensure that non-conforming material is clearly identified and segregated
• Monitor change over and/or line set up efficiency
• Prepare line set-ups for following shifts, including first piece inspections
• Processes technical skill sets and interpret blueprints as needed
• Responsible for training of operators for products and processes within the local team
• Responsible for daily management and support for the team to achieve operational success
• Carry out incident, accident and non-conformity investigations and associated reporting and action closure
• Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviours expected of them
• Work positively with support functions to fully define the processes/procedures/controls relevant to team activities. Provide support and input to continuous improvement activities within the team
• Undertake continuous training and development
• Identify improvement opportunities and solve problems as needed
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor
  
  

Manufacturing Production Lead Qualifications

• Proven ability to direct and coordinate operations
• Ability to manage a wide variety of activities at the same time
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead by example
• Ability to plan, analyze and challenge
• Work independently with minimal supervision
• Solid understanding of all people related processes and procedures
• Good understanding of plant deliverables and the impact of failure/cost of poor quality
• Must be able to walk, stand, climb stairs and work in a manufacturing setting. Requires activities involving being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes and gases.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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