Production Lead - Frederick, MD

Rohde & Schwarz; Frederick (MD); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. in Frederick, MD is seeking a Production Lead to oversee a team of technicians and coordinate daily workflows to meet production deadlines.

The role emphasizes strong QA adherence, labeling accuracy, Lean continuous improvement, and collaboration with warehouse operations, with regular progress reports provided to the Production Supervisor. You will support staff and ensure sub-assemblies are built per wiring schematics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of technicians.
• Coordinate daily workflows to meet production deadlines.
• Provide support to staff.
• Ensure all items delivered to production are labeled and sub-assemblies are built per wiring schematics.
• Enforce a QA checklist for final inspection to eliminate errors or hardware misplacements.
• Coordinate with the warehouse to ensure components are available for scheduled builds.
• Provide regular progress reports to the Production Supervisor on throughput and bottleneck issues.
• Utilize LEAN practices to support continuous improvement throughout the process.

Skills

Team leadership

Coordination

QA adherence

Progress reporting

Lean practices

Production support

Job description

• Lead, support a team of technicians.
• Coordinate daily workflows to meet production deadlines.
• Provide support to staff.
• Ensure all items delivered to production are labeled and sub-assemblies are properly built per wiring schematics.
• Enforce a rigorous Quality Assurance (QA) checklist for final inspection eliminating errors or hardware misplacements.
• Coordinate with the warehouse to ensure all necessary components are available for scheduled builds.
• Provide regular progress reports to the Production Supervisor regarding throughput and bottleneck issues.
• Utilize LEAN practices to support continuous improvement throughout the process.