Production Lead - Frederick, MD

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co.; Frederick, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. in Frederick, MD seeks a production lead to guide a team of technicians, coordinate daily workflows to meet deadlines, and ensure items are properly built according to wiring schematics.

You will enforce a rigorous QA checklist to eliminate errors, liaise with the warehouse to secure components, and provide regular progress reports to the Production Supervisor while applying LEAN practices for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Team leadership

Workflow coordination

Quality assurance

LEAN manufacturing

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.