Production Team Lead: Lean, Safety & Efficiency

Teledyne FLIR; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead assembly teams in ensuring efficient operations in Texas. The ideal candidate must have 3-5 years of manufacturing experience, with 1-3 years in a supervisory role. Strong skills in lean manufacturing, communication, and Microsoft Office are essential. This role involves direct oversight of production schedules, quality monitoring, and safety protocol enforcement. A high school diploma is required, while an associate or bachelor's degree is preferred. Interested individuals must be U.S. citizens or hold U.S. Person status.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of manufacturing experience required.
• 1-3 years of supervisory or team lead experience essential.
• Knowledge of Kaizen and 6S principles highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Direct assembly work cells and assign tasks to meet deadlines.
• Monitor production quality to meet standards.
• Implement and enforce health and safety protocols.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

ISO Standards

ERP/MRP Software

Hydraulic Injection Molding Machines

Job description

Production Supervisor

Supervise assembly lines to meet production deadlines and quality standards

Location: Dallas

Job Tags: Product

About The Role

Production Supervisor

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Position Overview

The Production Supervisor leads production teams to ensure smooth, efficient, and quality-driven assembly operations while maintaining safety standards and meeting production goals. This supervisor will interface with all functional departments. The supervisor will ensure that direct reports are cross trained appropriately in skillsets to insure continuous flow of product.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Directs and manages assembly work cells, assign tasks, and daily schedules to meet production deadlines.
• Monitors production quality by implementing inspection programs and corrective actions to meet customer and regulatory requirements.
• Enforces health and safety protocols such as OSHA standards and proper PPE to provide a safe work environment.
• Conducts training for new hires and champions ongoing development to improve team performance and adherence to policies and procedures.
• Follows production schedules and ensure tasks are completed on time.
• Requests new tooling, methods, and documentation to improve processes as needed.
• Prepares and maintains production reports, tracks productivity metrics, and identifies bottlenecks or equipment issues for timely resolution.
• Consistently monitors manpower requirements and provides necessary justification for approval of requisitions if additional headcount is needed.
• Works with procurement, logistics, quality control, and maintenance teams to ensure seamless operations and problem resolution.
• Implements lean manufacturing principles, suggests process improvements to reduce waste, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Drives documentation changes as required to ensure that processes are current, followed and formally released prior to shipments.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position provides direct supervision to employees in manufacturing.

Qualifications/Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High school diploma or equivalent GED required. Associate or Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
• Requires at least 3-5 years of manufacturing environment experience to understand production workflow, machinery, and safety regulations.
• 1-3 years of supervisory or team lead role experience
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, 6S, and Kaizen required.
• Working knowledge of ISO preferred.
• Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite and ERP/MRP, IFS is preferred.
• Possess functional knowledge of support department operations (Engineering, Quality, Procurement, etc.).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experienced using manual hydraulic injection molding machines, sandblast machines and a variety of other tools and machines common to the manufacturing industry.
• Skills to evaluate, coach, train, & motivate personnel.
• Organizational skills and multi-tasking ability to balance priorities.
• Understanding of all product documentation required to manufacture the product to specification
• Due to the nature of the work performed, candidates must possess U.S. citizenship or hold 'U.S. Person' status.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.