Summary
Leads and coordinates shift-level assembly team performance, ensuring targets are met for production, quality, and safety through hands-on support and leadership.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead team members and track quality and production goals.
- Coordinate scheduling and monitor workflow efficiency.
- Analyze labor and production data for improvements.
- Inspect finished products and adjust operations accordingly.
- Coach, train, and evaluate team performance.
- Uphold Positronic’s standards of integrity, quality, and operational excellence.
- Identify hazards in the workplace and report them to management and/or the safety coordinator.
- Collaborate with the EHS department to meet local, state, and federal regulatory requirements, including OSHA, NFPA, DNR, EPA, and Amphenol sustainability practices.
- Work with the Quality department to ensure compliance with AS9100 certification standards.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education and Experience
- High school diploma or GED.
- 3 years of experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment, including at least 2 years in a lead, team lead, or supervisory role directing the work of others.
- Able to read and interpret work instructions, blueprints or assembly drawings, and production schedules.
- Basic computer skills: email, Microsoft Excel and Word, and entering or pulling data from an ERP/MRP system.
- Knowledge of workplace safety practices and the ability to enforce safety rules on the floor.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's or bachelor's degree in business, industrial technology, manufacturing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in a tight-tolerance, high-reliability manufacturing environment.
- Experience with lean manufacturing, 5S, or continuous improvement tools; Green Belt or similar certification is a plus.
- Experience scheduling labor, tracking productivity and efficiency metrics, and leading root-cause and corrective-action work.
- Experience with Epicor, SAP, Oracle, or a similar ERP system.
Physical
- Frequent walking with periods of sitting and standing.
- Occasional ladder climbing and stooping.
- Uses arms/hands frequently to assist with machinery.
- Occasionally lifts 0-30 lbs; rarely up to 50 lbs.
- PPE includes safety glasses at all times; gloves as required.
Shift: Second Shift (Tuesday - Friday 3:45pm - 2:15am)
Working Conditions
Work is performed in production zone with frequent exposure to loud machines and nitrogen-based chemicals.
Competencies
Knowledge
- Knowledge of business and people management in a production environment.
- Understanding of manufacturing equipment and assembly line workflow.
- Familiarity with scheduling, reporting, and production cost control.
Skills
- Supervisory skills to motivate and evaluate shift team performance.
- Skilled in interpreting schedules and production metrics.
- Coordination and planning for workforce and equipment layout.
- Able to resolve conflicts and train staff in standard procedures.
- Excellent time management and decision-making under pressure.
Abilities
- Leadership and coordination of multiple employees and functions.
- Ability to clearly identify quality or safety issues and take action.
- Visual acuity and color recognition for inspecting parts.
- Oral expression and listening for coaching and feedback sessions.
- Time sharing and adaptability for shift-wide planning and response.