Second-Shift Machine Shop Lead: Drive Quality & Productivity

Electro Switch Corp.; Weymouth, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Electroswitch is seeking a Machine Shop Supervisor for the second shift in Weymouth, MA to lead and coordinate machining operations at our Rockland facility. You will supervise a team, assign daily work, and support setups while ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in machine shop leadership, strong manual machining skills, and knowledge of CNC operations with basic adjustment capabilities.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of related machine shop experience.
• Previous supervisory, team-lead, or other machine shop leadership experience.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of manual machining methods and equipment.
• Working knowledge of CNC machine operations, setups, and basic adjustments.
• Ability to troubleshoot machine setups, tooling, and machining issues.
• Advanced CNC programming experience is not required.
• Experience scheduling work and managing competing production priorities.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, work orders, shop routings, and technical specifications.
• ERP experience and strong general computer skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, direct, train, coach, and motivate second-shift machine shop employees.
• Plan, prioritize, and assign daily work based on production requirements, work-center capacity, and required completion dates.
• Assign work orders across all machine shop work centers and monitor progress throughout the shift.
• Coordinate closely with the first-shift supervisor to ensure an effective handoff of production priorities, equipment concerns, quality issues, and incomplete work.
• Monitor employee productivity, quality, attendance, and compliance with safety requirements.
• Provide hands-on technical support with machine setups, basic CNC adjustments, manual machining, and production troubleshooting.
• Assist employees in identifying and resolving setup, tooling, and machining issues.
• Review shop orders to confirm appropriate work center usage based on quantities and capabilities.
• Maintain tooling inventory and order necessary supplies for the tool crib.
• Partner with Engineering to develop prototypes and introduce new parts into production.
• Work closely with Quality on calibration tooling requirements, SPC, and quality concerns.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and corrective-action processes.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Second shift leadership

Manual machining

CNC adjustments

Troubleshooting

Team coordination

Reading eng. drawings

Education

Associate degree or technical training in machining/manufacturing technology

Tools

ERP experience

ERP software

Job description

Electroswitch is seeking a Machine Shop Supervisor for the second shift in Weymouth, MA to lead and coordinate machining operations at our Rockland facility. You will supervise a team, assign daily work, and support setups while ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in machine shop leadership, strong manual machining skills, and knowledge of CNC operations with basic adjustment capabilities.