Technical Group Lead: Production & Quality

DwyerOmega; Swedesboro (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

DwyerOmega in Swedesboro, NJ is seeking a Group Lead who acts as a working leader, handling tasks similar to the technicians under supervision while assisting the Production Manager with business responsibilities.

The role emphasizes coordinating workloads, training staff, escalating technical issues, assembling and testing products, and maintaining quality and safety standards to meet production objectives.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and management.
• Knowledge of quality standards and ESD-safe procedures.
• Ability to read and work from drawings, blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams and/or written instructions.
• Ability to use a variety of equipment including but not limited to power supplies, multimeters, leak detection/vacuum systems, pressure generators, volt meters, ohmmeters, ovens, soldering equipment, microscopes and a variety of precision hand tools.
• Communication Skills – The ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally with all levels of supervision on the status of jobs.
• Equipment Selection – Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Finger Dexterity – The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Responsibilities

• Provides work instruction and prioritizes work of their team to ensure integration quality, production objectives and schedules are met.
• Coordinate and monitor the workload and flow of technicians to ensure efficiency, quality, safety and housekeeping.
• Training of employees as it pertains to company work methods, processing procedures, and skills development.
• Serve as first level technical escalation for area technicians and point of problem resolution as appropriate for production process issues.
• Escalate issues and problems to management and/or appropriate support groups as necessary.
• Prepare, build and test product, package and deliver.
• Assist with skill assessment of talent in the hiring process
• Administer performance assessment process.
• Assist the organization with new process development.
• Assembles, repairs, reworks, or calibrates units, subassemblies or components to meet operational specifications or tolerances.
• Conducts tests and inspections of products and processes to evaluate quality, performance, and compliance to specification.
• Reads test schedule, work orders, performance specifications, wiring diagrams, or schematics to determine testing procedure and equipment to be used.
• Tests functional performance of systems, subassemblies and parts under specified environmental conditions such as pressure, force, temperature change, vibration, and humidity.
• Reads instrument dial or scope, or observes viewing screen, that indicates resistance, capacitance, continuity, and wave pattern or defect.
• Confers with engineers, technicians, value stream leader, and others regarding testing procedures and results to resolve problems.
• Adjusts, repairs, or replaces electronic component parts to correct defects and to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Explains assembly testing procedures or techniques to other workers as needed.
• Maintains employee records.
• Administer disciplinary measures as required with approval of Production Manager, Plant Manager, Human Resources Business Partner.
• Maintain an effective dialogue with all employees to foster good employee morale and to handle employee complaints.
• Maintain labor and production records as required.

Skills

Communication

Quality standards

Blueprint reading

Equipment operation

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Tools

Power supplies

Multimeters

Soldering equipment

Ovens

Microscopes

Precision hand tools

Job description

DwyerOmega in Swedesboro, NJ is seeking a Group Lead who acts as a working leader, handling tasks similar to the technicians under supervision while assisting the Production Manager with business responsibilities.

The role emphasizes coordinating workloads, training staff, escalating technical issues, assembling and testing products, and maintaining quality and safety standards to meet production objectives.