Temporary Team Coordinator

the LEGO Group; Richmond (VA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Career growth

Collaborative environment

Bonus program

Health and wellbeing resources

Job summary

LEGO Group in Virginia Manufacturing is seeking a Temporary Team Coordinator to lead a production team on the night shift, coordinating people, priorities and resources to achieve safety, quality and delivery targets. You will guide daily operations, participate in 5S activities, and partner with engineering and quality to remove barriers and sustain continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes teamwork, problem solving, and strong communication to ensure consistent performance and development

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; manufacturing or production experience.
• Prior team lead experience or day-to-day guidance to production teams.
• Machine operator or production equipment knowledge.
• Strong safety, quality, and production standards understanding.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to adapt to changing production priorities and night shift.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily production activities to support safety, quality, delivery, and performance targets.
• Provide day-to-day operational leadership and guidance to production team members.
• Lead daily team meetings to communicate priorities, safety topics, performance expectations, and operational updates.
• Coordinate team assignments and resources based on production priorities and changing needs.
• Monitor production performance and escalate concerns when needed.
• Troubleshoot issues and remove operational barriers for team members.
• Conduct process confirmations and 5S audits to uphold safety, quality and standards.
• Promote PPE compliance and LEGO safety policies.
• Drive 5S and continuous improvement activities; track production metrics.
• Support onboarding, training, and cross-training for team members.
• Collaborate with other teams to resolve issues and improve processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety awareness

Problem solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

5S

Lean Manufacturing

LCI

Job description

Job Description

Are you an experienced manufacturing professional who enjoys leading teams, solving problems, and helping drive safety, quality, and operational excellence? As a Temporary Team Coordinator, you'll play a key role in supporting daily production operations, coordinating team activities, and helping ensure production targets are achieved while fostering a culture of teamwork and continuous improvement at LEGO Manufacturing Virginia.

Compensation & Schedule

Starting Pay $25.71/hr.

Schedule Night Shift, 6 00 p.m. – 6 00 a.m.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate daily production activities to support safety, quality, delivery, and performance targets.
• Provide day-to-day operational leadership and guidance to production team members.
• Lead daily team meetings to communicate priorities, safety topics, performance expectations, and operational updates.
• Coordinate team assignments and resources based on production priorities and changing operational needs.
• Monitor production performance, elevate safety, quality, equipment, staffing, or delivery concerns when necessary.
• Serve as a first point of support for team members, helping troubleshoot production issues and remove operational barriers.
• Conduct process confirmations and 5S audits to support established safety, quality, and production standards.
• Promote compliance with PPE requirements, ergonomic practices, environmental procedures, and LEGO Group safety standards.
• Drive 5S, LEGO Continuous Improvement (LCI), and waste‑reduction activities within the production area.
• Track and communicate production performance, scrap, and other key operational metrics.
• Support onboarding, training, cross‑training, coaching, and technical skill development for team members.
• Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse, and other support teams to resolve operational issues and improve processes.

Play Your Part in Our Team's Success

As a Temporary Team Coordinator, you will serve as a key day-to-day operational leader within the production team. This role supports the team by coordinating people, priorities, and resources while helping ensure safe, efficient, and consistent production performance. You'll play an important role in building a collaborative, high‑performing culture while supporting team development, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing, production, or similar operational environment.
• Previous team lead experience or demonstrated experience providing day‑to‑day guidance to production teams.
• Machine operator or production equipment experience.
• Strong understanding of workplace safety, quality, and production standards.
• Strong communication, teamwork, problem‑solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to coordinate daily work and resources while responding to changing production priorities.
• Ability to monitor production performance, troubleshoot issues, and elevate concerns appropriately.
• Ability to support onboarding, training, coaching, and continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to work the required 6 00 p.m. – 6 00 a.m. night shift.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous team lead experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Experience training, coaching, or developing production team members.
• Experience with 5S, Lean Manufacturing, LEGO Continuous Improvement (LCI), or similar continuous‑improvement programs.
• Experience monitoring production KPIs, scrap, quality, or other operational performance metrics.
• Experience with process confirmations, troubleshooting, and production problem‑solving.

What We Offer

• Paid training and development opportunities.
• Career growth within LEGO Manufacturing Virginia.
• Collaborative and team‑oriented work environment.
• Opportunity to help drive operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• The chance to build leadership experience while supporting LEGO's world‑class manufacturing operation.

What’s in it for you?

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – You'll find this at the top of this advert and when you join the team, we’ll confirm this with you.

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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