Manufacturing Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Strictly follow safety regulations and help ensure all employees act and think safely.
• Become the manufacturing subject matter expert for associated work cells.
• Review production master schedule and assign department workers to tasks.
• As needed, lead daily department meetings, and assign required production work.
• Ensure workers are properly trained in accordance with company SOPs, Policies, and Work Instruction.
• Ensure production documentation is always accurate.
• Maintain availability of documentation, tools, materials, and supplies.
• Setup and teardown workstations in support of manufacturing jobs.
• Ensure equipment and machines are properly set up and conduct minor repairs.
• Ensure established production rates and efficiency standards are met.
• Ensure production facilities are properly maintained.
• Foster a continuous improvement culture by documenting and implementing improvement ideas.
• Monitor performance of department employees and provide Supervisor with documentation of positive and negative behaviors.
• Generate maintenance work orders, as needed.
• Troubleshoot production issues as they come up.
• Follow standard practices and safety procedures.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5 or more years of related experience.
• Ability to obtain BATF clearance to work with our products.
• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
• Proven experience in motivation and training of subordinates.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement experience.
• Ability to solve problems and provide input for performance reviews.
• Capacity to read and interpret procedures accurately and to provide related guidance to subordinates.
• Effectively present information to peers and respond to questions from others including the management team and customers.
• Stand or sit for extended periods of time.
• Ability to work overtime, as required.

Competencies

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments.
• Leadership or teamwork abilities.