Production Lead

About the Role

Coordinates and leads the performance of production personnel and processes.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and maintains a safe work environment at all times.
• Responsible for housekeeping and 5S activity in the area.
• Ensures product quality through auditing and verification of operator conformance to standards, quality systems, and manufacturing processes.
• Audits products and scrap to verify conformance to specifications and directs setup and adjustments of machines or methods.
• Facilitates continuous improvement with a focus on employee involvement.
• Supports Supervisor in developing personnel through training, performance reviews, and other administrative duties.
• Responsible for employee training, cross-training, and maintenance of training records.
• Adjusts manpower assignments to meet production schedules.
• Assures necessary materials and supplies are available and used appropriately for production.
• Assists in the implementation of new procedures or processes to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Maintains production records.
• Performs the duties of production workers supervised when needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Assists in the supervision of 10 to 25 employees on the production line.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Minimum 2 years of operations and/or lean experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Familiarity with the manufacturing industry and related business processes.
• Intermediate to advanced PC skills.

Skills

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively to groups of employees or others outside the department.
• Must be able to read and understand English.

Computer Skills

• Proficient operation of a PC, working knowledge of Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to draft emails, work in spreadsheets, and create graphs.
• Ability to navigate network directories and learn to perform duties in enterprise ERP software system.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to interpret company and departmental financial data.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to read and interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to solve problems involving several variables in various situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, use hands/fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally exposed to vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.