Production Lead

Job Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations for wire harness, fiber optic, RF cable and other types of electronic assembly for a single production floor.
• Assign and prioritize tasks based on technician skills, production schedules, and workload.
• Monitor in-process work for compliance with quality and safety requirements.
• Provide real-time support and troubleshooting for assembly issues.
• Collaborate with Operations Manager and upper management to align capacity with delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with engineering and quality teams to ensure product is being built correctly and efficiently.
• Track, document, and report daily/weekly/monthly production metrics and status updates for a single site under direction of Operations Manager.
• Enforce company policies and promote a safe, organized work environment.
• Enforce compliance with AS9100, ISO9001, J-STD and IPC-WHMA, and customer requirements.
• Investigate non-conformances identified by quality, implement corrective actions, and reinforce “Do It Right the First Time” practices.
• Ensure product is being built in a timely fashion, while meeting delivery dates to customers and quality metrics, with under direction of Operations Manager.

Team Leadership, Training & Development

• Mentor and coach technicians to build skills and knowledge, under direction of management.
• Support onboarding and cross-training of new and existing employees, with help of engineering team and management.
• Provide constructive feedback and encourage professional development and foster a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Identify areas of growth for team members, to help achieve company’s goals.
• Manage team time-cards, time off, etc. and communicate this to Operations Manager.
• Manage Performance Reviews for all on-site technicians, with assistance of Operations Manager.
• Identify areas of improvement in team’s/individual’s performance, address with Operations Manager.

Production Planning

• Assist in short- and long-range production planning to meet backlog and delivery goals.
• Anticipate workforce, tooling, and scheduling needs.
• Work with management to balance workloads and optimize resource allocation.
• Identify potential bottlenecks and propose solutions before they impact schedules.
• Proactively schedule, plan, pull material, and assign jobs to keep throughput steady, under direction of Operations Manager.

Floor & Equipment Support

• Maintain workstation organization, production floor cleanliness, availability and precision of tools, and material readiness.
• Coordinate with shipping/receiving and inventory for material flow.
• Support lean initiatives and continuous improvement projects to enhance efficiency.

Shipping/Receiving Support

• Perform shipping and receiving tasks in absence of shipping clerk, or in times where multiple people are needed in this function.
• Perform job preparation and kitting tasks in absence of shipping clerk, or in times where multiple people are needed in this function.

Cross-Departmental Support

• Support quality team with tasks on an as-needed basis, such as tool calibration, etc.
• Support engineering team with tasks on an as-needed basis, such as formalizing manufacturing procedures from a redlined document, etc.
• Support various administrative tasks as needed.

About Qualastat Electronics

Qualastat Electronics, Inc. is a small business that has been assembling interconnection systems since 1986. We are a company that is principled in its finances and committed to the re-investment of earnings. As a result, one would be hard pressed to find another small business with an infrastructure matching the quality of our IT, facilities, tooling, and machinery. Customers can rest easy in starting a new program with Qualastat knowing that we'll be around in 10 years continuing to support the program.