Production Line Lead

About the role

Oversee production line operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, safety, and team performance.

Responsibilities

• Direct and develop a team of operators, assign tasks, conduct shift briefings, and ensure smooth handovers between shifts.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and training for new and existing staff, maintaining competency matrices and performance records.
• Monitor daily production targets, track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as throughput, yield, and scrap rates, and implement corrective actions to meet efficiency and output goals.
• Operate machinery and assist in assembly tasks when needed.
• Ensure products meet quality standards. Enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs), perform first-article inspections, and address defects through root cause analysis and corrective action plans.
• Maintain a safe work environment. Enforce OSHA and other regulatory standards, conduct safety observations, lead near-miss investigations, and ensure proper use of personal protective equipment.
• Identify bottlenecks, optimize workflows, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production flexibility and reduce downtime.
• Manage inventory, maintain production records, and coordinate with maintenance, quality, engineering, and supply chain teams to ensure on-time delivery and cost control.
• Conduct routine equipment troubleshooting and first-line mechanical or electrical adjustments.
• Support safety programs to improve behavior and prevent incidents.
• Facilitate communication between shifts and departments to maintain operational continuity.

Requirements

• Must have previous experience in a manufacturing leadership role.
• Participant in Tennessee Drug Free Workplace.
• Must be able to pass drug tests and criminal background check.
• Unable to hire those with criminal convictions of violent crimes, use of weapon in crimes, or any crimes against children.

Pay

$17.00/hr