Team Lead

Provides day-to-day leadership and operational support for assigned manufacturing areas. Coordinates workflow, supports production schedules, mentors team members, monitors process performance, and helps ensure work is completed safely, accurately, and on time. The role requires strong manufacturing knowledge, sound decision-making, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively with operations, planning, quality, materials, maintenance, and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate schedules, production flow, and resource utilization to help meet safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity targets.
• Support execution of the production plan by monitoring job status, material availability, equipment readiness, and labor allocation.
• Serve as a point of support for team members by answering questions, resolving routine production issues, and escalating concerns as appropriate.
• Perform back-up production lead activities as needed.
• Promote and reinforce safe work practices, proper use of PPE, housekeeping standards, and compliance with company safety policies.
• Support quality performance by ensuring adherence to work instructions, inspection requirements, process standards, and documentation expectations.
• Assist with Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, including waste reduction, standard work adherence, 5S, visual management, and process improvement activities.
• Facilitate High Performance Team meetings and drive action items.
• Monitor inventory movement, material usage, and transaction accuracy to support reliable production execution and inventory control.
• Perform and verify required Oracle system transactions, which may include work order activity, material movement, inventory adjustments, labor reporting, or related production transactions.
• Communicate production status, constraints, quality issues, material shortages, and improvement opportunities to supervision and cross-functional partners.
• Mentor, train, and coach team members to strengthen technical capability, process discipline, and overall team performance.
• Support onboarding and skills development for operators through hands-on guidance and reinforcement of standard work.
• Assist with troubleshooting production flow issues and recommend practical corrective actions to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Maintain accurate records, production documentation, and operational data as required.
• Lead by example through professionalism, accountability, urgency, and a strong commitment to Parker’s operational standards.

Requirements

• Four-year degree preferred
• Outstanding communication skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Prior leadership/supervisory experience
• Prior experience with material/inventory management

About the Company

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient. With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future. Our purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged.

Benefits

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay
• Company-provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay
• Career development and tuition reimbursement
• Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, Care.com membership, and financial planning assistance at no cost
• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness at competitive rates
• Paid Time Off and 13 Company-Paid Holidays