Summary:
Leverage your strong leadership skills, manufacturing expertise, and problem-solving abilities to ensure our production lines operate efficiently and meet all quality and output goals. The Production Lead is a tactical, floor-based leadership role focused on supporting daily production output and quality in our gas engine remanufacturing facility.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for ensuring production schedules are met.
- Ensure company standards and procedures are followed.
- Assists the supervisor in managing staff, operational equipment, and day to day functions.
- Support production supervisor with interviews.
- Complete all production related paperwork accurately and timely.
- Ensure training of new and existing employees is completed successfully.
- Monitor department performance and make adjustments as needed.
- Update SQDC Tier Boards in a timely manner and lead daily stand-up meetings. Understands and drives operations metrics.
- Ensure employees are on task and hold the teammates accountable.
- Communicate directly with managers regarding production or employee issues.
- Communicate with other Team Leads and Supervisors to ensure a steady flow of production throughout the plant.
- Provides work direction to production associates in the absence of a supervisor.
Qualifications
- Prior leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to lead and motivate people to develop skills and drive results.
- The ability to work in a cooperative manner and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to delegate tasks, give and receive feedback, and have difficult conversations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational, planning, follow-up skills and ability to hold others accountable
- Soft Skills required: Leadership, communication, problem solving, teamwork, time management, decision making, computer literacy, interpersonal
- Ability to take a broad perspective to problems and spot new, less obvious solutions.