Assembly Working Team Lead

EK Machine•Madison, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled and hands-on Assembly Working Team Lead to guide our Power Products Madison assembly team in delivering high-quality plenums and related products. This role combines technical assembly expertise with strong leadership, ensuring efficient workflows, safe practices, and continuous improvement across the production floor. The ideal candidate is a problem-solver, a mentor, and a dependable team leader who takes pride in precision, quality, and developing others.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED, plus three to five years related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to work with concepts such as plane and solid geometry and trigonometry, including fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
Ability to solve practical problems and interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, reach, and use hands.
Must regularly lift/move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 80 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Directly responsible for 5-10 employees in the Assembly area.
Carries out supervisory responsibilities including training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work.

Responsibilities

Assembles functional parts of plenums using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straight edges.
Plans, assigns, and directs the work of assemblers.
Confers with managers, engineers, production personnel, or others to resolve issues.
Reports information on employee progress for performance evaluations.
Mentors new employees or designates suitable mentor.
Evaluates processes for ways to improve quality, tooling usage, and run times.
Responsible for 6S areas.
Reads and understands blueprints.
Directs assemblers on proper processes and techniques.
Assembles functional parts of enclosures and tanks using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straight edges.
Inspects parts using precision measuring equipment and documents inspection data.
Reports quality issues to QA and Manager.
Uses forklifts, cranes, and other lifting apparatus to aid in the assembly process.
May operate welding equipment to cut or weld parts.
Cleans and organizes work area.