Line Lead

Employee Magnets•Fort Worth, TX

11d

About The Position

The Line Lead supervises a team of technicians on the shop floor and supports reliable daily operations. The role tracks attendance and shift handovers, communicates engineering and supervisor instructions, inspects production checklists, and consolidates and reports production status. It requires practical knowledge of the team’s processes, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to support on-time execution and accurate reporting. The Line Lead works with technicians, engineers, quality, production planning, and supervisors to resolve issues and align priorities. The role also supports onboarding, mentoring, documentation, and continuous improvement while promoting a collaborative, respectful, safety-focused team environment.

Requirements

High school diploma or technical certificate.
Relevant experience on a production floor or in a technical repair environment.
Practical understanding of shop-floor processes, standard work, and basic troubleshooting relevant to the team.
Ability to read and verify checklists, simple test records, and process documentation.
Clear verbal and written communication skills, including translating technical direction into actionable tasks for technicians.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to maintain positive team dynamics under pressure.
Reliable recordkeeping and follow-through on attendance, checklists, and reporting tasks.
Ability to prioritize issues and escalate appropriately to maintain production flow.
Familiarity with shift scheduling and attendance systems, production tracking tools, or simple databases and spreadsheets.
Proficiency with common office tools such as Excel and Outlook/Calendar, and shop-floor documentation methods.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience leading a small team or acting as a shift lead.
Basic understanding of quality systems and safety practices.
Experience with production reporting or simple data consolidation.

Responsibilities

Track and record daily technician attendance, shifts, and handovers; follow up on absences and lateness and escalate patterns as needed.
Ensure adequate shift coverage and coordinate short-term replacements or adjustments to meet production needs.
Receive technical instructions, process updates, and priorities from engineers and supervisors, and communicate them clearly and promptly to the team.
Verify that instructions are understood and executed correctly; clarify questions with engineers as needed.
Review technicians’ daily production and point-check checklists for completeness and correctness.
Confirm that required pre-shift and in-process checks are completed and deviations are documented and addressed.
Enforce standard work, safety, and quality procedures at the bench or line level.
Collect, consolidate, and report daily production status, issues, yield, and deviations to supervisors and production planners.
Maintain logs of exceptions, downtime events, and corrective actions; support follow-up and trend analysis.
Participate in daily stand-ups and shift handover meetings to communicate status and priorities.
Maintain working knowledge of team processes, standard work, test procedures, and common failure modes.
Identify recurring issues, propose practical improvements, and support their implementation with technicians and engineering.
Coach technicians on best practices and troubleshooting to improve first-time resolution and quality.
Build positive working relationships, act as a point of contact for day-to-day concerns, and promote a collaborative, respectful, safety-focused team environment.
Escalate employee matters to supervisors or HR when required.
Support onboarding and on-the-job mentoring for new technicians.
Complete shift logs, checklist records, attendance logs, and production reports accurately and on time; keep documentation organized for audits, handovers, and management review.
Collaborate with engineers, quality, production planning, and supervisors to resolve technical issues and align priorities.
Help coordinate repairs, parts, and resources to minimize downtime and maintain throughput.