Production Associate Team Lead - Assembly

Grote Industries • Avon, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Associate – Team Leader plays a critical role in supporting daily manufacturing operations by ensuring process stability, product quality, team development, and continuous improvement execution. This role is responsible for leading assigned production areas by ensuring compliance with standardized work, responding to operational abnormalities, supporting production goals, and developing team member capability. The position combines hands-on operational execution with leadership responsibilities to maintain safe, efficient, and high-quality production processes. This position will have Team Lead responsibilities with it and when working as a Team Lead there will be an additional incentive pay of $3/hr. The Production Associate is the primary role for the manufacturing operations at Grote. They assemble, fit, wire, and install parts to form subassemblies or finished products. The assigned areas may include the following: shipping, packing, receiving, and/or supplying and/or moving materials within the department or between departments.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or GED is required.
• Incumbents in this role must be able to operate RF devices, motorized or nonmotorized material-moving equipment, and run machines while standing for long periods of time.
• Basic math skills and knowledge of the metric and U.S. measurement system is required.
• Attention-to-detail and basic computer skills are necessary.
• Employees may be required to stand for extended periods of time, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools or controls.
• Fully functional vision is required (prescription lenses are acceptable) for roles in the manufacturing areas of the business.
• Extremes of temperature, noise, odor or fumes may be applicable.
• Proper PPE will be required.
• Safety training or protocols will apply.

Nice To Haves

• A two-year technical degree in an applicable area of study is a plus.
• Prior experience is preferred.
• Prior Team Lead Experience is Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, fit, wire, and install parts to produce subassemblies or finished products.
• Operate and support production equipment in compliance with work instructions and safety procedures.
• Receive, stock, pick, and supply materials to workstations and production areas.
• Perform or assist with equipment setup and changeovers.
• Enter and maintain production data within ERP, PLC, and scanning systems.
• Match product numbers to Bill of Materials and production documentation.
• Support packaging, shipping, receiving, and internal material movement as required.
• Perform cycle counts and inventory verification activities.
• Ensure compliance with standardized work instructions and operational procedures.
• Monitor production flow and escalate abnormalities impacting safety, quality, delivery, or cost.
• Support implementation and sustainment of production control plans and quality checks.
• Assist in troubleshooting equipment or process issues in coordination with support teams.
• Maintain accurate production records including scrap tracking, routing verification, and production reporting.
• Participate in structured problem-solving activities including root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Support Kaizen activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify waste reduction opportunities related to materials, motion, defects, or inefficiencies.
• Support sustainment of improvements and standardized work updates.
• Provide functional leadership and daily guidance to production team members when assigned as Team Leader.
• Assist in training and onboarding new or cross-trained employees.
• Support skill development and adherence to training standards.
• Promote teamwork, communication, and accountability within the production team.
• Facilitate effective communication between production team members, supervisors, and support departments.
• Promote and enforce safety policies, PPE compliance, and safe work practices.
• Identify and escalate safety concerns or improvement opportunities.
• Maintain 5S standards and workplace organization.
• Support environmental compliance and proper handling of hazardous materials when required.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned by supervision or management to support business needs.
• Assemble various products
• Key information into PLC controlled equipment as required
• Accomplish package requirements as instructed
• Operate scanners and/or computers as necessary
• Edit and release work orders to production entry into ERP system
• Communicate with others to ensure needed material for production is available
• Record work such as scrap results, control plan checks, routings, production information, and other as directed
• Handle, dispose of, identify, ship, and receive hazardous waste materials as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED