Production Shop Lead

Curbell•Brookneal, VA

About The Position

The Production Shop Lead is a functional leadership role and the lead resource for team members, providing knowledge, experience, support, and advice. The role ensures the team follows proper procedures and may share industry techniques for using tools and equipment or improving production quality and speed. The Production Shop Lead fabricates and repairs parts and products to precise specifications and within time constraints, using production machinery and fabrication techniques. The role facilitates training, supports production and quality expectations, maintains equipment, prepares jobs and tooling for other fabricators, and may perform general warehouse duties. It also supports accurate work-order, transfer-order, and shipment paperwork; ensures inspection processes are performed; and promotes workplace safety, including proper Lock Out, Tag Out practices.

Requirements

Able to operate more than one type of machine or use multiple fabrication techniques.
Able to motivate and train other operators.
Basic reading, writing, arithmetic, and PC skills.
Strong technical and organizational skills.
Solid knowledge of a Quality Management System.
Strong knowledge of plastics machining and/or fabrication.
Ability to perform strenuous physical activities, including extensive standing, walking, and bending.
Able to lift, carry, push, and pull a maximum of 75 pounds.
Ability to identify and distinguish colors.
Ability to use industrial equipment such as mobile stairs, powered industrial trucks, pallet jacks, and panel saws.
Able to wear standard personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, respirators, hearing protection, and steel-toed shoes.

Responsibilities

Produce quality products according to precise specifications and within time constraints.
Facilitate training and ensure the team meets or exceeds production and quality expectations.
Communicate production information to the proper individuals.
Set up and operate production machinery to fabricate and repair parts and products.
Maintain equipment.
Set up tooling, jigs, and fixtures, and prepare jobs for other fabricators.
Perform general warehouse duties when required.
Complete paperwork for Work Orders, Transfer Orders, and Shipments, and move it to the proper locations.
Ensure dimensional and visual part inspections are properly performed and recommend improvements to inspection processes and equipment.
Instruct the team on safety procedures, perform safety checks, and ensure Lock Out, Tag Out is properly performed.
Notify the proper individuals of compromising safety issues.
Recommend improvements in safety, processes, and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.