Production Shop Lead
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 team members follow proper procedures and may share industry techniques for using tools and equipment or improving production quality and speed. The Production Shop Lead produces quality products to precise specifications and within time constraints, trains the team, and ensures production and quality expectations are met or exceeded. The role operates and maintains production machinery, prepares tooling and jobs for other fabricators, and may perform general warehouse duties. It also oversees production paperwork, part inspections, and workplace safety practices, while recommending improvements to processes, inspection methods, equipment, and safety procedures.
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.
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 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.
- Ability to wear standard personal protective equipment, including 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 appropriate individuals.
- Set up and operate production machinery, including CNC saws, lathes, milling machines, drills, shapers, boring mills, and grinders, 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 Work Order, Transfer Order, and shipment paperwork and ensure it is routed appropriately.
- 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 appropriate individuals of safety issues and recommend improvements to safety, processes, and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
