Production Team Lead - 2nd Shift

Ontic•Chatsworth, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Production Team Lead at Ontic, you'll combine hands-on technical expertise with day-to-day leadership of a production team. You'll be right there alongside the team, helping coordinate the work, solve problems and make sure production stays on track against safety, quality and delivery priorities. This is a role for someone who understands the work themselves and can use that experience to help others succeed. You'll provide technical guidance, help troubleshoot production and process issues, coach less experienced colleagues and act as the first point of support when challenges arise. You'll work closely with the Cell Manager while taking ownership of the team's day-to-day coordination, creating an environment where people can do their best work and where safe working, quality and continuous improvement remain at the heart of how the team operates.

Requirements

Substantial hands-on experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment.
Strong technical competence within your production or process area, with the confidence to guide and support less experienced colleagues.
The ability to read, understand and work from engineering drawings, work instructions and quality requirements.
Experience working to production targets while managing changing and competing priorities.
Strong communication and coaching skills, with the ability to coordinate work and support others while remaining hands-on yourself.
A relevant engineering or manufacturing qualification or equivalent time-served experience would be advantageous.
Experience in aerospace or another regulated manufacturing environment would also be advantageous.
A “U.S. Person” as defined by 22. C.F.R. §120.15 is required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate daily work across the team, helping balance priorities and keep production moving against agreed output, quality and delivery requirements.
Stay hands-on in the work, using your technical knowledge to guide the team and provide first-line support for production, equipment and process issues.
Help identify root causes when problems arise and escalate issues that require additional technical or management support.
Make sure work is carried out in line with engineering drawings, work instructions, build documentation, quality procedures and safety requirements.
Coach and support technicians and new starters, sharing your knowledge and helping build capability across the team.
Maintain accurate production information and use business systems to keep work status current.
Support the Cell Manager with day-to-day operational needs while promoting safe working, housekeeping, 5S/6S and continuous improvement across the team.

Benefits

Goal Share bonus program
Paid volunteering time
24/7 wellbeing support - confidential support available through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee discounts - access to discounts and offers across a range of retailers and services
Learning and development - opportunities to build your skills, develop your career and grow with Ontic
Employee referral program
Comprehensive medical insurance
Competitive PTO, holiday pay and sick leave
401(k) plan - with up to 4% company match
9/80 work schedule - where applicable