Technical Manufacturing Lead – Precision Analytical Instruments

Anton Paar•Boynton Beach, FL

11d

About The Position

The Technical Manufacturing Lead is a working team leader responsible for assembling analytical laboratory instruments and overseeing, monitoring, and coordinating assembly activities for a specific instrument work team. The role ensures products meet quality standards and are delivered to customers on time. It combines hands-on assembly and troubleshooting with workload coordination, technical training, quality assurance, and team support. The position supervises approximately 1–5 assembly employees and is scheduled Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Requirements

Experience and ability to lead production of assigned instruments in accordance with a production schedule.
Ability to qualify instruments against design specifications and perform mechanical and electrical assembly operations.
Ability to conduct in-process inspections, verifications, measurements, and quality assurance activities.
Ability to investigate and resolve production and quality issues, including mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.
Ability to coordinate team workload, work distribution, and resource availability.
Ability to communicate production status, timelines, shortages, non-conformances, and other issues to relevant colleagues.
Ability to follow documented quality procedures, record data digitally, track labor hours, and manage work-cell inventory and production orders.
Ability to ensure required training is completed and objectives are met.
Ability to maintain a safe, organized, and tidy production work area and follow OSHA and PPE requirements.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Responsibilities

Lead production of assigned instruments according to the current schedule and coordinate team workload, tasks, responsibilities, and resources.
Perform first-level troubleshooting of production issues and follow through on timely resolution; diagnose mechanical and electrical systems when quality issues arise and escalate systemic or challenging issues appropriately.
Motivate team members to improve production quantity while maintaining high production standards.
Provide technical training to new and existing team members, and confirm that onboarding, instrument certification, and other training objectives are completed and met.
Perform mechanical and electrical assembly operations when assigned.
Qualify instruments on the assigned product line and conduct verifications, measurements, and analyses to ensure they meet design specifications and quality requirements.
Perform in-process inspections at assembly checkpoints and execute documented quality assurance procedures, recording required data on digital forms.
Administer final approval of instruments, including measurements and analyses, cosmetic inspections, and verification of included parts and other quality requirements.
Investigate and resolve product-line quality issues, help team members identify and correct assembly errors, and align with Product Engineers regarding workmanship errors.
Communicate instrument production and testing status and timelines to appropriate Team Leaders and the Production Planner.
Complete assigned production orders on time, attend daily production meetings, and track and record labor hours for production orders.
Manage incoming and outgoing inventory and production orders in the work cell; report non-conformances and parts shortages to the Production Planner and help address material shortages and delivery timing.
Work with the Production Planner to arrange priority coverage when unscheduled absences occur.
Communicate document revision and delivery requests to the appropriate Product Engineer, and ensure ISO requirements and work instructions are current.
Maintain organized toolboxes, production areas, and workspaces for safety and efficiency.
Ensure OSHA standards and PPE/safety protections are followed, and report incidents to the department supervisor.
Perform other assigned duties.