Production Lead
Orange, MA
Full Time
Industrial and Manufacturing
Mid Level
Job Overview:
The Production Lead plays a key role on the shop floor by coordinating work, supporting, and coordinating activities for team members, and ensuring production tasks are completed safely, accurately, and on time. This hands-on position serves as a liaison between the production team and supervisors, helping to drive efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement across operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
The Production Lead plays a key role on the shop floor by coordinating work, supporting, and coordinating activities for team members, and ensuring production tasks are completed safely, accurately, and on time. This hands-on position serves as a liaison between the production team and supervisors, helping to drive efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement across operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the Production Supervisor in coordinating daily work assignments and prioritizing tasks based on production schedules.
- Monitor team performance and provide guidance to ensure, (SQDCIP), safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory and productivity goals are achieved.
- Serve as the go-to point of contact for questions and issues that arise during the shift.
- Ensure proper setup of equipment, availability of materials, and readiness of workstations.
- Train and mentor new employees and help develop team skills and cross-functional capabilities.
- Support quality checks and ensure parts and products meet specifications.
- Identify and escalate equipment, material, or personnel issues to supervisors as needed.
- Lead by example in maintaining a clean, safe, and organized work area.
- Encourage a positive team environment focused on safety, collaboration, and accountability.
- Assist with reporting and documentation, including time tracking, shift notes, and performance metrics.
- Support initiatives to ensure compliance with Safety and OSHA regulations and policies.
- Promote and sustain safety programs.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED required; associate or technical degree preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with at least one year in lead role, preferably with exposure to metal fabrication, welding, machining, or assembly.
- Previous leadership or lead role experience is a strong plus.
- Solid understanding of safety practices, production processes, and quality standards.
- Ability to read blueprints, work instructions, and use basic measuring tools.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills; able to motivate and lead a team.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and capable of multitasking in a fast-paced environment.
- Competency with ERP/MRP systems and production scheduling tools.
- Competency with CAD software, (Solidworks, AutoCAD), and CNC Programming.
- Willingness to work flexible hours or shifts as required.
- Experience in a custom or project-based manufacturing setting.
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, or other continuous improvement practices.
- Working knowledge of ASME, AWS, AISC and ISO9001.
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