Production Team Leader
Role Overview
Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and shop-floor execution to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.
Work with cross-functional teams to resolve operational challenges, strengthen workforce capability, and support customer and production requirements.
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Role overview
Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and shop-floor execution to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.
Work with cross-functional teams to resolve operational challenges, strengthen workforce capability, and support customer and production requirements.
Responsibilities
- Execute production plans and allocate people and resources to meet customer demand and schedules.
- Lead shop-floor teams in a unionized environment; promote positive employee relations, engagement, collaboration, accountability, and inclusion.
- Ensure compliance with labor requirements, policies, collective bargaining agreements, and workplace standards.
- Monitor throughput, yield, OEE, cycle time, productivity, and on-time delivery; lead daily reviews, Gemba walks, and structured problem-solving.
- Drive Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and continuous improvement to improve processes and reduce waste.
- Ensure compliance with EHS, quality, regulatory, and audit requirements; partner with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and HR.
- Resolve production, quality, equipment, material, and workforce issues to minimize disruption and support customer commitments.
- Develop employees through training, coaching, multi-skilling, performance management, and development; support automation, digitization, and factory modernization.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Production, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 5 years in manufacturing operations, production management, industrial engineering, or a related manufacturing leadership role.
- Experience leading shop-floor operations and manufacturing teams in a unionized or industrial-relations environment.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production planning, resource allocation, and capacity management.
- Experience improving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost; cross-functional experience with relevant business teams.
- Working knowledge of labor practices, collective bargaining agreements, employee relations, and workplace discipline.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Desired characteristics
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent continuous-improvement certification is desired.
- Practical experience with Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving is desired.
- Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and experience with automation, digitization, factory modernization, or employee development are desired.
- Understanding of manufacturing quality systems, regulatory requirements, and EHS practices is desired.
Additional information
- Relocation assistance is provided.
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