Team Leader, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Position Summary The Production Team Lead is a hands-on, working role that supports the daily operation of an assigned production department. In partnership with the Production Supervisor, the Team Lead coordinates work priorities, supports staffing coverage, reinforces standard work, and helps the department meet safety, quality, productivity, and on-time delivery requirements.

The Team Lead provides functional leadership through direct involvement in production, training, and technical support.

The role has no formal authority for hiring, termination, discipline, performance evaluations, pay decisions, or corrective action. During the Supervisor's absence, the Team Lead coordinates daily activities and escalates significant issues to management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Coordinate daily work assignments, production priorities, staffing coverage, and workflow with the Production Supervisor; maintain continuity during the Supervisor's absence. Provide hands-on leadership by working alongside team members, demonstrating standard work, supporting high-demand situations, and filling in within the assigned department as needed. Support onboarding, job training, cross-training, and skills development through instruction, demonstration, and constructive coaching. Communicate schedule priorities, process or equipment changes, material concerns, and other information needed forsafe and effective shift execution.

Support the production schedule by prioritizing work, minimizing avoidable downtime, confirming needed tools/materials are available, and identifying risks to output or on-time delivery. Review work orders, travelers, drawings, specifications, and production documentation; provide first-level technical troubleshooting and escalate unresolved engineering, quality, material, equipment, or process issues. Reinforce safe work practices, PPE requirements, housekeeping, and company policies; stop and report unsafe conditions or practices.

Monitor work-in-process for conformance to drawings, specifications, workmanship standards, required inspections,and quality checks. Monitor production performance, help identify causes of missed quality or output expectations, coordinate issue resolution with support functions, and support continuous improvement efforts. Reinforce accurate labor reporting and production documentation; use EPICOR or other company systems to reviewjob information, labor activity, operation status, and related records.

Qualifications and Requirements Strong communication, organization, teamwork, leadership, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to coordinate daily activities without formal supervisory authority. Demonstrated production experience and technical proficiency in the assigned department or comparable manufacturing environment. Ability to read and interpret work orders, drawings, specifications, diagrams, and production documentation and usebasic measuring tools to verify work. Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to assist with troubleshooting production, equipment, or process issues.

Ability to learn and use EPICOR or other ERP/production systems and basic Microsoft Office applications. Prior experience training, leading, or coordinating employees in manufacturing preferred; high school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Work Environment and Other Duties This position works primarily in a manufacturing environment and is expected to remain actively engaged in department operations. The role requires regular standing, walking, bending, reaching, hands-on production activity, and lifting/material handling consistent with the assigned department. Required PPE must be worn on the production floor.

This description summarizes the general nature and level of the work; other duties may be assigned based on operational needs.