Manufacturing Lead

Location: Victor & Hamilton, MT

Shift: 2:15 PM – 12:45 AM (2nd Shift)

Job Type: Full-time

As a Manufacturing Lead, you will play a key role in ensuring your assigned production cell consistently meets customer demand, production schedules, and quality expectations. You will lead by example on the production floor, providing hands‑on support while developing team capabilities, maintaining compliance, and driving operational efficiency. In this role, you will:

• Supervise and support a team of 4+ manufacturing operators.
• Share continual responsibility for determining how to manage assigned team‑members (and temporary personnel), ensuring day‑to‑day activities are professional and respectful.
• Comply with policies, guidelines and regulatory requirements at the company and provide training and guidance to assigned personnel to ensure overall compliance with the quality system and safety guidelines, resulting in a safe and clean working environment.
• Lead by setting a good example (role model).
• Be responsible for all operations and products produced in the assigned production cell.
• Work with the Manufacturing Supervisor, Manufacturing Manager and other Manufacturing Leads to manage and prioritize staffing assignments to meet customer demand and the production schedule.
• Create an environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking and cohesive team effort.
• Mentor and motivate team members so that individual and group productivity are maximized.
• Maintain a clean and organized work cell to facilitate manufacturing functions.
• Report problems or concerns with Quality, Processes, Equipment, Material and personnel to the Manufacturing Supervisor.
• Identify and support continuous improvement efforts with assigned team‑members and the Manufacturing Supervisor.
• Be responsible for proper manpower loading on a daily/weekly/monthly schedule.
• Ensure accurate documentation and ownership of work completed by yourself and team members.
• Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the assigned cell, demonstrating proficiency in the operation of all equipment located in the cell.
• Recognize and celebrate team and team‑member accomplishments and exceptional performance.
• Complete lot acceptance activities for the assigned production team cell (QOP‑0004 minimum).
• Participate as an active member of the production cell team, assembling/inspecting products as required.
• Participate in the interview process for new personnel.
• Execute and coordinate employee training to ensure that procedures are followed, understood, and meet all quality requirements (including MOP/SOP/QOP, drawings/specifications and WOR’s as required).
• Provide feedback and input to the Manufacturing Supervisor on employee performance and any disciplinary issues.
• Work as a leader of special or ongoing projects that are critical to the assigned cell as improvements or AER/CAPA activities.
• Provide the team with a vision of the project/team objectives (road map).
• Facilitate problem solving and collaboration within the assigned team and with internal customers/departments while striving for consensus.
• Familiarize the team with customer needs, specifications, design standards, techniques and tools to support task performance.
• Ensure the team addresses all relevant issues within the specifications and various standards that may contribute to process improvements.
• Identify capacity constraints for equipment/personnel for assigned products and provide possible solutions.
• Provide statistical and performance feedback/coaching on a regular basis to each team member.
• Disciplinary issues are identified, documented and communicated to the Manufacturing Supervisor per company policy/guidelines.
• Use appropriate judgment in upward communication regarding production cell or team member issues/concerns.
• Coach and develop team members’ professional development.
• Be responsible for team members’ performance, attendance, yields, and management of overtime, conduct performance evaluations and assist assigned team members with a career path.
• Provide customer commitments and updates to customer service to ensure on‑time delivery; commits will be within 3 business days of receipt of…