Manufacturing Team Lead- 2nd shift

Manufacturing Team Lead

West Chesterfield, NH

2nd shift Monday- Thursday 3:30 pm - 2 am

As a Manufacturing Team Lead, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating, guiding, and supporting your team to achieve operational goals. Reporting to the Supervisor, you are responsible for leading a team of production employees while ensuring daily operations are performed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with all quality and regulatory requirements.

This is a working leadership position. In addition to providing leadership and direction, the Team Lead is expected to actively participate in daily production activities, provide hands-on support where needed, assist with troubleshooting, and help remove barriers that impact production flow. The Team Lead leads by example, demonstrating a strong commitment to safety, quality, productivity, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Safety and Risk Awareness

• Promote and maintain a safe work environment by leading through example and ensuring compliance with all safety policies and procedures.
• Identify workplace hazards, address unsafe conditions, and implement preventative measures.
• Immediately escalate safety concerns that cannot be resolved at the team level.
• Ensure safety, quality, compliance, and integrity are never compromised to achieve production targets or schedules.

Leadership and Team Coordination

• Lead, motivate, coach, and support a team of production employees to achieve daily production goals.
• Foster a positive team environment focused on accountability, collaboration, respect, and continuous improvement.
• Set expectations for performance, attendance, teamwork, and adherence to company policies.

Working Team Lead Responsibilities

• Actively participate in production activities alongside team members as business needs require.
• Provide hands-on assistance during high-demand periods, staffing shortages, process interruptions, training activities, or production bottlenecks.
• Demonstrate standard work practices and reinforce proper manufacturing techniques.
• Assist with troubleshooting production issues to minimize downtime and maintain workflow.

Work Assignment and Resource Management

• Assign daily work, file numbers, and responsibilities based on employee qualifications, certifications, and production priorities.
• Balance workloads to maximize productivity while maintaining quality and safety.
• Adjust staffing assignments throughout the shift by moving employees between machines, work centers, cells, or production priorities based on changing business needs and employee qualifications.
• Coordinate with the Supervisor regarding labor utilization and resource planning.

Production Performance and Schedule Execution

• Monitor daily production performance, including piece count, critical-path work, throughput, and schedule adherence.
• Ensure production priorities are completed on time while maintaining required quality standards.
• Develop and execute recovery plans when production goals are not achieved.
• Identify production constraints early and escalate equipment, material, staffing, quality, or scheduling issues before they impact customer commitments.
• Collaborate with Supervisors and supporting departments to remove barriers affecting production performance.

Quality Control and Compliance

• Enforce adherence to all quality requirements, aerospace standards, work instructions, and documented procedures.
• Ensure products are manufactured in accordance with customer, regulatory, and internal requirements.
• Reinforce a culture where quality and compliance are never sacrificed for speed or production output.
• Address quality concerns promptly and escalate issues when necessary.

Training and Employee Development (in conjunction with the Supervisor)

• Identify training opportunities and provide day-to-day coaching.
• Support cross-training initiatives to increase workforce flexibility.
• Mentor employees in technical skills, standard work, and continuous improvement practices.
• Assist with onboarding and development of new employees.

Communication and Reporting

• Maintain effective communication within the team and with Supervisors.
• Communicate production priorities, schedule changes, quality concerns, and safety information.
• Provide timely updates regarding production performance, staffing challenges, and operational issues.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Respond quickly to production issues and work collaboratively to identify effective solutions.
• Exercise sound judgment while following established procedures.
• Recognize when issues require Supervisor involvement and escalate appropriately.

Performance Monitoring and Accountability

• Monitor individual and team performance against established goals.
• Provide constructive coaching and recognize positive performance.
• Hold team members accountable for following procedures, meeting expectations, and maintaining workplace standards.
• Support corrective actions in a timely manner while escalating performance concerns appropriately.

Resource Utilization (in conjunction with the Supervisor)

• Maximize utilization of manpower, equipment, tooling, and materials.
• Support efficient production flow while minimizing downtime and waste.
• Recommend improvements that enhance productivity and operational efficiency.

Collaboration

• Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Planning, and other departments to maintain production flow.
• Resolve cross-functional issues through effective communication and teamwork.

Employee Engagement

• Promote a respectful, positive, and engaged work environment.
• Encourage employee involvement in problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Recognize team accomplishments and contributions.

Documentation

• Maintain accurate production records, labor reporting, and documentation.
• Assist with production reporting and performance tracking as required.
• Ensure required documentation is completed accurately and on time.

Continuous Improvement

• Support Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, workflow, and efficiency.
• Stay current with manufacturing best practices and continue developing leadership skills.

Other Duties

• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Demonstrate flexibility by adapting to changing priorities and business demands.
• Support overall team success by assisting wherever needed while maintaining compliance with company standards.

Expectations and Performance Outcomes

The Manufacturing Team Lead is accountable for supporting and driving team performance in the following areas:

• Safety performance and proactive risk management.
• Product quality and compliance with all procedures and standards.
• Daily production output, including piece count, throughput, and critical-path work.
• Achievement of production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
• Development and execution of recovery plans when production goals are not met.
• Early identification and escalation of production constraints, including staffing, equipment, material shortages, or quality concerns.
• Completion of required operator-level preventive maintenance activities.
• Proficiency in all applicable GSP Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and work instructions.
• Timely implementation of corrective actions and recognition of when escalation is required.
• Productivity improvements, waste reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining flexibility by effectively reallocating personnel and resources to meet changing production priorities.
• Demonstrating leadership that consistently upholds safety, quality, compliance, and integrity while achieving operational objectives.

Requirements

Job Specifications:

High School Diploma and proven experience (typically 3+ years) in the machining field or equivalent knowledge.

2-5 years set up experience preferred.

Strong commitment to safety and the ability to foster a safety-first culture.

Strong leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and guide teams to prioritize safety in all aspects of operations.

An understanding of manufacturing processes, production scheduling and operations, industry safety standards, and quality control methodologies.

Working knowledge of risk assessments, hazard identification, and lean