Team Leader

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Better Trucks. Better World.

Headquartered in Wixom, MI with locations in California, Ohio and Indiana, Workhorse is raising the standard for what a medium-duty truck should be — delivering vehicles, infrastructure, and support designed to work for you.

About the Role

The Team Lead plays a critical role in supporting daily manufacturing operations by providing frontline leadership, training, and direction to production assemblers. This position is responsible for ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and adherence to standard work while serving as the primary point of support for employees on the production line. The Team Lead works closely with Production Supervisors and other departments to achieve operational goals and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

What You Will Do

• Lead and support production assemblers to achieve daily safety, quality, and production targets.
• Assign work and balance manpower to support production requirements.
• Train, coach, and develop assemblers on work instructions, standard operating procedures, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies, quality standards, and company procedures.
• Identify production issues, bottlenecks, inefficiencies and escalate concerns as appropriate.
• Support troubleshooting efforts and assist in resolving production-related challenges.
• Maintain staffing flexibility and cross-training matrices (Flex Charts).
• Master all workstations within assigned production areas and provide hands-on support when needed.
• Verify assemblers have the tools, equipment, materials, and resources necessary to perform assigned work.
• Conduct onboarding and training for new employees.
• Monitor employee attendance, timekeeping, and productivity.
• Review and approve employee timecards and PTO requests in accordance with company policy.
• Support continuous improvement and Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
• Communicate production updates, expectations, and daily priorities to team members.
• Foster a positive, respectful, and accountable work environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Job Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required. 
• 2+ years of manufacturing leadership experience preferred. 
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing teams in a production environment. 
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict-resolution skills. 
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. 
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies. 
• Ability to read and interpret work instructions, production schedules, and standard operating procedures. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and timekeeping systems preferred. 
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. 
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 35 pounds as required in a manufacturing environment.

Success in this role is measured by:

• Achievement of daily production targets.
• Safety performance and compliance.
• Product quality and first-pass yield metrics.
• Employee training and cross-training completion.
• Reduction of downtime and production disruptions.
• Attendance and staffing effectiveness.
• Team engagement and accountability.

Why Workhorse

Engineering and Manufacturing for the Work Ahead

Workhorse designs, engineers, tests, validates and manufactures physical products in America’s Heartland. Our work spans battery-electric commercial vehicles and the development of Mobile AI Infrastructure.

See Your Work Take Shape

Engineering and manufacturing come together at Workhorse. Employees can see their contributions progress from problem-solving and product development to production and real-world use.

Collaborative, Accountable Teams

Our teams work across disciplines to solve practical challenges. We value respect, open communication and accountability, and employees are trusted to contribute ideas and take ownership of their work.

Built on Experience. Focused on What’s Ahead.

Workhorse brings established commercial-vehicle experience to new products and applications, creating opportunities to strengthen what we do today while helping develop what comes next.

A Workplace with Personality

We take our work seriously while making room for connection, camaraderie and fun. At select locations, that includes a dog-friendly workplace in accordance with site guidelines.

Workhorse Values Integrity | Transparency, Accountability & Results | Pride in Excellence | Intentional Innovation Extraordinary Talent and Teamwork

Workhorse Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.