Production Lead

Job Description

Job Description

PRODUCTION LEAD

Detail-Oriented | Organized | Quality-Focused | Hands-On Leader

Position Summary

Reporting to the Production Supervisor, the Production Lead oversees daily fabrication and assembly activities, ensuring production schedules, quality standards, and customer delivery requirements are met. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who takes pride in keeping a clean, organized, and safe workspace while ensuring every detail is right.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, dependable, organized, and committed to producing high-quality work. Because this role involves working with glass, a strong focus on precision, careful material handling, quality inspection, and following established procedures is essential. The Production Lead sets the example for the team by maintaining high standards for safety, cleanliness, organization, and accountability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead by Example: Guide, support, and train production employees while promoting teamwork, accountability, and a strong work ethic.
• Maintain a Clean and Organized Workspace: Ensure work areas, equipment, tools, and materials are kept clean, orderly, and properly maintained.
• Focus on Quality and Detail: Perform regular quality checks throughout fabrication and assembly to ensure glass products meet specifications and quality standards.
• Handle Materials with Care: Promote proper handling, movement, and storage of glass and other materials to prevent damage, defects, and safety hazards.
• Meet Production Goals: Help coordinate daily production activities to meet schedules, maintain workflow, and fulfill customer delivery commitments.
• Maintain Accurate Documentation: Ensure production records, quality checks, and required paperwork are completed accurately, consistently, and on time.
• Promote Workplace Safety: Monitor safe work practices, reinforce company policies, and ensure employees follow established procedures when handling glass, operating equipment, and performing production tasks.
• Communicate Effectively: Keep the Production Supervisor informed of production delays, quality concerns, material shortages, equipment issues, and safety risks.
• Support Production Planning: Assist with work assignments, staffing needs, scheduling, and coordination of daily production priorities.
• Monitor Materials and Supplies: Ensure necessary materials and consumables are available and communicate replenishment needs.
• Train and Develop Employees: Provide hands-on training, reinforce proper work procedures, and monitor employee progress.
• Identify and Solve Problems: Recognize issues, investigate potential causes, and take appropriate action to maintain product quality and production efficiency.
• Support Continuous Improvement: Participate in 5S, lean manufacturing, and other initiatives that improve cleanliness, organization, safety, and workflow.
• Support Company Goals: Understand and contribute to AROW Global's Business System policies, objectives, and quality standards.

This list of responsibilities is not all-inclusive. Additional duties may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications and Desired Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical education is preferred.
• Three to five years of manufacturing experience, including one to two years in a leadership role.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify imperfections, inconsistencies, and potential quality issues.
• Highly organized with a consistent approach to keeping work areas, tools, equipment, and materials clean and orderly.
• Self-motivated and dependable , with the ability to take initiative, stay on task, and follow through without constant supervision.
• Quality-minded , with pride in producing accurate, consistent, and defect-free work.
• Ability to follow detailed instructions, work procedures, safety requirements, and production specifications.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with employees and supervisors.
• Basic reading and comprehension skills, with the ability to complete production documentation accurately.
• Proficiency with computers; experience with ERP systems preferred, with IFS knowledge considered an asset.
• Ability to understand production schedules, workflow priorities, and customer delivery requirements.
• Ability to operate a forklift or successfully complete the required training.
• Bilingual skills are a plus.
• Previous experience working with glass or other precision materials is an asset.

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role?

The right person takes ownership of their work, notices the small things others might miss, and understands that quality starts with organization and attention to detail. They are comfortable working hands-on in a manufacturing environment, take safety seriously, maintain high cleanliness standards, and help others do the same.

We are looking for someone who doesn't wait to be told what needs to be done. They recognize problems, take initiative, communicate effectively, and consistently hold themselves and their team to high standards.

Benefit Package

• Two (2) weeks of vacation, on an accrual system
• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance after 30 days of employment on the 1st of the month
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 401K Plan with company match (50% up to 5%)
• Company Health Savings Account contributions ($500-$1800)
• Sign-On Bonus $500
• Maternity/Paternity Pay
• Paid time off for birthdays
• Childcare reimbursement
• Gym Reimbursement
• Fun Activities & Prizes throughout the year

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee is freq