Line Lead

Line Lead

Location: Fort Worth Alliance, TX

The Technician Team Lead is responsible for supervising a team of technicians on the shop floor, ensuring reliable daily operations through attendance tracking, clear communication of engineer and supervisor instructions, inspection of daily production checklists, and consolidation/reporting of production status. This role requires a strong understanding of the team's processes, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to drive on-time execution and accurate reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Track and record daily technician attendance, shifts and handovers; follow up on absences and lateness and escalate patterns to supervisors or HR as needed.
• Ensure adequate coverage across shifts and coordinate short-term replacements or adjustments to meet production needs.
• Receive technical instructions, process updates and priorities from engineers and supervisors, and clearly communicate them to the team in a timely manner.
• Verify that instructions are understood and executed correctly; provide clarifications and coordinate with engineers when questions arise.
• Review and inspect daily production/point-check checklists completed by technicians to ensure completeness and correctness.
• Confirm that required pre-shift and in-process checks have been performed and that any deviations are documented and addressed.
• Collect, consolidate and report daily production status, issues, yield, and deviations to supervisors and production planners.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of the team's processes, standard work, test procedures and common failure modes.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with all team members; act as a point of contact for day-to-day concerns and morale issues.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of shift logs, checklist records, attendance logs, and production reports.
• Work closely with engineers, quality, production planning and supervisors to resolve technical issues and align on priorities.

Key Skills and Expertise

Good practical understanding of shop-floor processes, standard work and basic troubleshooting relevant to the team.

Ability to read and verify checklists, simple test records and process documentation.

Clear verbal and written communication; skill in translating technical direction into actionable tasks for technicians.

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain positive team dynamics under pressure.

Reliable recordkeeping and follow-through on attendance, checklists and reporting tasks.

Ability to prioritize issues and escalate appropriately to maintain production flow.

Familiarity with shift scheduling and attendance systems, production tracking tools or simple databases/spreadsheets.

Proficiency with common office tools (Excel, Outlook/Calendar) and shop-floor documentation methods.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or technical certificate; relevant experience on the production floor or in a technical repair environment.
• Prior experience leading a small team or acting as a shift lead is preferred.

Preferred

• Basic understanding of quality systems and safety practices.
• Experience with production reporting or simple data consolidation.

Challenges in the Role

• Balancing the needs of production throughput with quality and safety requirements.
• Managing attendance and coverage shortfalls while maintaining team morale and performance.
• Accurately consolidating and communicating production issues under fast-paced shift conditions.

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