Production Lead

Job description

**Exciting Job Opportunity: Become a Part of Our Innovative Team!**As a Production Lead, you will play a pivotal role in guiding and empowering our production and material handling teams to reach their full potential. In partnership with the Production Manager, you’ll facilitate daily workflow, inspiring growth, fostering a positive work culture, and driving initiatives that align with our values and goals. Your leadership will be instrumental in creating an environment where collaboration and productivity flourish. **Join our Workplace**Our team works together in a vibrant and engaging environment that fosters growth, creativity and collaboration. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute your unique ideas and make a meaningful impact on our company’s success. Designetics fully covers the premiums for medical, dental, vision and life insurance for its employees, as well as their dependents and non-working spouses. This means that eligible individuals can enjoy these benefits without any premium payment required. **Making a Big Difference—One Small Act at a Time** We believe in the power of small actions to create significant change. That’s why we established Care for Kids—our nonprofit charitable organization. Through Care for Kids, we’re committed to making a positive impact on the lives of local children. Together, we can achieve remarkable progress through educational, philanthropic and personal well-being initiatives. We’re constantly seeking new opportunities to make an even greater difference. Join us at Designetics, where every small act of kindness can contribute to a brighter future for our community and the world. ### About You - **Customer First:** Leads the team in achieving daily goals that support on-time delivery and customer satisfaction. - **Stronger Together:** Builds trust, collaboration, and accountability across the team to achieve shared goals. - **Precision is Our Standard:** Maintains high standards of quality, accuracy, and consistency in every aspect of production. - **Relentless Improvement:** Continuously identifies opportunities to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and team performance. ### Qualifications - Minimum 5 years in manufacturing or other fast-paced operational environment with increasing responsibilities. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - Demonstrated track record of fostering a positive work environment and driving employee growth. - Ability to think strategically and act proactively to address team and department needs and challenges. - Strong time management and organizational skills. - Intermediate computer and technology skills ### Essential Functions - Attendance during scheduled work hours is an essential function of the job. - Promote a positive work culture that values creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. - Coordinate daily production, material flow, and workflow to meet schedule, quality, and delivery requirements. - Provide day-to-day direction and coaching to production associates and material handlers. - Adjust work plans in response to changing priorities, staffing levels, or production issues. - Make day-to-day operational decisions regarding work assignments, staffing allocation, material flow, and production priorities within established guidelines - Identify and communicate scheduling risks or concerns to production leadership. - Prepare and maintain accurate production documentation and records. - Collaborate with senior leadership to align team goals with organizational objectives and implement strategies to achieve them. - Supports onboarding and training of new employees and reinforces standard work practices - Provides work direction and coordination for production associates and material handlers - Communicates department priorities, operational changes, and performance expectations to team members - Maintain a safe and clean work environment. - Support and participate in continuous improvement initiatives across the department and organization. - Support and perform other operational activities as necessary. ### Supervisory Responsibility This position directly supervises Material Handling personnel and provides daily leadership, coordination, and work direction for the Production team. ### Physical Demands Essential for Successful Job Performance - Able to move 30+ pounds frequently. - Visual acuity - able to fully view close and distant objects. - Ability to stand and walk for up to 10 hours per day. - Able to look down for extended periods of time. - Able to frequently stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, twist, and turn. - Able to safely operate motorized and manual material handling equipment. ### Hours of Work This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week plus overtime, with a typical schedule beginning at 5:45 AM, Monday through Friday. The Production Lead is expected to support production and material handling operations, as needed, which may require working beyond the standard shift start and end-time. Overtime may be scheduled based on production needs and may include extended weekdays or rare Saturday hours.