Heavy Metals Forge Production Lead

In a high-output, heavy manufacturing environment, reliable forging leadership keeps people safe, equipment productive, and parts within spec. Your work ensures the 2nd shift hits every commitment to customers and the day team.

• Own 2nd-shift forging operations and coordinate production across people, machines, and material flow.
• Develop operators through coaching, feedback, and structured training.
• Deliver to plan: production volume, quality standards, and delivery timing.
• Monitor open-die and related forging activities; intervene early to prevent defects and delays.
• Partner with Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to drive quick, lasting fixes.
• Champion safety: enforce PPE, procedures, and plant policies without exception.
• Lead shift start-up meetings and communicate priorities, changes, and risks.
• Track attendance, performance, and productivity; keep documentation accurate and current.
• Troubleshoot production and equipment issues methodically.
• Advance continuous improvement—safety, first-pass yield, throughput, and scrap reduction.
• Ensure strict adherence to work instructions, process controls, and quality requirements.
• Support onboarding and upskilling for new and experienced team members.

• 3 years of leadership/supervision in manufacturing.
• Experience in forging, steel/metals, stamping, machining, foundry, or other heavy manufacturing settings.
• Direct forging background strongly preferred.
• Strong grasp of industrial safety and production systems.
• Track record of managing teams and holding standards.
• Ability to diagnose issues and collaborate with maintenance and technical functions.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational discipline.
• Comfort in a heavy industrial plant environment.
• Willing and able to work 2nd shift.

• Open-die or closed-die forging expertise.
• Hands-on with forging presses and heavy industrial equipment.
• Work on aerospace or high-strength metal components.
• Lean/continuous improvement experience.
• Quality improvement and scrap minimization initiatives.
• Employee training and capability development.
• OSHA and plant safety program involvement.