Manufacturing Operations Team Leader — Metal Forming

Build, Improve, Repeat — Lead Our Metal Forming Operations

Imagine starting your shift by aligning a cross-functional team around clear priorities: metal cutting queued, stamping presses set, weld cells staffed, assembly lines balanced, and materials replenished. You measure progress, remove obstacles, and ensure every finished part makes it cleanly into inventory—safe, on spec, and on time.

Impact you will make

• Provide day-to-day leadership across shifts to hit production goals while protecting quality and safety.
• Translate plans into action: assign work, set priorities, and monitor performance throughout the day.
• Maintain accurate records by entering labor, scrap, and SPC data into the labor reporting system.
• Coordinate material replenishment and the movement of finished goods into inventory.
• Communicate production results and issues to management; surface risks and propose solutions.
• Champion company standards, policies, and initiatives in every area of the shop.
• Strengthen processes by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, and controls to help create and sustain procedures.
• Use Lean Manufacturing tools to drive continuous improvement and increase productivity.
• Collaborate with other departments with urgency and accountability.
  
  

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Supervisory background or 2–5 years of equivalent experience.
• 2–3 years leading production/assembly teams and 2–3 years maintaining quality in manufacturing.
• 2–3 years in stamping manufacturing.
• Experience working cross-functionally and supporting continuous improvement.
  
  

Core capabilities

• Lead by example; set team goals; facilitate problem solving.
• Plan workflows and organize daily tasks; drive accountability and follow-through.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and familiarity with ERP platforms like Epicor.
• Summarize and report shift results clearly.
• Uphold quality by enforcing organizational standards.
• Strong cross-functional communication; training with material handling equipment; dependable work ethic.
  
  

Physical demands (intermittent floor coverage)

• Lift up to 40 lbs; bend/stoop as tasks require.
• Walk long distances and stand/walk 8 hours per day.
• Use step stools or small ladders.
  
  

Safety-sensitive notice *This position is a safety-sensitive position. The position requires operating or working around heavy equipment, which if performed while under the influence of drugs (including marijuana) or alcohol could result in errors in judgment, inattentiveness or diminished coordination, dexterity or composure that could in turn result in mistakes that would endanger the health and safety of you and others.