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Production Group Lead-US

Kennametal
Bedford, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/12/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/1/2026
About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Production Group Lead

Bedford, PA

2nd shift: 3pm - 11pm (M-F)

Purpose Of The Position

This position works under the supervision of the Manufacturing Manager and/or Plant Manager and/or shift manufacturing supervisor as needed. Duties are performed without constant supervision. Assignments are made daily and results are reviewed daily.

Knowledge And Experience

  • High school diploma or general equivalent diploma
  • Minimum of 5 years experience in a Mfg. setting
  • Minimum of 3 years in all Braze or Machining dept. as team lead
  • Ability to understand written and oral instructions and communicate with leaders, manager, supervisors and coworkers
  • Forklift operator license required
  • Computer experience required (Microsoft products and SAP preferred)
  • People leadership skills
  • First aid / First responder training will be required for this role

Key Job Accountabilities

The duties listed are not set forth for purposes of limiting the assignment of work.

  • Safety: Perform pre-operation checks for machines. Perform safety inspections required for individual production machines
  • and associated equipment. Perform review of operators safety checks and ensure overall department safety is always the first
  • priority.
  • Production: Safely train, plan, direct, schedule, and check the work in the Braze & Machining departments on a daily basis.
  • Work with engineering, management, maintenance supervisor, vendors, and braze/machining employees to review and solve
  • problems.
  • Monitor Braze/Machining orders to continually improve operations and quality of parts.
  • Maintain complete and accurate records
  • Perform all other duties within areas of responsibility, when necessary.
  • Perform all required duties regarding inspections, quality audits and safety audits.
  • Problem solve all areas of Braze/Machining operations.

Quality: Inspect parts and ensure others inspect and produce parts to meet established ISO requirements.

Delivery: Process shop orders to meet established due dates

Cost: Responsible for tracking and problem solving of the materials used and efficient equipment use to reduce cost.

Inventory: Responsible for cycle counts and management of WIP and components.

Lean: Participate in and utilize lean processes in daily duties.

TPM: Perform and ensure others perform daily required TPM on associate equipment.

5S: Perform and ensure others perform daily required 5S review of areas.

Metrics: Perform daily activities associated with gathering and posting established metrics.

Data: Accurate and timely recording of required data in SAP including operating entry (ie Production, quality etc).

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