Manufacturing Floor Lead

As a Manufacturing Floor Lead, you will serve as the primary driver of operational excellence, overseeing daily production workflows to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency. You will play a pivotal role in fostering a high-performance culture by mentoring staff, optimizing machine uptime, and implementing continuous improvement strategies to exceed production targets.

• Cultivate a collaborative, accountability-driven environment by providing direct coaching and leadership to production personnel.
• Maintain a consistent presence on the shop floor to proactively resolve equipment, process, or quality bottlenecks.
• Champion a safety-first culture by enforcing strict PPE compliance and conducting thorough incident investigations.
• Maximize throughput by minimizing downtime and streamlining labor utilization across all production lines.
• Partner with maintenance and quality departments to perform root cause analysis and execute corrective actions.
• Drive waste reduction and operational efficiency through rigorous process controls and 5S methodology.
• Accurately document shift performance metrics, including scrap rates, production output, and resource allocation within ERP systems.

Required Skills

• Proven experience in a supervisory or team lead capacity within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong proficiency in coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Valid forklift operator certification and a clean driver's license.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical issues and utilize ERP software.
• Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to lead diverse teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with injection molding machinery or similar high-volume production equipment.
• Background in implementing continuous improvement or lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical tasks in a production environment.