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SMT Area Manager Pcba Manufacturing

Pro-Active Engineering
Prairie, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/27/2026
JOB REQUIREMENTS: As the SMT Area Manager in a PCBA Manufacturing

Facility, you are responsible for leading and optimizing the Surface

Mount Technology production line. Your role ensures that SMT operations

meet quality standards, production targets, and delivery timelines while

Maintaining a Safe And Efficient Work Environment. Essential Functions

Production Oversight: Manage daily SMT line operations including stencil

printing, pick-and-place, reflow soldering, X-Ray and AOI/AXI inspection

processes. Team Leadership: Supervise and develop SMT technicians and

operators, ensuring proper training, performance management, and

adherence to safety protocols. Process Optimization: Drive continuous

improvement initiatives focused on cycle time reduction, yield

enhancement, and defect minimization using Continuous Improvement

methods. Equipment Management: Oversee preventive maintenance,

calibration, and troubleshooting of SMT equipment (e.g., screen

printers, placement machines, ovens). Quality Assurance: Collaborate

with Quality and Engineering teams to resolve process issues, implement

corrective actions, and ensure IPC-A-610 compliance. Material

Coordination: Work closely with supply chain and inventory teams to

ensure timely availability of components, feeders, and consumables for

uninterrupted production. Metrics & Reporting: Monitor and report on key

performance indicators (KPIs) such as first-pass yield, throughput,

downtime, and line efficiency. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Interface

with NPI, Test, and Final Assembly teams to support product launches and

ensure smooth handoffs between production stages. Competencies Results

Driven Bias for Action/Initiative Customer Focus Performance Management

Communication and Listening Proficiency Organizational Skills Technical

Capacity Collaboration Attention to Detail Supervisory Responsibility

This position oversees various positions within Production, including

Leads and Operators and is responsible for the employee life cycle of

these employees. Work Environment This job operates in a professional

office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment

such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax

machines. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to

moderate. Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the

employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and

arms, use fine hand motor skills/dexterity, use repetitive motions, and

lift and/or move up to 15 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by

this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral

vision, depth\... For full info follow application link. Pro-Active

Engineering is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants

will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,

religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,

age, disability, or any other category protected by law. \*\*\*\*\*

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/0A4B2F3FDBA94B68

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