Job Title:  Production Lead

 The Production Lead role assists the Production Supervisor in maintaining a safe and structured work environment benefiting employees and customers. Act as a liaison between the production leadership and other employees, ensuring procedures are followed, while also suggesting ideas for continued improvement processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with production leadership to monitor employees, production, and resources.
• Perform administrative tasks under the guidance of the production leadership.
• Support production leadership personnel assignments.
• Identify and recommend continuous improvement whenever possible.
• Partner with production leadership to initiate and foster positive relationships and cooperation between employees and work groups.
• Assist in resolving problems, monitoring progress, and reporting to production leadership.
• Maintain Key Performance Indicators on Visual Management Boards in respective location.
• Maintain quality output by communicating and enforcing Quality Management System polices, manual, and business processes.
• Communicate need for equipment orders, repairs, or replacements to production leadership.
• Support production inquiries and redirect to production leadership as needed.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment per Safety policies and training guidelines.
• Consistently follow and enforce all policies and procedures.
• Provide employee performance feedback to production leadership to assist in ongoing growth and development.
• Provide ongoing training to employees as directed by the production leadership.
• Participate in ongoing training to continuously develop production competencies and professional growth.
• Complete production process work and other duties as assigned.

Requirements for Consideration:

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Manufacturing experience is preferred.
• Ability to read and understand basic instructions, such as shop packet, standard work instructions, and various visual aids.
• Ability to use basic math and measuring devices.
• Ability to handle and assemble small components using a microscope for extended periods of time.
• Good manual dexterity is helpful.
• Good time management to work at a good pace, executing word orders and demands.
• Ability to handle basic tools.

About Us:

Light manufacturer of medical device component assembly in a clean climate controlled factory building life saving products! Join the AMETEK EMC team in Jackson, MN we offer an amazing benefits package including paid time off and paid holidays. We are a light industrial manufacturer with a temperature controlled work environment allowing for standing or seated work. Our facility is clean, safe, and our training program allows us to hire those with or without previous experience.