Team Lead: Assembly

The Assembly Team Lead is responsible for leading day-to-day shop floor operations to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. This role provides direction to assembly personnel to achieve daily output targets while maintaining product flow and operational continuity.

• Execute Production Plan: Lead and direct a team of production assemblers to achieve daily and weekly output targets, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality, and efficiency expectations.
• Promote Safety Excellence: Drve a safety-first culture by modeling safe behaviors, enforcing safety standards, and ensuring compliance with all EHS requirements.
• Team Leadership & Development: Provide hands-on supervision, coaching, and training to assembly personnel to build capability, improve performance, and ensure process consistency.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Communicate production status, escalate issues, and coordinate troubleshooting efforts across departments to maintain workflow and resolve constraints.
• Workplace Organization (6S): Ensure a clean, organized, and efficient work environment, including workstations, tools, equipment, and material flow areas.
• Continuous Improvement & VTPS: Apply and promote the Atlas Copco Vacuum Technique Production System (VTPS) principles, driving continuous improvement through standardized work, waste elimination, and process optimization.
• Team Engagement: Foster a positive, collaborative team environment that promotes accountability, engagement, and high morale.
• Process Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the primary point of expertise for assembly processes, ensuring adherence to standards and driving best practices.
• Labor & Systems Management: Maintain accurate labor transactions and routing updates in Encompix, ensuring data integrity and alignment with production activities.
• Performance Management: Lead the performance management cycle for direct reports, including goal setting, feedback, evaluations, and development planning.
• Attendance & Professionalism: Maintain consistent attendance and reliability while promoting teamwork, cooperation, and a professional work environment.
• Leadership Alignment: Take direction from the Flow Team Manager and support additional responsibilities or projects as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of assembly experience required.
• 1-3 years of lead or supervisory experience.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to motivate and build team morale.
• Familiarity with Encompix and ERP systems is a plus.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and diagrams.
• Proficiency with hand tools and small power tools.
• Strong verbal, written, and listening skills