Lead

Job Posting Start Date 03-26-2025 Job Posting End Date 05-26-2025

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Lead located in Orangeburg, SC.

Reporting to the Operations Manager the Lead role is responsible for providing leadership and direction to groups of non-exempt employees.

What a typical day looks like:

• Providing ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through both formal and informal evaluations.
• Initiating and participating in process development and cost improvement projects.
• Coordinating people resource requirements for the department.
• Assisting in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
• Communicating daily plan and any production or customer service issues
• Highlighting material shortages, interface with Expediter/Purchasing on any part shortages
• Recognizing and monitor bottlenecks.
• Reporting and alerting resources concerning downtime.
• Interfacing with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
• Tracking time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
• Communicating with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
• Updating department communication boards.
• Following quality indicators. Stop and alert if predefined indicators are below target.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Serves as an expert/consultant in manufacturing line skills with other employees.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of manufacturing line techniques and may improve processes.
• Applies new technologies/ techniques.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, and supervisors of the organization
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Job CategoryOperations

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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