Group Lead

• The role involves coordinating production activities in assigned manufacturing areas, ensuring quality and production targets are met, supporting operators, and driving continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with regulatory and company standards.

Requirement/Must Have:

• Strong experience in manufacturing or production support environment.
• Ability to coordinate production activities and meet build schedules.
• Strong understanding of quality and production processes.
• Experience in training and supporting production operators.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to work in regulated environments (FDA or similar).

Experience:

• Experience in manufacturing operations or production leadership roles.
• Experience in quality audits, process monitoring, and production coordination.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in coordinating production activity in assigned work areas to ensure continuous processing as per build schedules.
• Communicate work instructions to personnel based on supervisory direction.
• Ensure quality and production goals are consistently met.
• Perform process and quality audits of personnel, tooling, and equipment.
• Report equipment failures to supervisors or relevant teams.
• Track work-in-process inventory and daily production output.
• Provide training and re-training support to production operators.
• Assist in expediting priority products and tasks.
• Perform inspection and determine disposition of rejected components as per documentation.
• Support manufacturing operations when required to meet production needs.
• Conduct daily meetings with operators to ensure communication and continuous improvement.
• Ensure preventive maintenance and calibration records are up to date.
• Perform 5S audits and participate in weekly group lead meetings.
• Support safety observations and employee assistance activities.
• Identify root causes of production issues and support corrective actions.
• Support company initiatives and compliance with FDA, QMS, EMS, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain communication with employees, contractors, customers, and vendors.

Should Have:

• Experience with lean manufacturing practices (5S, continuous improvement).
• Knowledge of FDA-regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience in preventive maintenance coordination and production planning.
• Strong problem-solving and leadership abilities.

Skills:

• Production coordination and scheduling.
• Quality control and inspection.
• Team leadership and training.
• Manufacturing process improvement.
• Regulatory compliance (FDA/QMS/EMS).
• Communication and reporting skills.

Qualification And Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Technical or associate degree preferred.