Production Team Leader

Company Description:

Benchmark provides comprehensive solutions across the entire product lifecycle; leading through its innovative technology and engineering design services, leveraging its optimized global supply chain, and delivering world-class manufacturing services. The industries we serve include: commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next generation telecommunications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment.

Summary:

Under direction of a supervisor, ensures all necessary tasks are performed per work instructions and procedures to manufacture product to meet quality goals, daily schedule or customer needs. May assist supervisor in the training of new employees in the area.

Job Responsibilities:

• May identify workmanship and material defects by sight
• Ensures others perform tasks with a high degree of care and attention to minimize loss of time and material
• Ensures team members follow work instructions and procedures, drawings and customer specifications required
• Responds to written and verbal direction
• Monitors individual work habits and performance
• Continuously monitors quality and provides feedback to Operators
• Ensures scrap is properly disposed of at the end of each shift
• Assists in facilitating shift overlap
• Communicates all issues to the supervisor in a timely manner
• Continues to increase process knowledge of product
• Leads by example and support management objectives and BEI policies
• Acts as backup for the Supervisor as needed (i.e. absence, weekend support, etc.)
• All employees are responsible for the Quality of their work to ensure BEI meets, or exceeds Customer Satisfaction.

Qualifications / Experience:

• 2+ years of electronics manufacturing and some leadership experience; Contract manufacturing preferred
• 0-3 years of experience mentoring others
• Knowledgeable in processes to fully support a shift without additional support
• Ability to use any equipment required in the functioning of the work center
• Communicate effectively, in both written and verbal formats
• Ability to effectively mentor employees
• Understanding of and ability to use continuous improvement tools
• Ability to drive solutions to planning issues with direction from management
• Ability to support a 24/7 global business operation as required
• Ability to work overtime when needed
• Effective analytical, planning, and organizational skills
• Effective interpersonal skills with employees
• Effective problem solving skills
• Demonstrate discretion, confidentiality, independent judgment and professionalism when representing the company
• Demonstrate leadership and people management skills
• Demonstrate teamwork and the ability to operate on diverse project teams with direction
• Participate in a continuous improvement activity with complete documentation, including a follow up review with the team in a presentation format
• Ability to read, write and perform basic math

Physical Location: Rochester, MN

Shift: 5th shift - Friday - Sunday, 6:00pm - 6:00am

Benchmark is an equal opportunity employer. We are bringing together a diverse workforce with unique talents, life experiences, cultures, and perspectives to promote an innovative, collaborative, and creative place to work.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $20.50 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Night shift
• Weekends only

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Electronics Manufacturing: 1 year (Preferred)
• Leadership: 1 year (Preferred)
• Manufacturing: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person