- Sacramento - Californie - États-Unis d'Amérique
Group Lead/Manufacturing Technician (Tool Crib)
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Position Overview:
As a Group Lead Manufacturing Technician, Business title Group Lead Tool Crib, you will provide the coordination for daily duties, work assignments to all team members, closely monitor the manufacturing progress, and provide support of assigned employees. The Group Lead is a hands-on production leader responsible for coordinating daily work activities, providing technical guidance, supporting workforce development, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This role serves as a key resource for the team by ensuring adherence to safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives while fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, and employee engagement
What your day will look like:
- Serve as a highly skilled and experienced team member who leads by example while working alongside the production team to achieve operational objectives.
- Support daily production activities through hands-on execution of work orders, ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and delivery requirements are consistently met.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to team members by assisting with troubleshooting, problem resolution, tool usage, and onboarding of new assignments and processes.
- Perform quality inspections and verify workmanship standards, including the creation, review, and validation of Process Control Records (PCRs) and other production documentation.
- Facilitate on-the-job training and knowledge sharing to enhance team capability, technical proficiency, and overall workforce effectiveness.
- Partner with leadership by providing objective input regarding team performance, development opportunities, skills progression, and operational effectiveness.
- Promote and maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment through adherence to 6S principles and established workplace standards.
- Demonstrate cost awareness and business acumen by supporting efficient use of labor, materials, equipment, and resources while maintaining focus on quality and customer requirements.
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and operational excellence by constructively challenging the status quo and identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process inefficiencies, supporting corrective actions, and implementing sustainable operational enhancements.
- Lead and support daily manufacturing operations by coordinating workflow, defining production work steps, task sequencing, cycle times, and labor requirements to meet safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets.
- Develop, implement, and maintain standardized work instructions and best practices to ensure consistency, efficiency, compliance, and high-quality output across the production environment.
- Support the implementation of manufacturing process improvements, equipment enhancements, and new technologies that improve operational performance, productivity, and product quality.
- Provide leadership and coordination across production, maintenance, quality, and other cross-functional teams to resolve manufacturing challenges and support achievement of business objectives.
- Monitor safety performance and proactively identify, communicate, and escalate hazards, incidents, and compliance concerns to supervisors and relevant stakeholders.
- Act as a role model for Siemens values by promoting teamwork, accountability, respect, ownership, and a commitment to continuous learning and development.
What will make you successful:
- High School Graduate/GED
- Minimum of 2 Years’ experience in a Manufacturing Environment.
- Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of products, processes and tools.
- Demonstrated Mechanical and or Electrical aptitude.
- Exhibits ability to utilize SAP proficiently.
- Proven ability to train and mentor team members.
- Experience in successfully leading a diverse team in a production environment.
- Track record of actively engaging in problem-solving and implementing effective countermeasures within assigned area of responsibility.
We would be impressed if you had:
- 3 + years of experience planning and supporting launch of new production lines in a low-speed production environment (e.g. rail, aviation/aerospace, naval, heavy equipment, etc.).
- Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering (Or Equivalent Experience)
- Work experience in the rail business, preferably in light rail, heavy rail, or related production, is needed.
- Practical experience in Customer Service / Maintenance / After Market businesses and technologies within the rail industry.
Additional Information:
Upon offer of employment, candidates will be subject to a background check and drug screen.
The physical demands described here are representative of those necessary to successfully perform the essential job duties:
- Frequently walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Frequently required to climb stairs, steps, and ladders
- Frequently required to work on elevated platforms.
- Perform work overhead.
- Occasionally lift and move at most 40 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Candidates should be willing to work in non-climate-controlled environments and inclement weather if required or if applicable.
Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without needing current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.
Purpose is the reason a company exists. It's not about making money or selling products - it's the deeper "why" behind everything we do. It answers the question: What problem are we solving? What positive change are we creating?
For Siemens, our purpose has been clear for over 175 years: We create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone.
The world needs technologies that work. Technologies that matter. Technologies that solve today's challenges and help shape a better tomorrow. And that's exactly what we build. By bringing together the real world (factories, buildings, power grids, trains) with the digital world (software, data, AI, digital twins), we help our customers become more competitive, resilient, and sustainable.
Our technology is everywhere - in trains and transportation, we help move people faster, safer, and more sustainably.
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay for this position is $27.95 per hour, plus an additional 10% for second shift and 20% for third shift differential. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications and premium geographic location.
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