Senior Manufacturing Lead

Description:

Position Summary

The Sr. Manufacturing Lead provides advanced floor leadership for household and automotive chemical filling and packaging operations. This hands-on role directs 10+ operators in English and Spanish, coordinates assigned high-speed lines, and serves as a technical escalation resource for Manufacturing Leads. The role independently drives safe production recovery within approved procedures, coaches Leads and operators, and converts performance data into documented improvements. Senior-level performance requires demonstrated technical judgment, cross-line coordination, and sustained execution of standard work.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead assigned integrated high-speed filling and packaging operations; coordinate staffing, material readiness, and priorities across assigned lines within the approved production plan. - Serve as the first technical escalation resource for Manufacturing Leads; diagnose recurring filling, capping, labeling, shrink-wrap, heat-tunnel, and packout problems, coordinate recovery with Maintenance, and verify stable operation within approved restart procedures. - Lead setup and changeover readiness checks; verify fill volume, closure torque, label alignment, batch coding, and packout requirements with Quality before routine production proceeds. - Coach Manufacturing Leads and operators in troubleshooting, changeovers, standard work, and escalation; document training and verify demonstrated proficiency. - Monitor components and reconcile usage against output; investigate recurring scrap and yield losses and coordinate corrective follow-up with Quality and Operations. - Anticipate material constraints across assigned lines; coordinate pulls, staging, and transfers with Inventory Control and Logistics and escalate shortages before production is interrupted. - Coordinate the immediate response to nonconformances, including stopping affected activity and containing suspect product; support root-cause investigations and verify assigned corrective actions with Quality. - Review units per hour, downtime, yield loss, and changeover time against agreed targets; identify recurring losses and lead assigned improvement trials with documented before-and-after results. - Lead shift handoffs covering output, open defects, equipment condition, material risks, and action owners; follow unresolved issues through closure or escalation. - Enforce PPE, chemical-handling, and safe-work requirements. Perform only authorized operator adjustments; escalate repairs to Maintenance and retain Quality approval for product disposition. Staffing authority covers daily work assignments; formal personnel decisions remain with management.

30/60/90 Day Success Plan

30 Days

- Focus: Assess line performance - Key Goals: Demonstrate safe setup and troubleshooting; review recurring downtime, scrap, and changeover losses. - Success Looks Like: Complete qualification review and establish baseline metrics and prioritized actions with the manager.

60 Days

- Focus: Lead recovery and coaching - Key Goals: Coordinate assigned line priorities and recovery; coach at least one Lead or designated backup; implement one approved improvement trial. - Success Looks Like: Document coaching and proficiency checks, complete shift handoffs, and compare trial results with the baseline.

90 Days

- Focus: Deliver sustained improvement - Key Goals: Independently coordinate assigned high-speed operations; complete one improvement project and verify standard-work adoption. - Success Looks Like: Present measured results against manager-agreed targets, evidence of sustained follow-up, and proficiency of the trained backup.

Reports To: Dir. of Manufacturing and Quality

Location: Fontana - Fully Onsite

Schedule: During Off peak: Monday - Friday from 5 am to 2 pm & On Peak: Monday - Saturday from 5 am to 6 pm.

Job Type: Full-Time

Department: Manufacturing

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k match, voluntary Life and Disability insurance, FSA, PTO + 5 sick days, paid holidays & employee discount.

In accordance with California law, we will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (where applicable).

Accommodation requests: Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact HR at hr@chemicalguys.com.

Requirements:

Qualifications

Required

- Education: High school diploma or GED; no college degree required. - Experience: 5+ years in liquid manufacturing, including demonstrated lead-level responsibility on automated filling and packaging lines. - Skills: Fluent English and Spanish; advanced troubleshooting across connected equipment; independent judgment within approved procedures; ability to coach Leads and operators, coordinate multiple line priorities, interpret production metrics, and demonstrate completed improvements. - Prolonged standing and walking; frequent bending and reaching; manual equipment adjustments; regular lifting/moving up to 50 lbs; ability to work extended 12-hour shifts. - Working in a non-climate-controlled manufacturing / warehouse environment; household and automotive chemical filling and packaging.

Preferred

- Household/automotive chemicals or consumer packaged goods experience. - High-speed line startup or ramp-up experience. - Documented reductions in downtime, scrap, or changeover time. - Sit-down / stand-up forklift certification