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Precision Cable Assemblies
Manufacturing Production Lead
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What they do
A Production Worker performs a variety of duties in a factory. Operates machinery, manages distribution and provides quality control inspection.
$40,487 / year median in Wisconsin
-6% projected decline
Job Description
Job Summary The Precision Cable Assemblies Lead is responsible for supporting daily production operations by leading assigned personnel, performing final quality inspections, and ensuring accurate movement, storage, and staging of materials. This role helps maintain safe, efficient, and organized workflow while ensuring finished products meet company quality standards, customer requirements, and production schedules. Responsibilities
- Support wire, cable, and connector termination processes include crimping, soldering, connector loading, pin insertion, ferrule installation, and related assembly steps as applicable.
- Verify terminations meet drawings, work instructions, customer specifications, pull-test requirements, polarity, pin location, orientation, and visual quality standards.
- Ensure correct tools, applicators, dies, terminals, contacts, connectors, seals, and wire sizes are used for each job.
- Monitor workmanship for defects such as loose crimps, damaged insulation, exposed strands, incorrect strip length, misloaded pins, poor solder joints, or incomplete seating.
- Support wire processing operations including cutting, stripping, marking, and preparation of wires and cables for downstream assembly.
- Verify wire type, gauge, color, length, strip dimensions, printing, and quantities against cut sheets, bills of material, and work instructions.
- Lead, direct, and support assigned employees to meet daily production, quality, and shipping priorities.
- Assign work, monitor progress, and help resolve production, quality, material, and workflow issues.
- Train team members on work instructions, safety procedures, quality requirements, and material handling practices.
- Perform final inspection of finished products, assemblies, parts, or shipments to verify compliance with drawings, specifications, work orders, customer requirements, and company quality standards.
- Use appropriate inspection tools and equipment such as calipers, micrometers, gauges, test fixtures, visual standards, and other measurement devices as required.
- Review documentation, inspection records, labels, packaging, and job travelers for accuracy and completeness before product release.
- Receive, move, stage, store, and deliver raw materials, components, work-in-process, and finished goods to support production and shipping needs.
- Verify part numbers, quantities, labels, and locations to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Pick and stage materials for internal production.
- Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, carts, scales, scanners, or other material handling equipment as authorized and trained.
- Support injection molding operations by ensuring operators have the materials, components, tooling, inserts, and work instructions needed to meet production requirements.
- Monitor molded parts for visual defects such as short shots, flash, contamination, burn marks, sink, voids, discoloration, or dimensional concerns.
Pay:
$20.00 - $24.00 per hourBenefits:
401(k) Dental insurance Employee assistance program Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Vision insuranceWork Location:
In personBenefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plans
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Health Insurance