Sea-Bird Scientific Production Lead

The Production Lead plays a critical role in ensuring a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing environment while consistently meeting throughput, quality, and delivery targets. This role provides leadership support on the production floor by guiding team members, assisting with training, and driving adherence to standard work, quality expectations, and safety protocols. The Team Lead actively contributes to continuous improvement initiatives by optimizing procedures, improving first-pass yield, eliminating waste, and enhancing overall team performance.

The Production Lead collaborates cross-functionally with the Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Operations, and R&D teams to resolve production constraints, improve product reliability, and support on-time delivery. This includes coordinating information, resources, and priorities across internal and external stakeholders to maintain alignment with business objectives and operational goals.

This role reports to the Production Supervisor, Manufacturing & Operations and serves as a key contributor to operational excellence, employee development, and continuous improvement initiatives.

This is an onsite day shift role, Monday through Friday. Overtime and Weekends may be required.

This role will be part of our Sea-Bird Scientific Manufacturing & Operations Team in our Bellevue, WA location.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Own Daily Management processes, QDIP performance, workforce planning, and area performance metrics including safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity.
• Coach and develop associates through delegation, performance feedback, capability building, and succession planning to strengthen team effectiveness.
• Perform and oversee assembly, soldering, wiring, testing, calibration, troubleshooting, and verification of production units in accordance with established procedures, technical drawings, schematics, and quality requirements.
• Drive effective cross-functional communication by leading daily meetings, facilitating discussions, providing constructive feedback, participating in Tier 2 reviews, and adapting communication styles to various audiences.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives, drive issue resolution, ensure accountability, and sustain actions through completion.
• Plan and schedule work within the production area, delegate assignments effectively, provide technical guidance, and ensure alignment with operational priorities.
• Own and drive Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity (QDIP) metrics through data analysis, problem-solving, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead root cause investigations, facilitate structured problem-solving activities (PSPs), drive corrective and preventive actions, and ensure sustainable improvements are maintained.
• Develop, revise, and maintain work instructions, standard operating procedures, visual aids, and training materials in partnership with Production Engineering and R&D.
• Develop technical capability across the team through structured training, cross-functional skill development, certification, and succession planning.
• Audit manufacturing processes and quality standards to ensure compliance with company procedures, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
• Sustain improvements through regular follow-up on actions, commitments, and cross-functional initiatives to ensure long-term effectiveness and accountability.
• Provide technical support to production personnel and serve as a subject matter expert for manufacturing processes, equipment, and product requirements.
• Maintain accurate production records, documentation, and reporting to support traceability, compliance, and operational excellence.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• A minimum of a 2-year technical degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of related work experience.

It would be an asset if you have:

• Strong technical background in electronics assembly, soldering, testing, troubleshooting, and manufacturing operations.
• Proficient in reading, interpreting, and applying technical drawings, schematics, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.
• Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience in a production, manufacturing, or operations environment.
• Excellent communication, organization, coaching, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to balance hands-on technical responsibilities while effectively managing team priorities, resources, and deadlines.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts through ownership of PSPs, quality audits, 5S sustainment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and process standardization.
• Strong commitment to employee development, quality excellence, operational performance, and customer satisfaction.

We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of five days, though it may be open for a longer period of time. We encourage your prompt application.

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $38.00 - $40.00 USD per hour. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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