Production Team Lead

Position Summary

AKER by MAAX is seeking a Team Lead to support daily production operations in our fiberglass backing and lamination department. This hands-on leadership role is responsible for coordinating production activities, maintaining safety and quality standards, coaching team members, and ensuring production goals are achieved.

The ideal candidate leads by example, works alongside the production team, and promotes a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Shift Planning, Staffing, and Start-Up

• Review the shift production plan, model mix, staffing, material readiness, equipment status, and quality alerts with the supervisor.
• Assign and balance trained employees among rolling, material preparation, reinforcement placement, handling, inspection, and other Back Line stations.
• Conduct a start-of-shift safety and quality check, including ventilation, guards, emergency equipment access, hoses, tools, housekeeping, and required PPE.
• Verify that correct resin, fiberglass, reinforcement materials, inserts, and model-specific instructions are available and properly identified.
• Coordinate line start-up, changeovers, breaks, relief coverage, and recovery from minor delays while protecting cure windows and standard work.

Quality Control and Abnormal-Condition Response

• Demonstrate correct rolling technique, coverage pattern, pressure, overlap, detail work, and defect recognition; coach employees at the point of work.
• Monitor wet-out, laminate uniformity, reinforcement placement, air-pocket removal, edge coverage, and other in-process acceptance criteria.
• Stop or hold work when a condition could create an injury, chemical exposure, equipment damage, or nonconforming product; escalate to the supervisor, EHS, maintenance, or quality as appropriate.
• Respond to shortages, blocked flow, equipment interruptions, ventilation alarms, spill conditions, or material abnormalities within authorized procedures.

Documentation, Training, Housekeeping, and Hands-On Support

• Ensure production counts, scrap, rework, downtime, material usage, and quality checks are recorded accurately and turned in on time.
• Train and qualify employees on standardized work; document cross-training and identify coverage gaps.
• Lead housekeeping, tool care, workstation reset, waste segregation, and shift handoff.
• Perform Back Line production work as needed while maintaining awareness of the entire area's safety, quality, and flow.
• Provide work direction and coaching but refer formal discipline, hiring, termination, pay, and policy decisions to management unless expressly delegated.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to follow standardized work, visual work instructions, production schedules, safety rules, and quality specifications.
• Ability to identify defects, communicate abnormalities promptly, and document work accurately.
• Dependable attendance and ability to work the assigned shift, overtime, and schedule changes based on production needs.
• Ability to work respectfully and effectively in a team-oriented, paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to train others, balance work, recognize quality defects, address routine disruptions, and escalate appropriately.
• Basic ability to complete production, downtime, scrap, training, and quality documentation

Preferred

· High school diploma or GED.

· Previous experience leading production teams.

Physical Requirements

· Frequent standing and walking throughout the shift.

· Repetitive reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, and lifting.

· Frequently lift up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

· Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Work Environment

· Manufacturing facility with moving equipment and production machinery.

· Exposure to fiberglass, resin, dust, noise, and varying temperatures.

· Required use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Equal Employment Opportunity

American Bath Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without discrimination based on any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Work Authorization and Sponsorship

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We do not sponsor employment visas now or in the future.

At-Will Employment and General Duties

This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive listing of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications required of the employee. Duties and responsibilities may be changed or assigned based on business needs. Nothing in this job description creates a contract of employment or alters the at-will employment relationship. Either the employee or American Bath Group may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation

Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

Pay: $19.25 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Supervising: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• Bilingual (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)
• Night Shift (Required)

Work Location: In person