Assembly Team Lead

Work Schedule

Work just 3 days a week and enjoy a 4-day weekend every week.

This position follows a Thursday Saturday 5:00 AM 5:00 PM schedule giving you full-time hours in three days and four consecutive days off to recharge spend time with family or pursue what matters most to you.

Additional perks of this schedule:

• Overtime pay for hours worked beyond 10 per day
• A consistent predictable schedule you can plan your life around

Milwaukee Electronics is a contract electronics manufacturer bringing innovations to life from prototype to production. Our mission is to Accelerate expanding whats possible for our customers our people and our communities. We operate as One Team Take Ownership Seek to Serve and Go Beyond.

About the Role

The Assembly Team Lead is the heartbeat of the shift. Youre not a supervisor watching from the sidelines youre on the floor hands-on keeping the team moving solving problems in real time and making sure every operator has what they need to do great work. Youll lead Assembly and Rework operations while filling in where needed developing new employees and being the first line of support before escalating to the Shift Supervisor or Engineering.

If you take pride in your craft care about your team and thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment this role is for you.

What Youll Do

• Serve as a working lead actively participating alongside your team not just overseeing it
• Coordinate and prioritize daily workflow for Assembly and Rework operations
• Ensure 100% training compliance for your shift including onboarding and documentation for new hires
• Provide real-time coaching feedback and troubleshooting support to team members
• Capture document and drive resolution of production issues in partnership with Engineering and Quality
• Champion 6S standards and safety practices across production workspaces
• Partner with process owners on continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide performance feedback on team members to the Shift Supervisor
• Cover Shift Supervisor responsibilities as needed in their absence

What You Bring

• 12 years of electronics manufacturing experience or an equivalent combination of education and hands-on training
• Solid soldering skills ideally strong enough to perform and train sophisticated solder work
• Ability to read and interpret work instructions and quality documentation
• Basic math skills and ability to read performance data
• Strong communication skills you can coach escalate and collaborate with equal ease
• Passing scores required on IPC Component Identification and IPC Workmanship Standards courses (in-house training provided)
• Must be eligible to work in an ITAR-controlled facility (U.S. Person status required)

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Regular use of hands for precision assembly work; frequent standing sitting and communication; occasional lifting up to 40 lbs. Close vision color vision and depth perception required.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Electronics manufacturing facility. Moderate noise level; occasional exposure to moving parts fumes or airborne particles. PPE enforced where required. This is a fully on-site role attendance is essential.

MILWAUKEE ELECTRONICS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or age. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process please contact Human Resources at or

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity please see this government poster:Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ().

Because this job has access to controlled technology we must comply with ITAR. Any job offers will be contingent on verification that the candidate is a U.S. person (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. nationals lawful permanent resident or individual granted asylum/refugee status in the U.S.) or can otherwise satisfy ITAR compliance requirements. If applicable if an individual is not a U.S. person our policy is to not take the extra step of seeking approval from the federal government for that person to work in this position.

Upon hire the successful candidate must present acceptable proof of identity and current authorization to work in the U.S. as required on Form I-9. We do not provide sponsorship support for employment-based visas such as H-1B.