Production Associate – Group Lead Location: Deland, FL Shift: M-F 3:30pm-12am, with $1.00 shift differential.
Join the team at Cadence, Inc.! Be part of a collaborative team making a difference through the manufacturing of innovative medical devices. At Cadence, your skills, dedication, and contributions help create products that improve lives. If you enjoy working in a team-oriented environment, take pride in quality workmanship, and want to be part of something meaningful, we’d love to have you join us!
Position Summary The Production Associate – Group Lead is a working lead responsible for coordinating daily production activities, supporting team members, and ensuring production goals are achieved in alignment with Supervisor direction. This role balances hands-on production responsibilities with workflow coordination to maintain efficiency, product quality, safety, and compliance. Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Production Leadership: Coordinate daily production activities, assign tasks based on production priorities and staffing needs, and maintain an efficient workflow.
- Hands-On Production: Perform assembly, equipment operation, inspection, packing, and labeling tasks as needed to support production targets.
- Team Support & Training: Provide day-to-day guidance, assist with onboarding and on-the-job training, reinforce standard work, and verify team members understand assigned tasks and procedures.
- Quality & Compliance: Monitor product quality and production output while ensuring adherence to work instructions, manufacturing instructions (MI), inspection procedures (IP), GMP, and GDP requirements.
- Documentation: Verify job travelers, work orders, and required training documentation for accuracy and completeness.
- Problem Solving: Identify workflow barriers, quality concerns, and production inefficiencies; address issues within scope and escalate recurring or complex concerns to the Supervisor.
- Communication & Coordination: Serve as the primary point of contact for day-to-day production questions and communicate production status, issues, and resource needs to the Supervisor and support departments.
- Safety: Promote a safe working environment, identify potential hazards, reinforce safety requirements, and immediately report incidents or unsafe conditions.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing associate and lead experience.
- Strong performance, attendance, and conduct record over the past 6 months.
- No active performance improvement plans or corrective actions within the last 6 months. (If unsure, please apply and we’ll confirm your eligibility.)
- Demonstrated experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Strong understanding of production processes, quality standards, and safety requirements.
- Ability to provide on-the-job instruction and support team members.
- Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
- Ability to balance hands-on production responsibilities with daily coordination and lead activities.