About this role
Production Lead
Pay: $18.00/hour
Location: Joplin, MO
Shift: Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Job Type: Temp-to-Hire
Job Order #: 123258
• Position Overview
The Production Lead plays a key role in overseeing daily production activities, maintaining workflow efficiency, and ensuring safety and quality standards are met across all departments. This Production Lead role is ideal for a hands-on leader who enjoys mentoring others and thrives in a fast-paced industrial setting.
• Required Experience & Skills
• High School Diploma or GED required
• 2+ years of manufacturing experience (leadership experience preferred)
• Forklift experience required (certification provided)
• Strong mechanical aptitude, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to lead effectively in a diverse team environment
• Reliable, safety-conscious, and detail-oriented
• Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Lead and support team members to achieve production, quality, and scheduling goals
• Coordinate daily production schedules and employee rotations for optimal workflow
• Safely monitor and operate machinery, following Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures
• Step in across production areas as needed to maintain steady operations
• Train and mentor new employees while encouraging ongoing skill development
• Promote a safety-first, organized, and clean work environment
• Foster teamwork, positivity, and servant leadership principles
• Serve as backup to the Production Supervisor when required
• Preferred Education
• Additional technical or leadership training is a plus
This Production Lead opportunity offers a strong pathway into long-term leadership with a respected manufacturer. If you’re ready to grow and make an impact, this Production Lead role is a great next step.
If you are interested in this position, click the “Apply” button above to submit your application. If your qualifications align with the requirements of the position, a team member will contact you to schedule an interview.
Job Order # 123258
Stand-By Personnel | Skilled Division
Other facts
About Stand-By Personnel
As Oklahoma's leader in Blue Collar Staffing, Stand-By specializes in placing people in hundreds of skilled trades including construction, manufacturing, and welding.
Our welding division is the only staffing company in the state of Oklahoma that has a state certification weld test facility on-site! We train and test potential workers daily for fabricators throughout Tulsa and the surrounding area, saving customer's valuable time and dollars. Stand-By's Weld Test Facility minimizes the need to dedicate valuable shop floor space for testing and training allowing shop-floor supervisors and management to concentrate on product throughput and productivity.
If your needs are less specialized, or if you need help setting up and/or managing/staffing a special event, our general labor division can deliver dependable workers 24-hours a day.
At Stand-By, employees enjoy the opportunity, flexibility, and teamwork. Together with our staff and qualified service representatives, our number one goal is customer satisfaction. We've built our reputation on matching people with jobs and meeting our customers' demands on time.
What you'll do
- The Production Lead oversees daily production activities and ensures safety and quality standards are met. They lead team members to achieve production goals and promote a clean and organized work environment.
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