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Are you the person others naturally turn to when work needs to keep moving? Do you enjoy helping train team members, solving production issues, and making sure jobs are completed safely, accurately, and efficiently?

This role is a great opportunity for someone with electronics manufacturing experience who is ready to step into a working lead position. Whether you have formally led a team, helped train others, or served as the “go-to” person on the floor, this position gives you the opportunity to lead while staying hands-on in the work.

As the Assembly Team Lead, you will help coordinate production flow, prioritize work, support team members, and assemble electronic PCB assemblies and box-build electronic/electrical assemblies. This is a working lead role, meaning production work is part of your daily responsibilities.

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 every week.

• 4-day weekend every week
• Overtime pay after 10 hours worked in a day
• A consistent, predictable schedule you can plan your life around
• Full-time hours in just three scheduled workdays

Milwaukee Electronics is a contract electronics manufacturer bringing innovations to life from prototype to production. Our mission is to Accelerate — expanding what is 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 helps maintain and coordinate production flow across electronics manufacturing operations. This role works at the bench and on the shop floor, supporting daily production while helping direct team activities, troubleshoot issues, train employees, and keep work moving.

You will be expected to work independently on an off shift with limited management oversight while communicating effectively with the management team. You will also provide first-level technical support to the team and escalate issues when needed.

If you are dependable, detail-oriented, positive, and ready to help lead change and improve processes, this could be a great fit.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate and prioritize production activity and daily workflow
• Actively lead and work alongside the team on the production floor
• Assemble electronic PCB assemblies and box-build electronic/electrical assemblies
• Support Assembly, Rework, SMT, AOI, Wave, and Test operations as needed
• Serve as acting supervisor when required
• Participate in daily team meetings
• Train employees and follow up to ensure adherence to process
• Provide first-level technical support to team members and escalate issues according to policy
• Follow quality policies, procedures, and workmanship standards
• Produce and inspect quality products
• Document, communicate, and support resolution of production issues
• Practice and participate in Continuous Improvement and Lean activities
• Support 6S, safety practices, and clean work areas
• Perform work to appropriate efficiency and utilization standards
• Provide input into problem-solving processes and identify ways to improve efficiency
• Support change in a positive and dependable way
• Work on site as an essential function of the role

What You Bring

• High school diploma or GED required
• Experience in electronics manufacturing, assembly, SMT, AOI, Wave, Test, PCB assembly, or box-build operations preferred
• Supervision, lead, training, or mentoring experience preferred
• Ability to work independently on an off shift with limited management oversight
• Ability to read and interpret assembly instructions, blueprints, technical diagrams, and written work instructions
• Proven ability to produce and inspect electronic components and subassemblies in compliance with quality and workmanship standards
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify and correct defects
• Ability to perform data entry transactions accurately
• Basic math skills, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
• Basic understanding of performance data and ability to read performance graphs
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coach, escalate, and collaborate effectively
• Ability to read, speak, and understand English to support clear communication and comprehension of documentation
• Positive, dependable, adaptable, and supportive of change
• 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.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee may be seated or standing, based on their workstation. The employee may occasionally stand and/or walk and must frequently use hands to point, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee may lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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.

This position is located in an electronics manufacturing facility. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. PPE is enforced where required.

This work can only be performed on site, and regular attendance is an essential function of the job.

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 414-228-5000 or hr@milwaukeeelectronics.com.

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 (eeoc.gov).

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.