Mechanic / Assembly Lead in Marietta, Ohio at Teikoku USA, Inc

The Lead Assembler provides hands-on technical leadership and daily work coordination for front-end pump assembly at the Ohio facility. The position builds, troubleshoots, inspects, and prepares highly engineered pumps to engineering, customer, and quality requirements; supports the Plant Manager by coordinating assignments, monitoring work progress, and resolving issues with materials, engineering, planning, quality, and manufacturing; and serves as the primary technical resource and trainer for the assembly team. The role also offers a structured development path for an experienced assembler to assume broader front-end leadership responsibilities as needs evolve.

PRIMARY DUTIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Build, assemble, and troubleshoot engineered pumps using drawings, schematics, build sheets, process sheets, job travelers, sales orders, customer specifications, and quality requirements. Troubleshoot complex mechanical, electrical, dimensional, and assembly problems using a logical, systematic approach.

• Fit, align, and assemble components using fixtures, hand tools, dial indicators, and precision measuring equipment; verify fit, clearance, alignment, orientation, and condition.Form and bend tubing; join components using specified fasteners or spot welding; complete oil filling, potting, gas checks, wiring, electrical testing, nameplate installation, and related operations.

• Perform and document in-process and final inspections before work moves to testing, quality control, post-test processing, or shipping.

• Assist with nonconforming material, drawing discrepancies, missing components, and deviations; recommend practical mechanical solutions for unusual requirements

Daily Work Coordination

• Review priorities, schedules, material availability, staffing, and technical requirements with the Plant Manager; help assign work based on qualifications, workload, and production need. Communicate priorities, schedule changes, shortages, quality concerns, and technical issues; monitor work progression and promptly elevate risks or constraints.

• Coordinate movement between assembly, testing, post-test processing, quality control, and shipping; maintain orderly staging and effective use of assembly resources. Verify required inspections, documentation, and production transactions before work advances to the next operation.

• Coordinate with planning, production control, materials, engineering, quality, lab, service, and manufacturing to resolve production issues.

• Serve as the assembly-area point of contact when the Plant Manager or designated front-end leader is unavailable, within assigned authority.

Training and Employee Development

· Train and coach assemblers on assembly methods, drawings, build documentation, tooling, measurement, inspection, safety, and standard work. Support onboarding and hands-on training of new employees; demonstrate proper methods and verify employees can perform assigned work safely and correctly.

· Coordinate cross-training to improve coverage and flexibility; identify skill gaps and communicate training needs to the Plant Manager. Help maintain training records, qualification expectations, skills matrices, and work-area training materials as assigned.

· Proactively share lessons learned, reinforce approved procedures, and build readiness for broader front-end scheduling, coordination, documentation, troubleshooting, and communication responsibilities.

Quality, Safety, and Continuous Improvement

· Monitor assembly work for accuracy, completeness, workmanship, and compliance; communicate deviations through established channels. Stop or hold work when an apparent safety, quality, drawing, or specification concern requires review.

· Reinforce safe use of tools, fixtures, lifting devices, materials, and equipment; report unsafe conditions and assist with corrective action within assigned authority. Maintain housekeeping, organization, job staging, and visual workplace standards in the assembly area.

· Identify and recommend improvements involving safety, quality, cost, workflow, standardization, tooling, material handling, and productivity. Help implement approved changes, verify revised methods are followed, and promote teamwork, accountability, and timely completion of assigned work.

Leadership Authority

May independently: Provide daily work direction and technical guidance; assist in establishing work sequence and communicating production priorities. Recommend training, cross-training, process improvements, or reassignment of work. Communicate performance, attendance, conduct, safety, quality, or training concerns to the Plant Manager in a timely manner.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SPECIAL SKILLS:

· High school diploma or GED required. Completion of a technical or trade-school program is preferred. Eight or more years of related assembly, pump manufacturing, mechanical equipment, or equivalent industrial experience required. Equivalent combinations of education, training, and directly related experience may be considered.

· Demonstrated ability to build and troubleshoot highly engineered pump assemblies. Advanced ability to read and interpret drawings, schematics, specifications, procedures, job travelers, process sheets, and written instructions.

· Demonstrated ability to use precision measuring equipment and properly evaluate component fit, clearance, and alignment.

· Working knowledge of mechanical assembly, tubing, wiring, electrical testing, potting, gas checks, inspection, and related pump-manufacturing processes.

· Ability to organize daily work, communicate priorities, and coordinate multiple jobs or assignments. Ability to train employees and explain technical work in a clear, practical manner.

· Strong problem-solving, decision-making, documentation, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to work constructively with manufacturing, planning, engineering, materials, quality, lab, service, and management.

· Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Ability to convert between U.S. customary and metric measurements ability to interpret graphical and numerical data and apply basic algebra and geometry.

· Competency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

· Ability to learn and accurately use applicable production and inventory systems.