Production Team Leader

Production Team Leader

Job Description Summary

The Production Team Leader is responsible for leading day-to-day manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives. This role leads shop floor execution and workforce performance, ensures customer and production requirements are met, and drives continuous improvement across manufacturing operations. The Production Team Leader works closely with cross-functional teams to resolve operational challenges, strengthen workforce capability, and foster a safe, inclusive, and high-performance shop floor culture.

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost targets.

• Execute production plans and effectively allocate people and resources to meet customer demand and production schedules.

• Lead and support shop floor teams in a unionized environment while promoting positive employee relations, engagement, and collaboration.

• Ensure adherence to applicable labor requirements, company policies, collective bargaining agreements, and workplace standards.

• Monitor manufacturing performance using key metrics such as throughput, yield, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), cycle time, productivity, and on-time delivery.

• Lead daily production reviews, Gemba walks, and structured problem-solving activities to identify and remove operational bottlenecks.

• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and continuous improvement activities to improve productivity, process performance, and waste reduction.

• Ensure manufacturing operations comply with Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), quality, regulatory, and audit requirements.

• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Human Resources teams to resolve production constraints and achieve business objectives.

• Address production, quality, equipment, material, and workforce issues to minimize disruption and support customer commitments.

• Develop shop floor capability through training, coaching, multi-skilling, performance management, and employee development.

• Support manufacturing automation, digitization, factory modernization, and productivity improvement initiatives.

• Encourage employee participation in safety, quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence activities.

• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, teamwork, customer focus, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, production management, industrial engineering, or a related manufacturing leadership role.

• Demonstrated experience leading shop floor operations and manufacturing teams in a unionized or industrial relations environment.

• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production planning, resource allocation, and capacity management.

• Experience monitoring manufacturing performance and driving improvements in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.

• Experience working cross-functionally with functions such as Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Human Resources.

• Working knowledge of applicable labor practices, collective bargaining agreements, employee relations, and workplace discipline processes.

• Strong communication, problem-solving, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Desired Characteristics

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent continuous improvement certification.

• Practical experience applying Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methodologies.

• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems within a manufacturing environment.

• Experience supporting automation, digitization, or factory modernization initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to develop employees through coaching, training, and multi-skilling.

• Strong understanding of manufacturing quality systems, regulatory requirements, and EHS practices.

• Ability to lead effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while balancing customer commitments and operational priorities.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Additional Information

Experience Level

Mid Level