Sr. Production Lead (Backend) 3rd Shift

Date Posted:

2025-07-18

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW205: P&W Amercon - PA 181 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, PA, 17057 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious.

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

This is a 3rd Shift position: M-F 10pm-6am

Job Summary: Leads workers engaged in layout and machine operating, inspection, material preparation/finishing of aircraft components.

What You Will Do:

• Leads the Standard Production System Tier 1 with the hourly workforce to include but not limited to: Production flow, productivity, reliability, costs. Requires arrival & start 30-minutes pre-shift start daily for planning and turnover of previous shift.
• Plans, delegates assignments and trains new employees, serves as focal point for shift activities, questions, concerns and/or issues. Forwards or escalates issues and concerns to supervisor. Support the cell’s continuous improvement and all CORE initiatives and support the cell’s EH&S initiatives.
• May provide assistance and work-related direction in the absence of the Supervisor and trains employees in the performance of tasks related to their area of expertise.
• Tracks work in process, troubleshoots, and solves problems associated with production and/or assists workers in solving work problems and collaborates with supervisor in the evaluation of employee performance and addressing employee issues when/as they arise.
• Aids in the interpreting of specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers, and assists in assigning duties and ensures compliance with all relevant work instructions.
• Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments and ensures company policies and procedures are complied with and understood.
• Committed in areas of quality/productivity and understands the link with these items with company profitability.
• Holds tool-box meetings as needed and maintains a clean and organized cell.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• High School degree or equivalent.
• More than two (2) years working experience plus a demonstrated ability to effectively manage production work activities.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routing reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, interpersonal, organizational, team building and computer skills (Microsoft Office).
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to government contracts.

Learn More and Apply Now!

What is my role type? In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is Onsite. Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

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Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off,