About Carrier
Carrier, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure the safe transport of food, life-saving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier.
About this role
The Assembly Lead Technician is responsible for monitoring and improving departmental safety, quality, and productivity while coordinating daily work assignments. The role requires comprehensive knowledge of operations to provide immediate process backup, conduct on-the-job training, and lead continuous improvement efforts. Additionally, the lead acts as a key problem solver who manages cross-shift communication and drives employee engagement to meet team goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor, assist, and improve all aspects of Safety, Quality, Productivity, Delivery, and Cost
- Ensure Safety throughout the department.
- Eliminate, prevent, countermeasure all quality issues.
- Meet and exceed the daily productivity issues.
- Initiate improvement actions to reduce the department spending.
- Play a key role in all other departmental metrics.
- It is the role of the Team Lead to:
- Encourage good attendance and to be an attendance role model by being at work each working day and always being on time.
- Drive employees to get excited about work and use reinforcing feedback methods in order to encourage good work habits.
- Explain why and impress upon the team a sense of urgency to reach the team goals and to get things done.
- The Team Lead will have thorough knowledge of all of the departmental operations and the ability to demonstrate process proficiency. The Team Lead will be able to provide immediate process or assembly back up for any absenteeism.
- The Team Lead will meet with his/her cross-shift counterparts on a daily basis at the start and the end of the shift. The Team Lead coordinates daily work assignments and will hold weekly stand up meetings to in order to review the previous weeks' metric results and to receive any CI suggestions or concerns
- Effective Communications--The Team Lead will
- Communicate daily with other shifts and Team Lead counterparts regarding Quality, Workload capacity, Safety, Staffing problems, CI issues, and machine or component problems.
- Solve problems on an ongoing basis
- Coordinate Quality control activities, initiate and implement Work Standards, specifications and characteristics of the department processes to ensure that quality is built into each of the production processes.
- Encourage the use of CI Tools and methods that will properly solve problems.
- The Team Lead will provide new employee orientation and new employee introductions.
- The Team Lead will communicate with all of the team members on a daily basis.
- The Team Lead will search for constant improvement and seek out to eliminate waste.
- The Team Lead coordinates on-the-job-training. Team Lead must be multifunctional workers with the ability to perform all of the operations cross functionally in the department.
- The Team Lead and team members will ensure that equipment and machines are always in safe and good working condition.
Basic Qualifications
- High school diploma/GED
- 1 year of experience working with Carrier facility
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrates a collaborative communication style
- Drives for results
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate teams
- Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel)
- Proven problem-solving experiences
- Makes decisions, solves issues
- Promotes and champion change
- Pursues personal development
- Work history includes teamwork, versatility and flexibility
- Ability to work well with others as well as independently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proven problem-solving experiences
- Strong decision-making skills, and proven leadership skills
- Knowledgeable of multiple lines
- Willing to work overtime as needed
Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
- Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
- Retirement benefits
- Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation
- Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here: Work With Us | Carrier Corporate The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay Range
The hourly rate for this position is between $24.00-48.00 per hour. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date. Job Posting Date: 10/27/2026
Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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