Production Supervisor
Vital Lyfe•Los Angeles, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation, creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can’t.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- Bachelor’s degree; or 3+ years of professional experience in a manufacturing/production environment
- 1+ years of experience leading a team or project
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, including leadership responsibilities.
- Experience scaling production and supporting New Product Introduction (NPI).
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, or Six Sigma principles.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and production planning.
- Ability to read engineering drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation.
- Experience with root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
- Strong understanding of quality systems, standard work, and manufacturing process control.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in electromechanical, consumer hardware, aerospace, automotive, or other complex manufacturing environments is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and lead the daily activities of production technicians and assemblers responsible for the manufacturing, testing, and packaging of Vital Lyfe systems.
- Establish, maintain, and enforce production standards, work instructions, safety protocols, and quality requirements.
- Conduct employee performance evaluations, provide coaching and development, and administer corrective actions when necessary.
- Interface with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Leadership teams to prioritize work based on production schedules, company objectives, and customer demand.
- Identify production risks and develop mitigation plans to ensure schedule adherence and operational continuity.
- Manage non-conforming hardware through inspection, troubleshooting, disposition, and corrective action processes to return products to a conforming state as efficiently as possible.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity.
- Identify and eliminate sources of waste, defects, rework, and inefficiencies within the manufacturing value stream.
- Reduce equipment, material, and personnel downtime through proactive planning, process improvements, and resource management.
- Support the transition of products from engineering development, prototyping, and pilot builds into repeatable, scalable production processes.
- Provide constructive feedback to engineering and product development teams regarding design improvements, assembly challenges, process optimization, and cost reduction opportunities.
- Support and report key manufacturing metrics including throughput, yield, first-pass quality, labor efficiency, on-time delivery, and production capacity utilization.
- Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the production team.
- Build and maintain a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Support hiring, training, performance management, and workforce development initiatives.
Benefits
- Work on high impact problems with global relevance
- Help scale breakthrough technology in water security and climate resilience
- Early ownership in a high growth, engineering led startup
- Join a tight knit, mission driven team in a fast paced environment
- Build long term career equity as we grow
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
