VP of Operations

NOX METALS•Los Angeles, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Nox Metals is a technology company supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. It uses software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster. The VP of Operations will build and lead the factory operations supporting the company’s growth, setting up new factories, hiring and training teams, and developing the leadership structure needed to keep facilities operating to a high standard. This senior leadership role owns factory launches and operational execution across facilities, from site readiness through production ramp and the development of the managers and teams who run each facility. The VP will spend substantial time on factory floors, make decisions, remove bottlenecks, develop leaders, and stay close to operational details as the organization grows. The position is full-time and in person at either the Los Angeles or Detroit facility, with travel between sites as needed.

Requirements

Proven record of opening and ramping factories, or hiring at significant scale and leading large operational teams.
Experience building teams and management structures through rapid growth, with concrete results.
Strength in identifying talent, making hiring decisions, training people, and developing effective managers.
Comfort owning operations across multiple facilities while staying close to floor-level details.
Uncompromising commitment to safety, quality, and accountability.
Direct, decisive, and calm under pressure, with a willingness to make decisions and follow through.
Practical and organized, able to turn ambitious plans into clear priorities, owners, and execution.
Fluent in operational metrics and able to use them to improve performance.
High agency and low ego, with a willingness to take ownership and do the work required to help the team succeed.

Nice To Haves

Experience launching or scaling a network of factories or industrial facilities.
Experience building high-volume hiring, onboarding, or workforce training programs.
Experience leading teams across multiple sites or shifts.
Familiarity with metals, machining, aerospace, defense, logistics, or other demanding industrial environments.
Experience introducing automation or improving factory workflows with software.

Responsibilities

Own new factory setup and launch, including site readiness, layout, equipment installation, staffing, training, and production ramp.
Build the organization each facility needs by hiring plant leaders, supervisors, operators, and support teams.
Lead hiring at scale with clear staffing plans and a high bar for candidates.
Establish hands-on onboarding, training, and qualification programs so new hires can work safely and perform reliably.
Hire, coach, and manage leaders who can run large teams, develop their people, and take ownership of results.
Own day-to-day factory performance across sites, with accountability for safety, quality, throughput, productivity, and on-time delivery.
Build staffing models, shift structures, and management routines that support growth and reliable execution.
Set practical operating standards, work instructions, shift handoffs, and daily and weekly reviews that teams use.
Work directly with floor teams to resolve bottlenecks, address performance issues, and improve operations.
Partner with engineering and software teams to provide factory teams with better tools and automation.
Turn successful factory launches, hiring methods, and training systems into a repeatable playbook for future facilities.