Production Supervisor

Job description

About Vital Lyfe 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. What You’ll Do - 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. What We Are Looking For Basic Qualifications - 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 Preferred SKills and Experience - 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. Physical Job Requirements - Essential Functions - Hands on work on development hardware. - Long periods of standing, crouching, walking. - Lifting up to 50 lbs Why Join Vital Lyfe? - 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 Location Requirement: Ability to work 100% onsite in Torrance, CA (remote or hybrid work will not be considered) Vital Lyfe is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vital Lyfe is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.