Lead, Production

About the role

This is an exciting role in a growing company. The ideal candidate for the position is someone from a hands-on manufacturing background has experience in electro-mechanical assembly, structural integration, and production supervision. This role will lead a group of manufacturing technicians within Epirus. This person will be responsible for day-to-day employee and work management, strategic training initiatives, verification of operating work instructions, and validation of builds to meet customer deliveries. This individual will also serve as a technical working lead, with 30% of the role also spent contributing to hardware build.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of assembly technicians through daily coaching, annual reviews, and career development
• Set and achieve daily/weekly/monthly team objectives based on department priorities communicate these effectively to the team
• Organize daily work scopes by assigning clear priorities
• Create operating procedures for standard work on the floor
• Ensure safe use of manufacturing equipment and collaborate with calibration techs for equipment or tooling calibration
• Train employees on new skills and maintain a training matrix to track technician progression and qualify work
• Collaborate with the continuous improvement engineering team to implement new equipment and efficiency improvements
• Work in a fast-paced agile environment and adapt to evolving design and production challenges
• Interface with technicians, procurement, engineering, and leadership daily
• Drive accountability, respect, commitment, and speed with discipline to achieve Epirus's manufacturing goals

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in a supervisory role (or equivalent experience)
• High school diploma; degree in technical or engineering field
• Knowledge of Environmental, Health, and Safety elements, especially related to RF testing
• Self-motivated with a results-driven approach
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Collaborative and people-oriented; capable of working across all levels of the organization
• Advanced skills in MS Office at a minimum
• US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (future security clearance may be required)

Desired Qualifications

• Aerospace/Defense experience and/or military experience
• Use of MES, ERP systems (iON and Oracle preferred)
• Knowledge of Production Systems and Lean Manufacturing elements
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerances
• Understanding of how MRP works in product development and production environments
• Experience with ISO9001/AS9100 quality management systems elements
• Sets good examples with attendance, positive attitude, and task engagement

Pay

For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is: $96,000—$120,000 USD