Operations Lead

Responsibilities

• Own the build out of the LA facility from day one
• Source and negotiate equipment, tooling, racking, material handling, and everything else the floor needs
• Hire the LA team. Operators, technicians, drivers, and support roles
• Build the systems and processes that keep the floor moving. Shift schedules, safety, quality, inventory, shipping
• Cook with the Detroit team to bring proven processes to LA and improve them
• Coordinate with the software team to deploy NOX NEST on the floor and make sure it actually works for operators
• Own throughput, on time delivery, and customer quality from the LA site
• Lead the team day to day once the facility is running

Requirements

• High agency. You see what needs to happen and you make it happen
• A builder. You have stood things up from nothing before
• A leader people want to work for. You set the pace and the standard
• Organized. You can hold a build out, a hiring pipeline, and a production schedule in your head at once
• Cracked with AI tools. You use them to move faster than people expect
• Comfortable on the floor and comfortable with software
• Low ego. You will run a forklift, mop a floor, and interview a candidate in the same day
• Customer obsessed. Quality matters because real parts go to real factories
• Not afraid to work outside normal hours when something needs to ship