Director of Manufacturing

Nox Metals; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Nox Metals

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

Nox Metals in Los Angeles or Detroit is seeking a Director of Manufacturing to lead the factory network, set standards for safety, quality, delivery, and inventory, and build scalable operations. The role blends on-the-floor leadership with strategic program management, requiring travel between sites and close collaboration with engineering, software, and supply chain teams.

Join a growing metals company that values safety, traceability, and data-driven decision making to drive operational

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of manufacturing teams across multiple sites.
• Strong focus on safety, quality, delivery, and inventory discipline.
• Experience scaling operations and leading continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing performance across Nox Metals facilities.
• Set standards and operating rhythms for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and inventory.
• Coach and develop Plant Managers; build accountable organizations.
• Plan capacity, staffing, and equipment aligned with growth.
• Identify bottlenecks and drive cross-site improvement work.
• Standardize production, maintenance, training, and shift-handoff processes.
• Partner with engineering and software teams to automate workflows.
• Collaborate with supply chain, sales, and finance on demand and investments.
• Lead recovery plans for major operational or customer issues.
• Evaluate and launch future facilities.

Skills

Leadership

Safety

Quality management

Plant management

Capacity planning

Cross-site collaboration

Automation

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Director of Manufacturing | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI or Los Angeles, CA

About Nox Metals. American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

The role.

We’re hiring a Director of Manufacturing to build the operating system behind Nox Metals’ factory network. You will lead plant performance across sites, develop plant leaders, and create scalable standards for safety, quality, delivery, labor, equipment, and inventory.

You will own both today’s execution and tomorrow’s manufacturing model. This role requires regular time on the factory floor and travel between facilities as needed.

You will:

• Own manufacturing performance across Nox Metals facilities
• Set standards and operating rhythms for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and inventory
• Lead, coach, and hold Plant Managers accountable for results
• Build capacity, staffing, and equipment plans aligned with growth
• Identify network constraints and direct cross-site improvement work
• Standardize production, maintenance, training, and shift-handoff systems
• Partner with engineering and software teams to automate and improve factory workflows
• Partner with supply chain, sales, and finance on demand and investment planning
• Lead recovery plans for major operational or customer issues
• Help evaluate and launch future facilities
• Complete other tasks as assigned

You are:

• A manufacturing leader who is equally comfortable setting strategy and walking the floor
• Uncompromising about safety, quality, and material traceability
• Strong at developing Plant Managers and building accountable organizations
• Fluent in operating metrics, capacity, labor, and capital tradeoffs
• Able to standardize what should be consistent while respecting site-level realities
• Direct, low-ego, and calm under pressure
• Excited to combine manufacturing with software and automation

Nice to have:

• Experience leading multiple manufacturing or distribution facilities
• Experience scaling operations through rapid growth
• Familiarity with metals, machining, aerospace, logistics, or industrial distribution
• Experience opening or materially expanding a plant
• Familiarity with continuous improvement and production-system design
• Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter

Benefits:

• Equity in Nox Metals
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time and in person at our Los Angeles or Detroit facility, with travel between sites as needed.

Nox Metals is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skill, attitude, and fit for the work, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.