Production Supervisor

Ultimate Staffing; California (MO); On-site; USD 102,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultimate Staffing in Menlo Park, CA is hiring a Production Supervisor on onsite assignment at our customer site. The role is a temporary Second Shift Supervisor leading a team of technicians.

The schedule is Monday–Friday, 5:00 PM–1:30 AM with a pay rate of $102k–$120k plus a 10% differential, and a 4–6 month timeline to hire.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of supervisory experience in an R&D/manufacturing setting.
• Experience setting up manufacturing processes and monitoring KPIs.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing concepts and tools.
• High school diploma required; bachelor's preferred.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technicians to deliver test support, prototype builds, and assemblies.
• Accelerate R&D testing efforts and meet production schedules.
• Set daily/weekly/monthly test and production deliverables.
• Coordinate production workflow with Technical Operations.
• Provide direction to R&D technicians and drive efficiency improvements.
• Maintain a safe work environment with continuous improvement ideas.
• Collaborate with Operations Manager to balance resources and goals.
• Ensure adherence to schedule and quality standards.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Office productivity tools

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's degree in technical/engineering

Tools

Lean manufacturing tools

Job description

Ultimate Staffing is hiring for a Production Supervisor to work onsite at our customer site located in Menlo Park, CA.

Temporary Second Shift Supervisor

• Schedule: Mon‑Fri, 5:00 PM – 1:30 AM
• Pay Rate: $102k – $120k + 10% differential
• Timeline to hire: 4‑6 months

Values

• Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world‑class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.
• Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world‑class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.
• Proactive Collaboration.

Responsibilities

As a Production Supervisor, you will serve as a leader to deliver on test support requests, prototype builds, and assembly retrofits that further our exciting and unique product. You will build and supervise a cohesive group of technicians and through positive engagement of your coworkers, you will ensure that we accelerate our R&D testing efforts and deliver on our builds to plan.

At our fast paced Pilot Manufacturing facility in Menlo Park, you will be heavily involved in prototyping new design releases being developed and you will be hands‑on in delivering on the production and test support schedule through teamwork.

• Setting and achieving daily/weekly/monthly test support and production deliverables to meet schedule demand.
• Monitor key process indicators to resolve issues before they impact R&D goals.
• Work hand‑in‑hand with Technical Operations team members to coordinate and optimize production workflow.
• Provide direction and leadership to R&D technicians.
• Identify opportunities and drive solutions to improve efficiency.
• Actively pursue the resources needed to ensure your team's success.
• Work collaboratively with Technical Operations Manager to balance resources and achieve R&D goals.
• Above all, ensure a safe work environment is maintained at all times through active monitoring and through constant solicitation of continuous improvement ideas.

Qualifications

Successful candidates will have 3 to 5 years supervisory experience in an R&D / manufacturing environment.

Experience in setting up manufacturing processes, supporting R&D, as well as identifying and monitoring key process indicators.

Working knowledge and experience in applying Lean manufacturing concepts and tools.

Minimum High School Diploma; bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering or relevant field is preferred.

Must be an effective communicator with solid collaboration and interpersonal skills and proven success working cross functionally at all levels.

Comfortable using Google or Microsoft documents and spreadsheets or equivalent.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status.

We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.