Senior Manufacturing Leader – Precision & Lean Ops

Calnetix Technologies LLC; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Calnetix is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to lead daily operations and build a strong production team in Southern California. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives, and develop production schedules, staffing plans, and resource needs.

Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain to meet regulatory and customer requirements, while advancing Lean initiatives and continuous improvement across the manufacturing floor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum 7–10 years of manufacturing experience with direct leadership responsibility in a production environment.
• Experience working in regulated, high-mix, low-volume, precision manufacturing environments (aerospace, electronics, machinery).
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, AS9100 or similar manufacturing quality standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives.
• Develop, manage, and communicate production schedules, priorities, staffing plans, and resource requirements.
• Supervise, coach, train, and develop production supervisors, leads, technicians, assemblers, machinists, or other manufacturing personnel.
• Monitor production performance, labor utilization, throughput, scrap, rework, on-time delivery, and other metrics.
• Identify and remove production constraints, resolve manufacturing issues, and escalate risks as appropriate.
• Partner with Quality to ensure products meet internal, customer, regulatory, and industry quality requirements.
• Collaborate with Engineering on manufacturability, process development, work instructions, tooling, fixture needs, and production readiness.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Planning to support material availability, inventory control, and production flow.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing, 5S, standard work, root cause analysis, and other tools.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Engineering, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

MRP systems

MES

Job description

Calnetix is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to lead daily operations and build a strong production team in Southern California. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives, and develop production schedules, staffing plans, and resource needs.

Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain to meet regulatory and customer requirements, while advancing Lean initiatives and continuous improvement across the manufacturing floor.