Shift Leader, Robotics Lab Operations

Welo Global; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Friendly Working Environment

IT Equipment

Social Activities

Global Mobility Policy

Employee Referral Program

Employee Assistance Program

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

HSA & FSA

401(k) retirement

Short & Long Term Disability Insurance

Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital I

Telemedicine Benefit

Annual Leave

Paid Public Holidays

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Welo Data leads a shift operations role in California, accountable for 140 operators, 13 Cell Leads, and 3 Supervisors. The shift runs independently of Production Manager presence, delivering consistent output and quality across handoffs.

You will own safety, performance reporting, and real-time staffing decisions while ensuring compliance with California wage rules for non-exempt staff. This onsite role reports to the Production leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production, manufacturing, warehouse, or lab operations.
• Experience with full accountability for a shift or a production area of 75+ hourly employees.
• Track record owning daily output and quality targets, and explaining variance credibly.

Responsibilities

• Own your shift's production plan end to end — accepted episodes, first-pass acceptance, utilization, and labor efficiency against target.
• Manage 2–3 Operations Supervisors; own their performance, their development, and the quality of the Cell Lead bench underneath them.
• Run shift start-up, mid-shift review, and a documented handoff — you receive the shift before yours and hand off cleanly to the shift after.
• Make real-time calls: redeploy staff when a cell goes down, resequence work when a task stalls, flex coverage when attendance is short.
• Own safety on your shift — daily walks, protocol enforcement, incident response, and stop-work authority usage by supervisors.
• Partner with Data Quality on shift acceptance rate; drive root cause into retraining and process changes.
• Escalate equipment and rig issues to Lab Engineering and keep staffed-but-idle hours visible.
• Handle performance management and employee relations escalations from your supervisors, partnering with HR.
• Ensure CA wage and hourly compliance for non-exempt employees.

Skills

Leadership

Shift management

Data interpretation

Onsite operations

Tools

Excel

Job description

Welo Data leads a shift operations role in California, accountable for 140 operators, 13 Cell Leads, and 3 Supervisors. The shift runs independently of Production Manager presence, delivering consistent output and quality across handoffs.

You will own safety, performance reporting, and real-time staffing decisions while ensuring compliance with California wage rules for non-exempt staff. This onsite role reports to the Production leadership.