Factory Lead - 2nd Shift
Mesa, AZFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. This role leads production execution and team management for a 2nd shift in a manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Own execution of daily and weekly production targets for assigned area
- Set daily objectives with clear expectations for WIP, monitor and proactively manage throughout the day
- Lead area metrics, facilitate team meetings, and communicate status/risks and recovery plans to leadership
- Ensure employees have the tools and materials needed to carry out their daily tasks
- Supervise shop floor activity, schedules, and workflow across multi-shift operations
- Escalate issues with clear root cause and decision-ready options
- Lead and manage a team of 10–30 technicians, driving accountability, performance, and growth
- Establish and maintain standard work, clear expectations, and measurable performance goals
- Conduct consistent 1:1s, provide documented feedback, and calibrate performance across the team
- Recognize high performance and address gaps quickly, partnering with People Ops when formal action is required
- Assess and vet skillsets, identify training needs and develop training programs
- Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous growth
- Monitor attendance, labor hours, and overtime and implement improvement plans
- Resolve nonconformance issues, including documentation and rework coordination
- Review work instructions and recommend updates to improve clarity and efficiency
- Ensure product quality and conformance to specifications
- Coordinate planned maintenance with the Production Scheduling and Maintenance
- Maintain an audit ready production area and champion safety and efficiency improvements on the shop floor
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment
- 1+ years of experience leading a team, shift of cross functional or project
- Strong operational judgment and the ability to pivot quickly in a fast-paced environment
- High accountability and exceptional attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Comfortable managing changing priorities and dynamic production schedules
Skills
Required:Leadership and team managementProduction planning and executionCommunication
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Hadrian Automation
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Hadrian is building the planet's most efficient factories to accelerate a free, abundant, spacefaring future.
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