# Production Supervisor - Company: [Vital Lyfe]() - Location: Los Angeles - Greater Area - Team: Operations - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: August 5, 2026 ## Job description **About Vital Lyfe** Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation, creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can’t. **What You’ll Do** * Coordinate and lead the daily activities of production technicians and assemblers responsible for the manufacturing, testing, and packaging of Vital Lyfe systems. * Establish, maintain, and enforce production standards, work instructions, safety protocols, and quality requirements. * Conduct employee performance evaluations, provide coaching and development, and administer corrective actions when necessary. * Interface with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Leadership teams to prioritize work based on production schedules, company objectives, and customer demand. * Identify production risks and develop mitigation plans to ensure schedule adherence and operational continuity. * Manage non-conforming hardware through inspection, troubleshooting, disposition, and corrective action processes to return products to a conforming state as efficiently as possible. * Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity. * Identify and eliminate sources of waste, defects, rework, and inefficiencies within the manufacturing value stream. * Reduce equipment, material, and personnel downtime through proactive planning, process improvements, and resource management. * Support the transition of products from engineering development, prototyping, and pilot builds into repeatable, scalable production processes. * Provide constructive feedback to engineering and product development teams regarding design improvements, assembly challenges, process optimization, and cost reduction opportunities. * Support and report key manufacturing metrics including throughput, yield, first-pass quality, labor efficiency, on-time delivery, and production capacity utilization. * Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the production team. * Build and maintain a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. * Support hiring, training, performance management, and workforce development initiatives. **What We Are Looking For** **Basic Qualifications** * High school diploma or equivalency certificate * Bachelor’s degree; or 3+ years of professional experience in a manufacturing/production environment * 1+ years of experience leading a team or project **Preferred SKills and Experience** * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related technical field. * 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, including leadership responsibilities. * Experience scaling production and supporting New Product Introduction (NPI). * Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, or Six Sigma principles. * Experience with ERP/MRP systems and production planning. * Ability to read engineering drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation. * Experience with root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement. * Strong understanding of quality systems, standard work, and manufacturing process control. * Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. * Experience in electromechanical, consumer hardware, aerospace, automotive, or other complex manufacturing environments is preferred. **Physical Job Requirements - Essential Functions** * Hands on work on development hardware. * Long periods of standing, crouching, walking. * Lifting up to 50 lbs **Why Join Vital Lyfe?** * Work on high impact problems with global relevance * Help scale breakthrough technology in water security and climate resilience * Early ownership in a high growth, engineering led startup * Join a tight knit, mission driven team in a fast paced environment * Build long term career equity as we grow Location Requirement: Ability to work 100% onsite in Torrance, CA (remote or hybrid work will not be considered) Vital Lyfe is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vital Lyfe is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. ## Apply [Apply on Vital Lyfe]() Canonical job page: