Production Manager

• Compensation: USD 75000.00 - USD 90000.00 - yearly

() is in North Orange County in the city of Brea, California. Life Science Outsourcing, Inc (LSO) is a contract manufacturer of medical devices with in-built capabilities to offer clients full-service solutions through our six divisions. Clients rely on LSO to perform all activities required to introduce their products to market, from sourcing to drop shipping.

We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Production Manager with good positive energy to join our team.

The Production Manager is the operational leader who makes that happen on our Brea, California cleanroom floor: planning the work, directing the team, and continuously improving how we deliver on customer commitments, quality standards, and financial targets.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can hold a schedule and a team to a high standard at the same time. You will lead group leaders and production employees, partner across Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer Service, and build a culture where accountability, precision, and compliance are simply how the floor runs.

Operating within an FDA-regulated, ISO 13485-certified cleanroom environment, you will own daily production performance from the schedule all the way through to the people and the customer relationship.

Production Planning and Scheduling

• Own the daily and weekly production schedule across all cleanroom and ancillary work centers, setting work order priorities to meet on-time delivery.
• Run rough-cut capacity analysis to support workforce planning, work center loading, and bottleneck identification before delivery dates are at risk.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Purchasing on material availability, and elevate shortages proactively.
• Review MRP outputs, reorder reports, and planning tools daily, translating system signals into actionable scheduling decisions.
• Maintain and communicate a visible daily production matrix covering work order status, priority changes, and escalation triggers.

Operational Execution and Continuous Improvement

• Direct production to hit KPIs including on-time delivery, throughput, cycle time, scrap rate, and labor efficiency.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective action for flow failures, recurring quality escapes, and schedule misses.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean principles: 5S, standard work, visual management, and waste elimination.
• Review production data and equipment availability trends, and present operational performance summaries to the General Manager on a regular cadence.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve product, process, and delivery issues with speed and accountability.

People Leadership and Development

• Lead, coach, and develop Production Group Leaders with clear expectations, regular one-on-ones, reviews, and structured feedback.
• Own the floor staffing model in partnership with HR: workforce planning, headcount requests, temp-to-perm decisions, and shift structure.
• Oversee orientation, on-the-job training, and ongoing skills development, and keep training records compliant with the quality system.
• Manage performance concerns, discipline, and employee relations issues with HR, consistent with company policy and California labor law.
• Build a culture that treats safety, quality, precision, and continuous improvement as non-negotiable standards.

Quality and Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure all production complies with FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, and applicable SOPs and work instructions.
• Maintain cleanroom compliance by enforcing gowning, environmental monitoring response, and contamination-control requirements.
• Serve as a production representative in internal and external audits, keeping the floor audit-ready at all times.
• Initiate, review, and approve NCRs, deviations, and CAPA records, and verify corrective actions for effectiveness.
• Ensure batch records, work order travelers, and production documentation are accurate, on time, and document-control compliant.

Customer and Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as an operational point of contact for customer delivery inquiries, status updates, and schedule changes, alongside Customer Service and Program Management.
• Build strong customer relationships through proactive communication on production status, shortages, and commitments.
• Represent LSO's manufacturing capabilities as the production subject matter expert in customer visits, audits, and business reviews.

Safety

• Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring required training, proper PPE, and adherence to Cal/OSHA Title 8 and LSO policies.
• Conduct regular safety walks and promptly remediate unsafe conditions, near-misses, and non-compliant behaviors.
• Partner with EHS and HR to investigate injuries and incidents and track corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education and…