Production Manager

Slip Robotics is a B2B Robotics-as-a-Service company deploying autonomous loading and unloading robots — Slip Bots and Slip Lifts — at warehouse and fulfillment sites across North America.

We are hiring a Production Manager to own the assembly floor. You will run the daily build — the production schedule, the technicians who execute it, the quality of what leaves the dock, and the throughput we can promise the business. Today production runs on a small team and a lot of individual know-how. Your job is to turn that into a floor that can scale in volume with a takt time, a shift structure, a first-pass yield number, and technicians who can build to a documented standard.

This is a hands-on role in a growing company. You will spend your time on the floor, not in a plant office. You will partner closely with Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers, who own process design and work instructions, and with Supply Chain and Quality, who own inbound parts — you own execution, people, and output.

• Own the Build
• Own the daily and weekly production schedule and hit committed build and ship dates
• Run the floor day to day: line balancing, work assignment, station staffing, and Finished Goods handoffs
• Track and drive the numbers that matter — units built, on‑time completion, first-pass yield, labor hours per unit, and rework
• Escalate part shortages, tooling gaps, and engineering blockers early enough to protect the schedule
• Establish a daily production cadence — shift start‑up, a stand‑up on the floor, and an end‑of‑day status the business can rely on
• Lead the Team
• Lead, schedule, and develop a team of assembly technicians, with clear performance expectations for each station
• Own hiring, onboarding, and cross‑training as the floor scales; build a skills matrix so no build depends on one person
• Certify technicians against documented work instructions and hold the line on build standards
• Own safety on the floor: enforce PPE and lockout/tagout, run safety walks, and investigate incidents and near misses
• Build Quality and Repeatability
• Own in‑process and end‑of‑line quality — build sign‑offs, functional test completion, and containment when something escapes
• Drive root cause and corrective action on build defects with Manufacturing Engineering and Service Engineering
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering on work instructions, station layout, tooling, and fixturing; you are the voice of the floor in those decisions
• Maintain accurate production transactions in the ERP — work orders, build completions, and material consumption
• Support new product introduction: staff and run pilot builds, and give design and process teams honest feedback on buildability before volume ramps

• 5+ years in production, assembly, or manufacturing operations, including 2+ years directly managing hourly technicians or assemblers
• Hands‑on experience running a mechanical or electro‑mechanical assembly line — you can pick up a torque wrench and work a station when the schedule demands it
• Demonstrated ownership of a production schedule and the metrics behind it (throughput, yield, on‑time delivery, labor efficiency)
• Experience creating shift structure, work assignments, and training or certification programs from scratch or near it
• Working knowledge of an ERP or MES for work orders and inventory transactions (Net Suite or similar)
• Comfortable reading mechanical drawings, wiring diagrams, and bills of material
• Safety‑first mindset and a track record of enforcing it without being asked
• Calm under pressure, organized, and direct — you surface problems early rather than absorbing them
• Physical capability to work on a production floor: lifting up to 50 lbs, extended standing, and occasional after‑hours coverage during ramps
• Startup or fast‑paced…