Production Manager - San Diego, CA, United States
$108,700 - $184,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 26 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Manage and lead production activities across assigned manufacturing lines, ensuring adherence to safety protocols, quality standards, and production schedules.
What you'll do
- Manage and lead production activities across assigned manufacturing lines, ensuring adherence to safety protocols, quality standards, and production plans.
- Develop and implement production strategies to optimize output, reduce costs, and improve efficiency through lean manufacturing principles and process automation.
- Set production goals, monitor performance against key metrics including OOBQ, yield, cycle time, and OTD, and implement corrective actions.
- Recruit, train, mentor, and evaluate production personnel while driving continuous improvement initiatives through root cause analysis and sustainable solutions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, quality, and R&D teams to resolve production issues, introduce new products, and improve processes.
- Execute Master Scheduler and Configuration Analyst duties until a qualified replacement is in place.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in a technically applicable field of study.
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in manufacturing operations, with at least 3 years in a leadership or supervisory role.
- Understanding of manufacturing metrics including safety, quality, delivery, cost, and cycle time.
- Understanding of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools and Microsoft Office Suite.
Skills: production management, lean manufacturing, MES, ERP, continuous improvement
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 55-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2482
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$99k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (2482 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 39 | 2482 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 517 | 10096 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 46 d | 55 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $99k |
Skills observed across this category: production management, lean manufacturing, MES, ERP, continuous improvement
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 365 open roles · median 81 d
- Applied Materials · 259 open roles · median 40 d
- Entegris · 217 open roles · median 45 d
- Lam Research · 110 open roles · median 68 d
- Infineon Technologies · 99 open roles · median 48 d
- ASML · 66 open roles · median 50 d
How we counted: 2482 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.