Operations Lead
Nox MetalsOperations Lead | Nox Metals | Los Angeles, CA
American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. The next generation of American manufacturing is being built right now. Nox Metals is the supply chain behind it.
Nox Metals is a technology company supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.
We need an Operations Lead to stand up our LA factory from an empty building to a running production floor.
You will:
Own the build out of the LA facility from day one
Source and negotiate equipment, tooling, racking, material handling, and everything else the floor needs
Hire the LA team. Operators, technicians, drivers, and support roles
Build the systems and processes that keep the floor moving. Shift schedules, safety, quality, inventory, shipping
Coordinate with the Detroit team to bring proven processes to LA and improve them
Work directly with the software team to deploy NOX NEST on the floor and make sure it actually works for operators
Own throughput, on time delivery, and customer quality from the LA site
Lead the team day to day once the facility is running
You should be:
High agency. You see what needs to happen and you make it happen
A builder. You have stood things up from nothing before
A leader people want to work for. You set the pace and the standard
Organized. You can hold a build out, a hiring pipeline, and a production schedule in your head at once
Cracked with AI tools. You use them to move faster than people expect
Comfortable on the floor and comfortable with software
Low ego. You will run a forklift, mop a floor, and interview a candidate in the same day
Customer obsessed. Quality matters because real parts go to real factories
Not afraid to work outside normal hours when something needs to ship
The kind of person who never says "that's not my job"
This role is full time, in person in LA.