Production Supervisor

Location: Los Angeles, CA (Onsite)
Compensation: $75,000 – $90,000 + annual bonus

About the Role

SprintRay is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day operations across the production floor. This role serves as a critical link between planning and execution, ensuring production targets, material readiness, and quality standards are consistently achieved.

The Production Supervisor provides hands-on leadership to production technicians across multiple shifts, ensuring alignment, continuity, and performance across the full production schedule. This individual partners closely with Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to maintain continuous production flow. As the first line of leadership, this role is responsible for safety, training, SOP adherence, and fostering a high-performance, accountable team culture.

Key Responsibilities

Production Leadership & Execution

• Lead and coordinate daily production operations across both day and evening shifts, ensuring consistency and continuity across shifts

• Directly manage and develop a team of approximately 8–15 production technicians (may vary based on production needs)

• Assign work orders, monitor throughput, and ensure adherence to production schedules

• Verify and approve batch records for accuracy and GMP compliance

• Ensure production lines are properly staged with materials, labels, and documentation

• Maintain strict adherence to PPE, safety standards, and SOPs

• Monitor equipment status, coordinate preventive maintenance, and communicate downtime impact

• Train, mentor, and cross-train production technicians to build team capability and flexibility across shifts

Planning & Coordination

• Partner with Production Planning, Procurement, and Logistics to align schedules with material availability and demand forecasts

• Communicate production goals and resource needs to maintain schedule adherence across shifts

• Monitor raw material usage, report shortages, and support timely replenishment

• Track work-in-process (WIP) and finished goods output; update ERP and tracking systems as needed

Performance Tracking & Reporting

• Maintain KPI trackers and dashboards (throughput, downtime, yield/scrap, schedule adherence)

• Analyze daily and weekly production data and provide insights during production meetings

• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities to improve production capacity, staffing, and efficiency

Quality, Safety & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure production meets all quality, regulatory, and safety requirements

• Partner with Quality and Engineering to address deviations and non-conformances

• Support root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA)

• Promote and maintain 5S and Lean manufacturing practices

• Lead by example in safety, housekeeping, and continuous improvement initiatives

Team Collaboration & Communication

• Serve as the primary communication link between technicians across both shifts, leadership, and cross-functional teams

• Ensure clear and consistent communication between shifts through structured handoffs and reporting

• Provide detailed shift handoff reports including production output, downtime, and quality issues

• Participate in production meetings and share operational updates

• Foster a collaborative, respectful, and accountable team environment across the full production team
  

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (e.g., medical device, aerospace, automotive, or similar)

• Prior experience leading or supervising production teams in a manufacturing setting

• Strong understanding of batch records, GMP, and quality control processes

• Experience with production scheduling, resource coordination, or planning support

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems (e.g., Odoo or similar)

• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field

• Experience in regulated environments such as ISO 13485 / MDSAP

• Familiarity with statistical process control (SPC) concepts

• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma principles

Working Conditions

• Full-time, onsite role based in Los Angeles (Resin Production facility)

• Fast-paced manufacturing environment with moderate physical activity

• Frequent collaboration with Production, Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering teams

• May require flexibility across shifts and occasional weekend work to support production schedules

Employment Type

Full-time

About SprintRay

SprintRay is rewriting the rules of dentistry with technology that’s smart, fast, and designed to make life easier for dental professionals. Since 2014, we’ve been on a mission to deliver the most advanced 3D printing solutions in the industry—combining hardware, software, and materials into one seamless ecosystem.

But what really makes SprintRay different is our people. We’re a bold, global team of innovators, problem-solvers, and doers who thrive on pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo. Every product we create is driven by a simple goal: help dentists spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time changing patients’ lives.

Our culture is entrepreneurial, collaborative, and fueled by curiosity. We celebrate diverse perspectives and believe the best ideas can come from anywhere. Whether we’re building next-generation AI tools, designing new materials, or supporting our customers on the front lines, we’re united by the same passion—transforming digital dentistry and having fun while we do it.

At SprintRay, the future of dentistry is being printed today. Want to be part of it?