Trayer, a Siemens business, is seeking an experienced and execution-focused Production Manager to lead production operations across our Livermore and San Leandro locations. This role is responsible for driving safe, disciplined, and efficient execution across prefabrication and assembly activities while ensuring alignment to production schedules, quality requirements, labor effectiveness, and overall plant performance expectations.
This role leads a broad, fabrication production organization that includes laser cutting, press brake operations, copper pre-fabrication, machine shop, both automated and manual welding processes and assembly activities. This role requires a balance of daily execution leadership, people development, and continuous improvement across two production locations. The ideal candidate is a strong manufacturing leader with hands-on shop-floor presence, the ability to lead through frontline teams, and the capability to identify operational gaps and drive improvements. Depending on organizational needs and candidate capability, the role may also support broader production leadership responsibilities across adjacent manufacturing areas.
This Production Manager position will support our sites in San Leandro and Livermore, CA. Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. The East Bay offers an excellent quality of life with top-rated schools, a pleasant climate, and easy access to both mountains and the coast. Plus, your compensation goes further here with a more attainable cost of living compared to other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.
You'll make a difference with: Operational Leadership - Lead manufacturing operations including laser, press brake, copper pre-fabrication, machine shop, automated & manual welding, and assembly.
- Work closely in coordination with employee union functions, planning, purchasing, engineering, quality, maintenance.
- Maintain strong shop-floor presence and provide clear direction, follow-up, and escalation support to frontline leaders and teams.
- Manage labor allocation, staffing priorities, and production execution to meet output and delivery targets.
- Ensure safe operations, consistent execution discipline, and adherence to plant EHS, quality, and operating standards.
- Drive schedule attainment, productivity, and reliable throughput across both locations.
- Identify and address bottlenecks, labor constraints, material shortages, equipment issues, and other disruptions affecting flow.
- Drive consistency in operating practices, performance expectations, and execution routines across Livermore and San Leandro.
Continuous Improvement & Performance Management - Lead and contribute to continuous improvement efforts focused on safety, flow, productivity, waste reduction, quality, and execution reliability.
- Identify performance gaps, process weaknesses, and recurring operational issues, and drive actions to improve results.
- Establish and reinforce visual management, performance tracking, and daily accountability routines within the department.
- Monitor and improve key metrics including safety, throughput, labor efficiency, schedule attainment, rework, and on-time completion.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable improvements in production flow and operational stability.
Team Leadership & People Development - Build a culture of accountability, teamwork, ownership, and consistent execution.
- Strengthen frontline leadership capability through regular coaching, clear expectations, and performance follow-up.
- Support training, cross-training, and workforce flexibility to improve coverage, capability, and resilience.
- Identify talent and development needs within the organization and help build bench strength for future growth.
- Promote a work environment that supports engagement, respect, and high performance.
Collaboration - Work closely with Planning, Material Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and EHS to ensure production readiness and stable execution.
- Partner with support functions to resolve technical, material, quality, and equipment-related issues affecting output and delivery.
- Support capacity planning and operational decision-making by providing clear visibility to constraints, risks, and improvement opportunities.
You'll win us over by having the following qualifications: Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or a closely related technical field, or equivalent production leadership experience.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment, including meaningful leadership responsibility in production operations.
- Proven people leadership experience managing frontline teams in fabrication, prefabrication, welding, metal processing, bus fabrication, or similar industrial manufacturing operations.
- Experience working closely with employee union functions, planning, purchasing, engineering, quality, maintenance.
- Demonstrated success leading supervisors, team leads, and/or hourly production employees in a fast-paced factory environment.
- Strong understanding of production control, labor planning, daily execution management, and manufacturing performance metrics.
- Demonstrated ability to identify operational gaps, drive corrective actions, and lead continuous improvement in a factory environment.
- Proven ability to lead and develop frontline leaders and production teams.
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and team leadership skills.
- Ability to operate effectively across multiple production locations and maintain alignment in execution standards and expectations.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in switchgear, electrical equipment manufacturing, or other engineered-to-order industrial production environments.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, visual management, and structured continuous improvement methods.
- Experience partnering with planning, materials, quality, engineering, maintenance, employee union functions.
- English proficiency required; additional language capability is a plus.
- Familiarity with SAP and ERP systems in a manufacturing setting.
You'll Benefit FromSiemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $143,000 - $193,000 annually with a target incentive of 10% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
