X-ray Source Production Line Manager

About Us:

How many companies can say they’ve been in business for over 179 years?!

Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!

Location/Region: Dublin, CA

What’s the role?

The Production Line Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day operation of the production line and ensuring the team safely meets quality, delivery, cost, and output commitments. This role sets priorities, plans and assigns work, monitors performance, removes barriers, and adjusts resources to deliver the production schedule. 

The manager directly leads the production team and builds a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Working with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Finance, and Human Resources, the manager uses KPIs, SAP data, and standard operating processes to maintain a safe, stable, and predictable production operation. 

Key Responsibilities 

Production Planning, Execution, Capacity, and Delivery 

• Own production plans, priorities, staffing, capacity, materials, and work assignments. 

• Lead floor execution, resolve constraints, and adjust resources to changing conditions. 

• Meet schedule, throughput, and shipment targets; implement recovery plans and escalate risks. 

Team Leadership and Development 

• Lead hiring, onboarding, attendance, performance, employee relations, and development. 

• Build an accountable team focused on safety, quality, teamwork, and results. 

• Maintain staffing, training, cross-training, and skill coverage. 

Production Systems, Master Data, and Inventory Controls 

• Ensure accurate, timely SAP transactions and monitor production, labor, materials, and inventory. 

• Maintain inventory accuracy, traceability, and data integrity; resolve discrepancies. 

Performance, Financial, and KPI Management 

• Own line KPIs and lead daily reviews, corrective actions, and follow-through. 

• Manage labor, overtime, materials, scrap, rework, inventory, budgets, and cost improvements. 

Quality and Continuous Improvement 

• Partner with Quality and Engineering to improve process controls and reduce defects, variation, scrap, and rework. 

• Ensure issues are contained, documented, escalated, and resolved, and current procedures and training are followed. 

• Lead data-driven continuous improvement. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Coordinate approved product, process, documentation, and quality-system changes. 

• Support stable production transfers and resolve material, inventory, and delivery constraints. 

• Serve as the line’s primary escalation point for staffing, priorities, and performance. 

Do you qualify?

Education & Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Business, Manufacturing, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience. 

• 7+ years of manufacturing or operations experience, including frontline leadership and delivery of safety, quality, cost, and output goals. 

Operational Skills 

• Strong production planning, resource coordination, KPI management, problem-solving, and recovery-planning skills. 

• Manufacturing ERP experience; SAP and continuous-improvement methods preferred. 

Soft Skills 

• Decisive communicator with strong planning, judgment, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills. 

• Visible, accountable, data-driven leader who removes barriers and delivers commitments. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Production-team leadership in a deadline-driven manufacturing or assembly environment. 

• SAP/ERP experience in a regulated or quality-focused operation. 

Direct Reports: Yes  

 hysical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; sit for long periods of time; use hands to handle or feel objects, grasp tools or operate controls; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear; smell.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee can be exposed to the weather conditions prevalent at the time.  In addition, the employee will be exposed to the conditions in the production area and test areas as controlled by the HVAC system and required for the area. The noise level in the work area is usually moderate to extreme.  Steel toes shoes will be required.

The annual pay range for this position is $128,000 – $160,000

The pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent.

This position is also eligible for a performance bonus or sales commissions.  ZEISS also offers robust benefits, including medical plans, retirement savings plan and paid time off.

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!

• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• 401k Matching
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Vacation and sick pay 
• The list goes on! 

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties, or responsibilities. The Company reserves the right to interpret, amend, or otherwise modify, in whole or in part, any job description at any time, at its sole discretion.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Jo Anne Mittelman

Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).