Production Supervisor Chassis and Final📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Lucid Motors Saudi Arabia is seeking a Production Supervisor for Chassis and Final assembly operations at its facility in King Abdullah Economic City. This full-time position involves leading day-to-day production activities, overseeing teams, and ensuring efficient, high-quality manufacturing within a fast-paced automotive environment. The role is crucial for supporting new product and process launches, requiring close collaboration with various departments to drive continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate daily production activities to meet output, quality, cost, and delivery targets.
• Ensure adherence to automotive quality systems, safety standards, and company policies.
• Monitor production performance, analyze downtime, and implement corrective actions.
• Lead, motivate, and develop production team members through clear direction, coaching, and performance management.
• Collaborate with Quality, PFS, Maintenance, PE, ME, and Logistics teams to resolve production issues.
• Ensure proper use and availability of equipment, tools, and materials.
• Enforce workplace safety, housekeeping standards, and environmental regulations.
• Execute Leader Standard Work, including Gemba walks, shift start-up checks, line readiness verification, and routine process confirmation.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture by proactively identifying hazards and ensuring timely incident reporting and corrective actions.
• Ensure built-in quality by verifying standardized work, confirming critical-to-quality steps, and escalating abnormalities.
• Lead structured tier meetings and shift briefings to communicate priorities, confirm staffing, review performance, and escalate issues.
• Coach Team Leaders and Team Members to resolve problems at the lowest level using problem-solving methods.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean tools such as 5S, Kaizen, standardized work, and visual management.
• Manage workforce planning, including manpower allocation, shift coverage, attendance, and skills coverage.
• Ensure synchronous material flow by coordinating receiving, warehousing, line-side supply, and finished goods movement.
• Support flawless execution of new part and process launches through production readiness planning and cross-functional coordination.
• Implement engineering changes through the formal change management process, ensuring documentation accuracy, team training, and updates to standardized work.

Required Skills

• Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to guide, motivate, and develop teams.
• Strong safety awareness with an understanding of shop floor safety standards and compliance requirements.
• Solid understanding of automotive manufacturing processes and assembly operations.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, structured problem-solving tools, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to interpret production data, KPIs, and technical documentation.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills across all organizational levels.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities in a fast-paced production environment.
• Working knowledge of quality tools such as FMEA, Control Plans, and root cause analysis.
• Proficiency in MS Office and manufacturing systems (ERP / MES).
• Ability to manage workforce planning, including manpower allocation, shift coverage, attendance, and skills coverage.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in a supervisory role within automotive manufacturing, or 5–8 years of experience in industrial manufacturing.
• Experience managing production teams in a high-volume environment.
• Familiarity with quality systems and ISO standards.
• Willingness to work shifts, overtime, and weekends as per production requirements.
• Eligible to work in Saudi Arabia (Saudi nationals preferred, where applicable, in line with Saudization policies).

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in King Abdullah Economic City. The role operates within a fast-paced automotive manufacturing environment, requiring adaptability and a commitment to operational excellence.