Supervisor Production DU

About Lucid Motors Middle East

Lucid Motors is dedicated to creating mobility experiences through innovation in the automotive sector. The company's vehicles are built on proprietary technology and a software-defined architecture, emphasizing a "Compromise Nothing™" approach that integrates performance, sustainability, design, and engineering. Lucid achieves this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and production managed in-house across global facilities.

Role Overview: Supervisor Production DU

Lucid Motors Middle East is seeking a Production Supervisor, Drive Unit, for an internship position in Saudi Arabia. This role involves leading a front-line production team responsible for Electric Drive Unit assembly operations at AMP-2. The supervisor will participate in first-build events during facility startup, establish standardized work procedures, and develop a skilled team of Saudi national precision assemblers. The position requires 5-10 years of experience and focuses on managing shift-level Safety, Quality, Delivery, and People metrics for a specific section of the Drive Unit assembly line.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production execution for an assigned Drive Unit line section, including rotor/stator, gearbox, HV wiring, or EOL test.
• Monitor cycle time, takt, OEE, FPY, and hourly build rate in real time, escalating deviations promptly.
• Conduct structured start-of-shift briefings and end-of-shift handovers, including written reports.
• Ensure compliance with Standardized Work Instructions (SWI) and discipline at all stations.
• Collaborate with various departments such as Production, Quality, Maintenance, Automation/Robotics, Manufacturing Engineering, EHS, IT/OT, MES, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, and suppliers to achieve operational goals.

Safety and Quality Assurance

• Enforce High Voltage (HV) Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), HVIL continuity checks, and mandatory HV Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at HV connector and EOL test stations.
• Ensure calibrated torque tooling management, angle-torque verification, and critical fastener traceability.
• Manage HV emergency isolation response during EOL testing and maintain zero tolerance for HV or precision assembly protocol compromise.
• Own shift EHS responsibilities, including safety walks, near-miss reporting, and emergency response for HV incidents.
• Conduct process confirmation walks at all critical-to-quality hold points in the Drive Unit build sequence.
• Manage non-conforming Drive Unit assemblies and maintain MES traceability for all serial-numbered components.
• Lead shift-level Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Quality Review (QR) / Quality Control (QC) for quality escapes.

Operational Excellence and Team Development

• Deploy Autonomous Maintenance Levels 1–3 with the team, driving centerline management and operator equipment care.
• Monitor equipment Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), downtime, and breakdown trends, escalating chronic losses.
• Lead 5S initiatives, standard work improvements, and Kaizen events on shift.
• Support pre-production, first-off-tool, and Safe Launch events on shift.
• Execute Layered Process Audits and Process Confirmation walks, escalating deviations via QR / QC.
• Support run-at-rate and capacity verification events, driving corrective actions to closure.
• Translate the production plan into labor deployment by certified station, manage attendance, and maintain contingency coverage for critical operations.
• Lead tier meeting SPEQDC routines, escalation ownership, structured handover, visual management, and recovery to plan across rotor, stator, inverter, e-motor, and EOL areas.
• Manage shift containment, stop-call-fix discipline, suspect material control, rework authorization routing, and documented release criteria.
• Manage employee relations, coaching, performance feedback, and succession in alignment with policy and regulations in KSA.
• Actively develop Saudi national operators and team leaders, building skills matrices and On-the-Job Training (OJT) plans.

Launch Governance and Change Control

• Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)/Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), commissioning, equipment acceptance, Safe Launch, run-at-rate, and capacity verification with objective evidence and disciplined punch-list closure.
• Control production, process, software, and test changes through documented risk assessment, approvals, validation, revision history, and rollback or containment planning.
• Participate in readiness reviews, Layered Process Audits, and Process Confirmation, closing assigned actions.