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Manager, Powertrain Production Operations

Lucid Motors Middle East
King Abdullah City, KSA
Full-time
Director
Onsite
Discovered 2 days ago
Powertrain production operationsDrive Unit assemblyHigh-voltage battery assemblyProduction KPI managementOEEFirst Pass Yield
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About Lucid

Lucid develops electric vehicles using proprietary technology and a software-defined vehicle architecture.

The company integrates vehicle design, engineering, and production across global offices and manufacturing facilities.

Position Overview

The Manager, Powertrain Production Operations owns end-to-end 24/7 production execution across Drive Unit and high-voltage battery assembly shops at AMP-2.

The role establishes the production organization at a greenfield facility from commissioning through volume ramp-up and beyond start of production.

The role is accountable for safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, disciplined change control, launch evidence, problem solving, and workforce capability transfer.

Strategic Production Leadership

  • Own production execution across all shifts and deliver committed volume, OEE, First Pass Yield, and cost-per-unit targets.
  • Own labor, overtime, consumables, and conversion cost performance.
  • Build the production organization, including shift managers, supervisors, team leads, and operators.

Launch Governance and Ramp-Up

  • Govern Safe Launch, run-at-rate, and capacity verification through start of production and volume ramp-up.
  • Chair launch readiness reviews, layered process audits, and process confirmation routines.
  • Lead QRQC and War Room escalation during launch and ramp-up.

Operational Excellence

  • Define and govern Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Environment production KPIs.
  • Lead tiered accountability and daily management routines across the Powertrain shop.
  • Drive structured problem solving, QRQC closure, and S&OP coordination with Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering.

Safety and Compliance

  • Enforce HV LOTO, HVIL continuity, and mandatory HV PPE for work on or near electric vehicle powertrain equipment.
  • Comply with SASO, Saudi MOL, IEC 60204, ISO 13849, and IEC 62061 requirements.
  • Support thermal runaway isolation and battery-related incident procedures.

Continuous Improvement and Culture

  • Champion standardized work, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and cost-per-unit reduction.
  • Establish a safety-first, quality-focused, high-performance culture.
  • Sponsor projects targeting cycle time, First Pass Yield, OEE, and conversion cost improvement.

Enterprise Operations and Governance

  • Establish the operating system, organization design, shift model, span of control, competency architecture, and escalation model.
  • Own the annual operating plan, manpower, conversion cost, overtime, consumables, and productivity roadmap.
  • Build succession, engagement, performance, and Saudization plans with measurable capability transfer.

Change Control and Readiness

  • Support factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, equipment acceptance, Safe Launch, run-at-rate, and capacity verification.
  • Control production, process, software, and test changes through documented risk assessment, approval, validation, revision history, and rollback or containment planning.

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