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Updated July 21, 2026

41 open positions

Lean Manufacturing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 41+ lean manufacturing jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 21 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, AV, and Sanofi.

41

Jobs

21

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Manufacturing Operations Manager – Modular Data Centers

7d

RemoteIreland

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Operations Manager

16h

HybridManhattan, USA

69 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering

22h

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Specialist, Quality Engineer

1d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCincinnati, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Production Tech II

11h

OnsitePottstown, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr. Associate, Manufacturing Engineering, Service

1d

L3Harris Technologies

HybridWaterdown, Canada

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Costing Engineer

13h

OnsiteHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam

60 · Good4 day week during Summer

Manager, Process Operations

1d

HybridRahway, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Operational Excellence Area Head

4d

HybridLe Trait, France

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Operational Excellence Area Head

4d

HybridLe Trait, France

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Operational Excellence Area Head

4d

HybridLe Trait, France

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Operations Engineer

19d

HybridBengaluru, India

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

Manufacturing Engineer III

7d

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Quality Manager

7d

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Manager, Planning

28d

HybridShanghai, China

70 · GreatHalf day fridays

Specialist Manufacturing New Product Introduction (NPI): Downstream Readiness

12d

HybridHolly Springs, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Specialist Manufacturing New Product Introduction (NPI): Upstream Readiness

12d

HybridHolly Springs, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Specialist Manufacturing: New Product Introduction (NPI): CCMS/BOM

12d

HybridHolly Springs, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Industrial Engineer - Radar Systems

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Factory Supervisor

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Manufacturing Engineer

2mo

Venus Aerospace

OnsiteHouston, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Integrated Subsystems

2mo

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Head of Manufacturing

2mo

OnsiteGreensboro, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr. Associate, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Systems

1d

L3Harris Technologies

HybridWaterdown, Canada

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Manufacturing Engineer

4d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteClifton, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

5d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Head of SMS Program

4d

HybridSingapore, Singapore

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Planning Manager

7d

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Industrial Engineer III, Continuous Improvement

7d

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Quality Engineer III

7d

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Operator

11d

HybridCuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Associate, Industrial Engineer

5d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Lead, Industrial Engineer

5d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Specialist Manufacturing Engineer

6d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteAnaheim, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Production Lead, Sr.

7d

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Industrial Engineer I, Continuous Improvement

7d

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Manufacturing Engineer II

1mo

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr Specialist Manufacturing Engineer

6d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteAnaheim, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Manager of Operations Management

6d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteLondonderry, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr. Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer

6d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteTempe, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Supervisor, Production Planning

21d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteClifton, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Every role is a genuine reduced-hours position, manually curated and refreshed daily. How we curate

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Lean Manufacturing on this page include L3Harris Technologies, AV, and Sanofi. Lean Manufacturing roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Lean Manufacturing is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Lean Manufacturing roles span the full seniority range — we list 39 open roles requiring Lean Manufacturing across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Lean Manufacturing hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Lean Manufacturing roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Lean Manufacturing candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Lean Manufacturing on current listings.