Updated August 10, 2026

31 open positions

Lean Manufacturing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 31+ lean manufacturing jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 12 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, CHAOS Industries, and Graphcore.

Jobs

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Manufacturing Operations Manager – Modular Data Centers

27d

Armada

RemoteIreland

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO€93k – €116k

Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer

19h

L3Harris Technologies

HybridHuntsville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Production Team Member

22h

Merck

HybridHamilton, New Zealand

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Manager of Operations Management

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteLondonderry, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Manufacturing Programs Senior Manager: New Product Introduction (NPI)

Amgen

HybridHolly Springs, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$154k – $209k

Quality Engineer

OnsiteAlbuquerque, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight$75k – $114k

Senior Supervisor, Aircraft Maintenance (Flightline)

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteWaco, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager

Graphcore

HybridAustin, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight$89k – $136k

Quality Engineer III

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight$101k – $153k

Remote Operations Engineer

1mo

Augury

HybridBengaluru, India

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

Manager, Planning

1mo

e.l.f. Beauty

HybridShanghai, China

70 · GreatHalf day fridays

Operations Manager

20d

Cobham Ultra

HybridManhattan, USA

69 · Good9 day fortnight

Procurement Specialist

10d

Panthalassa

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$80k – $110k

Production Engineer

18d

Sanofi

HybridOcoyoacac, Mexico

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Advanced Manufacturing Program Manager

1mo

Sesame

OnsiteTaipei, Taiwan

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$4M – $5.5M

Warehouse Supervisor

19d

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$80k – $110k

Staff Manufacturing Product Engineer

25d

Graphcore

HybridBristol, UK

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Manufacturing Product Engineer

25d

Graphcore

HybridHsinchu or Taipei

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Industrial Engineer

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$110k – $160k

Factory Supervisor

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$80k – $130k

Manufacturing Engineer

2mo

Venus Aerospace

OnsiteHouston, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Integrated Subsystems

3mo

Panthalassa

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k – $200k

Head of Manufacturing

3mo

JetZero

OnsiteGreensboro, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$270k – $300k

Senior Supervisor, Operations Management - Aircraft Electrical (2nd Shift)

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteWaco, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

L3Harris Technologies

HybridNorthampton, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$117k – $217k

Senior Supervisor, Operations Management

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCincinnati, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Associate, Industrial Engineer

26d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Specialist Manufacturing Engineer

26d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteAnaheim, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr Specialist Manufacturing Engineer

26d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteAnaheim, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr. Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer

27d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteTempe, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Lean Manufacturing on this page include L3Harris Technologies, CHAOS Industries, and Graphcore. 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 31 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.