The Role
Lead daily operations of an HPC vehicle repair facility, managing teams, throughput, quality, safety, budgets, and logistics. Drive continuous improvement, root cause analysis, Lean initiatives, and cross-functional resolution with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing to meet repair schedules and customer commitments.
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About Harbinger
Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.
The Site Manager is responsible for the overall operation and performance of the HPC vehicle repair facility. This role provides leadership for all repair, diagnostic, quality, logistics, and facility activities to ensure vehicles are repaired safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards. The Site Manager is accountable for site safety, throughput, quality, staffing, budget adherence, and customer delivery commitments while driving continuous improvement across all functions.
What You'll Do:- Lead daily operations of the HPC repair facility to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets.
- Manage and develop team leads, mechanical technicians, software technicians, quality personnel, logistics personnel, and facility support staff.
- Establish daily priorities, staffing plans, and resource allocation to meet vehicle repair schedules.
- Ensure all repairs are completed in accordance with approved processes, specifications, and quality standards.
- Monitor facility performance through key metrics and drive corrective actions when targets are not met.
- Partner with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing teams to resolve vehicle and process issues.
- Drive root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Oversee vehicle flow, material availability, inventory accuracy, and logistics activities.
- Ensure tools, equipment, and facility infrastructure are maintained and operational.
- Maintain compliance with all environmental, health, and safety requirements.
- Promote a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Lead Lean initiatives to improve throughput, quality, efficiency, and cost performance.
- Support hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, and employee development.
- Manage departmental budgets and resources to achieve operational objectives.
Who You Are:
- 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, automotive, or EV operations; at least 5 years in a leadership or supervisory role.
- Strong understanding of vehicle repair, rework, or assembly processes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.
- Skilled in problem-solving, root cause analysis, and process improvement.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Proficiency with ERP/MES systems, and production tracking tools.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field preferred but not required; equivalent experience accepted.
Equal Opportunity
Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].
Candidate Data Privacy
Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, automotive, or EV operations; at least 5 years in a leadership or supervisory role.
- Strong understanding of vehicle repair, rework, or assembly processes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.
- Skilled in problem-solving, root cause analysis, and process improvement (Lean).
- Excellent communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Proficiency with ERP/MES systems and production tracking tools.
- Maintain compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements.
- Experience managing departmental budgets, staffing plans, and operational metrics.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field (preferred; equivalent experience accepted).
Harbinger Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for its market and stage, and feedback suggests ranges are posted and compensation is communicated clearly in listings.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is highlighted as 100% employer‑paid for employees across postings, indicating strong medical, dental, and vision support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous, with parental leave and an annual vacation bonus appearing alongside core PTO.
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The Company
What We Do
Harbinger is a commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger's best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs. Leveraging a foundation of proprietary, in-house developed vehicle technologies designed specifically for commercial vehicles, Harbinger is bringing a first-of-its-kind EV platform to market, priced for zero acquisition premium. Harbinger: familiar form, revolutionary foundation.
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