Shop Foreman

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About This Role: Join Crusoe as a Shop Foreman and play an essential leadership role in scaling our world-class manufacturing operations. In this full-time role, you will direct and coordinate the daily floor activities of production leads and assembly technicians across 5 active assembly lines, overseeing the end-to-end manufacturing process of our modular data centers (MDCs) and power distribution centers (PDCs). You will maintain operational rigor across the plant, ensuring that all production execution strictly abides by company policies and OSHA safety regulations. The ideal candidate is an authentic, people-first shop-floor leader who balances deep technical aptitude with strong operational discipline. You thrive on fostering a respectful, positive, and collaborative working environment—developing lasting relationships, mentoring technicians, driving Lean workflows, and maintaining rigorous standards of craft, quality, and delivery pacing to power the future of sustainable computing. What You’ll Be Working On: - Operational & Floor Leadership: Provide overall operational leadership for assigned lines and projects, consistently achieving target performance metrics across safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost. - Lean Manufacturing Application: Champion the practical application of Lean Manufacturing tools and concepts—including 5S, Gemba walks, Kaizen events, line balancing, and visual management—to achieve measurable and sustainable workflow improvements on the floor. - Strategy & Schedule Execution: Formulate and execute daily project strategies, production schedules, and technician resource plans strictly aligned with budgeted production bid hours. - Team Leadership & Mentorship: Directly lead, mentor, and upskill production leads and technicians to build an engaged, accountable, and high-performing manufacturing workforce. - Operational Metrics & Reporting: Continuously monitor and report on key operational inputs and KPIs, including safety incident rates, first-pass yield, schedule adherence, labor efficiency, and scrap/rework costs. - Workforce Management & Retention: Oversee assigned manufacturing personnel, driving clear accountability, technician engagement, skills matrix progression, and workforce retention. - Safety & Culture of Excellence: Champion an active safety culture, enforcing strict compliance, continuous hazard identification, and operational excellence aligned with Crusoe Mission Critical values. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Project Management to eliminate bottlenecks and ensure seamless project execution. - Stakeholder & Vendor Relationships: Cultivate productive, professional working relationships with internal departments, external sup