Manufacturing Operations Manager

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Job Summary

Hands-on Production/Manufacturing Manager who can lead from the floor while also bringing the organization, accountability, and forward thinking needed to strengthen and scale our production operations.

This is not a position for someone who wants to manage exclusively from an office.

We are looking for someone who will have a presence in the shop, work directly with employees and leaders, understand how work is actually moving, identify where labor or capacity is being lost, remove roadblocks, and step in alongside the team when and where needed. At the same time, this person must be comfortable handling the administrative and planning responsibilities necessary to run an efficient manufacturing operation.

Compensation may differ within or outside range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, qualifications, specialized skills, education, geographic location, and internal pay equity considerations.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership, working closely with all departments.
• Lead safety initiatives and reinforce safe work practices throughout operations.
• Maintain a strong, visible presence on the shop floor and understand current workload, priorities, manpower, capacity, and constraints.
• Drive work and people across departments based on company-wide priorities rather than allowing individual departments to operate independently.
• Monitor labor utilization, productivity, workflow, scheduling, backlog, and departmental capacity.
• Identify bottlenecks, idle capacity, inefficient handoffs, and opportunities to better utilize employees and equipment.
• Coordinate manpower and resources as priorities and workloads change.
• Hold accountability for schedules, productivity, quality, safety, attendance, and performance expectations.
• Help develop stronger planning, communication, documentation, and people-management practices.
• Collaborate directly with employees to troubleshoot production problems, improve processes, or keep critical work moving.
• Partner with estimating, project management, engineering, and field operations to improve the transition of work from planning through production, delivery and/or installation.
• Support production scheduling and establish clear priorities when multiple jobs compete for labor or equipment.
• Review operational information and use measurable data to identify problems and improve performance.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts involving workflow, layout, equipment, processes, labor utilization, and communication.
• Support training, cross-training, employee development, and succession planning within manufacturing teams.

Skills

• 5+ years of progressive manufacturing, production, operations, or industrial leadership experience.
• Relevant experience in a job shop, custom manufacturing, fabrication, machining, welding, industrial equipment, or similarly varied production environment strongly preferred.
• Ability to interpret blueprints, drawings, bills of material, and technical specifications.
• Demonstrated experience leading both people and workflow.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling, labor planning, capacity, productivity, and shop-floor execution.
• Ability to move comfortably between hands-on floor leadership and administrative responsibilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the willingness to personally investigate problems rather than manage solely through reports.
• Ability to establish priorities and make practical decisions in a changing, deadline-driven environment.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Experience with ERP/MRP systems and production reporting (Epicor/Kinetic is a plus).

Leadership Style

• Leads from the floor, not just the office.
• Is willing to get their hands dirty without becoming the person who has to personally do everything themselves.
• Develops people instead of simply replacing their decision-making.
• Sees employees as our greatest asset and earns credibility through mutual respect, professionalism, industry knowledge, consistency, and follow-through.
• Notices when people, equipment, or capabilities are underutilized and respectfully challenges existing practices to identify more efficient ways.
• Balances today's production demands with improvements that make tomorrow's operation stronger.

Growth Opportunity

• This position is intentionally broader than a traditional Production Manager role. For the right individual, there is an opportunity to assume increasing responsibility for manufacturing and operational leadership as PAUL’S continues to develop its people, processes, systems, and capabilities. We are looking for someone who can meet the needs of our operation today while scaling to what it becomes in the future.

PAUL'S Machine and Welding Corp is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should email HR@PaulsMachine.com

* * * Direct Hires ONLY. No Recruiters. No Phone Calls *

Pay: $85,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Manufacturing: 3 years (Required)
• Leadership: 3 years (Required)
• Epicor/Kinetic: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: In person

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