Director of Manufacturing
About The Position
National Ramp is seeking a Director of Manufacturing to lead and mature its manufacturing operations. This is a high-impact leadership role for an individual who thrives in an entrepreneurial, hands-on environment and has experience building manufacturing systems, processes, and teams. The ideal candidate will have strong metal manufacturing experience, preferably in fabrication, and have operated within an OEM manufacturing environment. This role requires a candidate who is both strategic and tactical, capable of designing the operating model, implementing work-center-level discipline, and actively solving problems on the production floor. The Director of Manufacturing will be responsible for improving the performance, consistency, and scalability of the manufacturing operation, moving the organization from reactive execution to structured, measurable, repeatable manufacturing excellence. The role is best suited for a manufacturing leader who is analytical, process-driven, culturally strong, and comfortable creating structure in an immature and fast-evolving environment.
Requirements
- 5-7 years' experience in metal manufacturing leadership
- Manufacturing experience within an OEM environment
- Strong cultural leadership and ability to build trust on the floor
- Analytical mindset with the ability to understand, build, and improve processes
- Experience creating processes and systems from scratch
- Comfort working in an immature, evolving, or underbuilt manufacturing environment
- Ability to be both strategic and hands-on
- Proven record improving operational efficiency, quality, and cost performance
Nice To Haves
- Fabrication experience strongly preferred
- Welding experience
- Robotic welding or robotic automation experience
- Aluminum manufacturing or fabrication experience
- Procurement exposure
- Prior broader operations experience
- Distribution or logistics exposure
Responsibilities
- Build, improve, and standardize manufacturing processes across work centers
- Create systems to manage work center performance, throughput, utilization, and efficiency
- Streamline operations to improve gross profit
- Lead safety, quality, productivity, and operational performance initiatives
- Identify and reduce rework, non-conformance, and customer-impacting defects
- Partner cross-functionally with operations, procurement, distribution, engineering, and leadership
- Develop teams, supervisors, and frontline manufacturing talent
- Create accountability through metrics, dashboards, daily management, and operating rhythms
- Balance strategic planning with tactical floor-level execution
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Matching 401(k)
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 3 weeks of Paid Time Off
- 1 week of sick time
- Additional days for sick day statutory holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
