Manager III, Operations Management Second Shift

Applied Materials•Gloucester, MA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Materials is hiring a Manager III, Operations Management for its Gloucester, Massachusetts location. The role leads production employees and manufacturing operations, providing technical expertise and managerial direction while coordinating production schedules, capacity, equipment, materials, and workforce needs. The manager supports customer satisfaction by resolving operational issues, monitoring quality, and ensuring conformance with customer and vendor requirements. The position is responsible for employee training, development, performance management, hiring, rewards, and discipline. It also oversees safety and environmental health requirements, tracks manufacturing performance metrics, optimizes production capacity, and drives improvements in Lean, safety, quality, and departmental processes. This is a full-time, regular position with no travel required; relocation is eligible.

Requirements

Understand and comply at all times with Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct, demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct and reflecting the company's core values.
Ability to work within established procedures and policies, exercise judgment, and determine appropriate action.
Ability to gain cooperation from others and present technical information concerning specific projects or schedules.
Ability to meet the position's physical and work-environment demands, which may include standing for extended periods, walking, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, lifting, distinguishing colors, and working around noise.
Ability to use hand and power tools.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment when working in a clean room, potentially including coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, chemical aprons, and face shields.

Responsibilities

Supervise, lead, motivate, direct, develop, and train production employees.
Assign work and set employee priorities.
Provide technical expertise and managerial leadership.
Communicate daily crossovers and build/test issues across all levels of Manufacturing.
Prioritize production schedules based on available manpower, equipment efficiency, capacity, and materials requirements.
Lead operational meetings, establish process consistency, and align tactical and strategic plans.
Develop and track organizational performance metrics to meet or improve cycle time performance.
Schedule and conduct milestone meetings.
Ensure timely responses to operational issues affecting customer satisfaction and interface on customer and vendor requirements.
Analyze cost-of-quality opportunities and initiate corrective action.
Prevent employee accidents and injuries, ensure and document employee training (including Environmental, Health and Safety training), and monitor compliance with safety policies and procedures.
Manage personnel training and career development, performance management, team and individual goals, development plans, and coaching.
Manage employee selection, hiring, rewards, and discipline.
Analyze and plan for maximum production capacity optimization.
Implement and monitor processes that collect, analyze, and report key measurement data and real-time status.
Identify process and quality changes to improve manufacturing or department capabilities.
Drive Lean, Safety, and Quality, and take corrective action.