Manufacturing Manager - Columbia PSI

Columbia Machine World Headquarters•Denver, CO

25d•$87,500 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Manager directs fabrication, machine shop, and assembly activities to ensure adherence to the Master Production Schedule (MPS), advance continuous improvement, and manage personnel. The role develops production and capacity schedules, coordinates customer requirements with sales, engineering, and production control, sets work-order priorities, monitors progress, resolves production issues, and drives product quality and on-time delivery. It oversees machine shop, raw material inventory, fabrication, and assembly activities in line with the MPS, while monitoring and reporting operational metrics such as overtime, utilization, efficiency, productivity, and throughput. The manager promotes safe work practices and organization across manufacturing operations, leads the company safety committee, conducts monthly safety training, and enforces safety, housekeeping, and EH&S requirements. The role also manages department budgets, communicates with staff, conducts department meetings, supports internal and external customer service, and develops employees through training, mentoring, delegation, coaching, and performance management. It documents and improves processes, leads department continuous-improvement goals, and participates in cross-functional improvement efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field.
Seven years of management experience.
Alternatively, equivalent coursework in a related specialized field and seven or more years of related experience.
Experience analyzing job results and planning workflow.
Knowledge of ERP systems, specifically Business Central.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Strong analytical, project and process management, management, leadership, computer technical, and clerical/secretarial skills.
Strong technical aptitude.
Ability to read blueprints and understand manufacturing processes.
Very high attention to detail.
Ability to inspire and motivate staff.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Vault.
Knowledge of AI tools such as Claude and Copilot.

Responsibilities

Develop, communicate, and execute manufacturing production and capacity schedules.
Coordinate customer requirements with sales, engineering, and production control.
Establish production work-order priorities; schedule activities and employees; monitor progress; and resolve production issues.
Ensure product quality, reduce scrap and rework, identify root causes of quality issues, and document procedures to prevent recurrence.
Drive on-time delivery to customers.
Manage machine shop, raw material inventory, fabrication, and assembly activities in line with the MPS.
Develop manufacturing operations to improve productivity.
Generate, track, report, and manage overtime, utilization, efficiency, productivity, and throughput metrics.
Drive manufacturing team input and use of project boards.
Promote safe work behaviors and organization in manufacturing operations; lead the company safety committee and hold monthly meetings.
Monitor and enforce safety, housekeeping, and EH&S requirements, and conduct monthly safety training.
Communicate regularly with manufacturing staff and conduct weekly staff meetings in each department.
Elicit staff input on manufacturing strategies, objectives, project priorities, and standards.
Achieve financial objectives, prepare an annual budget, manage expenditures, analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions.
Participate in a manager-level cross-functional continuous-improvement committee.
Support internal and external customer service by documenting needs and expectations, developing resources and service metrics, and communicating when expectations will not be met.
Manage staff respectfully, maintain open communication, set and monitor expectations, provide constructive coaching, and enforce policies and procedures.
Maintain professionalism and confidentiality in employee selection, performance management, and employee relations.
Train and mentor employees, delegate effectively, and develop potential leaders.
Document processes and procedures, eliminate non-value-added activities, and participate in cross-functional continuous-improvement teams.
Drive completion of department continuous-improvement goals and objectives.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge through networking, professional societies, workshops, and publications.
Contribute to team efforts, take on new assignments or cover for others as needed, and perform other duties as assigned.