Manufacturing Manager

iAutomation Careers•Lakewood Ranch, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

RND Automation engineers, designs, manufactures, and services robotic, packaging, and assembly automation equipment, including horizontal and vertical form-fill-and-seal machinery, automated assembly equipment, and robotic automation for medical device, consumer product, and industrial device industries. The Manufacturing Manager is based in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, reports to the General Manager, and is accountable for manufacturing performance in a high-mix, low-volume environment where designs vary by project. The role owns delivery of revenue through manufacturing, drives on-time delivery to customer commitments, maintains capacity plans to meet demand, achieves project labor-hour budgets, and leads, develops, and retains a safe manufacturing team and machine shop.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing operations, including at least 3 years leading production teams.
Hands-on machine shop experience and experience with project-based mechanical and electrical assembly.
Practical lean experience in a high-mix, low-volume setting, including 5S, visual management, and root-cause problem solving.
Proven record of delivering revenue, on-time delivery, and labor-budget targets.
Capacity planning and scheduling experience.
Strong communication across Engineering, Sales, Project Management, and Supply Chain.
Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident/Green Card holder.

Nice To Haves

Custom automation or machine-building experience.
New product introduction (NPI) experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver revenue targets by converting backlog to shipments according to plan.
Own manufacturing on-time delivery milestones.
Track late jobs daily and lead corrective action.
Partner with Sales, Project Management, and Engineering to set realistic ship dates and flag risks early.
Fulfill aftermarket parts orders accurately and on time while balancing them against new-build priorities.
Maintain rolling capacity plans for manufacturing and the machine shop, and recommend overtime, outsourcing, hiring, and capital needs.
Achieve labor-hour budgets and feed actual-versus-estimated hours back to Applications Engineering.
Run daily, weekly, and monthly performance rhythms and hold supervisors and leads accountable for results.
Lead, hire, develop, and retain the manufacturing and machine shop team.
Reduce lead times and rework by adapting lean tools to custom, low-volume projects.