Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager - Senior

Cummins•Denver, CO

About The Position

We are looking for a talented Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager-Senior to join the team in Henderson, Colorado. The role leads the daily activities of multiple production teams, ensuring safe, efficient, and consistent operations and achievement of production targets while maintaining high standards for safety, quality, housekeeping, and productivity. The manager provides direction, clarifies responsibilities, coaches and develops team members, identifies training needs, and removes barriers to keep production flowing. The role also partners across functions and with external stakeholders to improve health, safety, quality, cost, delivery, productivity, and operational efficiency. Significant time is spent on the shop floor.

Requirements

College, university, or equivalent degree required.
Intermediate-level supervisory experience required.
At least 3 years of manufacturing operations leadership experience.
Experience leading production teams in a manufacturing environment.
Strong people leadership skills, particularly coaching and developing team members.
Comfort spending significant time on the shop floor.
Ability to interact continuously with other functional areas to support HSE, quality, cost, and delivery goals.
Ability to interact with external stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing experience is strongly preferred over experience in non-manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

Lead the daily activities of multiple production teams to ensure safe, efficient, and consistent operations.
Drive production targets while maintaining standards for safety, quality, housekeeping, and productivity.
Set expectations, clarify responsibilities, and support team members in executing daily priorities.
Coach, mentor, and provide ongoing feedback to strengthen performance, accountability, and professional development.
Identify individual and team training needs and develop training plans.
Partner cross-functionally to identify and implement improvements in safety, quality, productivity, and operational efficiency.
Address day-to-day production challenges and remove barriers to maintain workflow and meet business and customer requirements.
Foster teamwork, ownership, engagement, and continuous improvement.
Build effective teams and collaborate with others to meet shared objectives.
Communicate effectively with different audiences and make timely, sound decisions.
Develop talent, direct work, delegate, remove obstacles, and drive engagement and results.
Handle conflict situations effectively.
Model proactive health and safety behaviors, identify and report hazards, and participate in improvement actions.
Investigate HSE incidents using evidence-based root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions to help prevent recurrence.
Apply continuous process improvement and waste-reduction methods to reduce cost and improve manufacturing quality.
Recognize and value differences in perspectives and cultures.