Operations Manager

Weir • Newton, MS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Weir is a global leader in mining technology, focused on helping customers extract resources more efficiently and sustainably. The company plays a key role in the transition to renewable energy by supporting mines worldwide to optimize their operations, reduce environmental impact, and drive towards smart, efficient, and sustainable mining practices. This role offers an opportunity to solve real-world challenges and make a significant impact through engineering, planning, and customer support, contributing to a more sustainable future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related technical discipline preferred. May consider experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum five years of leadership experience in a lean, heavy-manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to lead leaders, build accountability through managers, and motivate teams to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to build trust and productive working relationships across operations and support functions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in heavy manufacturing or foundry environments.
• Strong lean manufacturing background including value stream management and leader standard work.
• Succession planning and people development expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and motivate Manufacturing Managers to achieve operational goals, strengthening ownership and accountability.
• Set clear expectations, priorities, and decision-making cadence to ensure production, delivery, quality, labor, and cost objectives are met.
• Translate site strategy into actionable operating plans, departmental priorities, and measurable tactics.
• Oversee manufacturing operations to ensure safe, accurate, and timely completion of production and delivery schedules.
• Monitor KPIs, review workload and resources, and resolve operational issues.
• Build trusted relationships with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, HR, SHE, Scheduling, and Finance teams to foster collaboration and break down silos.
• Institutionalize lean initiatives and continuous improvement practices in production processes, methods, and systems.
• Analyze production performance to identify and implement improvements that enhance profitability, flow, quality, and delivery.
• Own operational budget performance by analyzing spending trends, managing cost drivers, and leading productivity improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrate 100% commitment to zero harm behaviors in support of developing a world-class safety culture.

Benefits

• We live our values we think safety first, do the right thing, respect each other, aim high, and delight our customers.
• We encourage our people to lead by example and celebrate our successes.
• We’re passionate about our purpose to help deliver the natural resources that are essential to create a better future for the world.
• We combine deep customer insights, world-class engineering, materials science expertise, and intelligent automation to deliver innovative end-to-end solutions incorporating our signature technologies.
• We believe your voice matters and your ideas make a difference.
• We’re working hard to nurture a diverse culture where our people feel like they belong and can do the best work of their lives.
• You can help shape our unique culture through our inclusion networks and safety initiatives.
• Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level