Production Manager

EagleCraft Boats Inc.•Campbell River, BC

39d•CA$135,000 - CA$135,000•Onsite

About The Position

EagleCraft is a growing custom aluminum boat builder seeking a Production Manager to join their Senior Leadership Team. This role is crucial for driving execution, developing leaders, improving systems, and ensuring successful boat delivery. The ideal candidate is a hands-on operational leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, values accountability, and enjoys building strong teams and systems. This position will lead custom boat projects from contract award through final delivery, owning production schedules, priorities, and day-to-day execution. The role involves coordinating production flow, managing changing priorities, mentoring project leads, driving safety and quality initiatives, and contributing to business planning and operational strategy.

Requirements

Experience in production, operations, or project management within manufacturing, marine, or custom fabrication environments.
Strong understanding of production workflows, scheduling, and project execution in a custom-build environment.
Proven ability to lead teams and develop front-line leaders.
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to align teams and drive accountability.
Experience implementing or improving systems, processes, and operational structure.
Strong Microsoft Office skills and enthusiasm for leveraging technology and AI tools to improve operations.
A strong leader who is confident, humble, and team-oriented.
Someone who earns trust by being present, engaged, and willing to support the team when needed.
A builder of people, systems, and culture, not just schedules.
Highly accountable and driven to follow through to the finish line.
Comfortable making decisions while remaining collaborative and approachable.
Strategic enough to improve the business while staying connected to daily operations.
Committed to fairness, consistency, and developing strong teams.

Nice To Haves

Ability to captain EagleCraft vessels for sea trials, testing, or delivery is considered a strong asset.

Responsibilities

Lead custom boat projects from contract award through final delivery.
Own production schedules, priorities, and day-to-day execution across the shop floor.
Coordinate production flow, scheduling, and milestone tracking to ensure projects stay on target.
Follow up with project teams to ensure timelines, quality standards, and delivery commitments are met.
Manage changing priorities while maintaining alignment between Manufacturing, Design, Purchasing, and Leadership teams.
Mentor, coach, and develop Project Leads and production leaders.
Build leadership capability within the shop and create clear accountability across teams.
Foster a strong culture of teamwork, communication, and continuous improvement.
Lead with a visible, supportive, and solutions-oriented approach on the shop floor.
Drive safety, quality, efficiency, and cost control initiatives.
Strengthen production systems, scheduling tools, and operational processes to support growth and scalability.
Support modernization and technology initiatives that improve visibility, communication, and performance tracking.
Ensure production data, schedules, and reporting systems are accurate and actionable.
Contribute to business planning and operational strategy as part of the Senior Leadership Team.
Help shape the future growth and operational maturity of EagleCraft over the next 3–5 years.
Support a culture focused on accountability, leadership development, and operational excellence.