Production Manager
About The Position
Equipto is seeking a hands-on manufacturing leader to direct day-to-day plant operations, develop production teams, and improve safety, quality, efficiency, and on-time delivery. The role oversees production across fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly, working with supervisors and cross-functional teams to maintain smooth operations. The manager identifies bottlenecks, improves workflows, strengthens accountability, and fosters a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement. The position calls for a visible, shop-floor leader who uses data to translate production goals into results and balances immediate production demands with long-term operational improvement.
Requirements
- Experience leading manufacturing or production operations, ideally in metal fabrication or sheet metal manufacturing.
- Proven ability to lead supervisors and hourly production teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong commitment to workplace safety, quality, and operational accountability.
- Experience improving production processes, balancing workloads, and resolving manufacturing bottlenecks.
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing practices, including 5S, standard work, visual management, and root cause analysis.
- Ability to use production metrics to identify problems, measure progress, and drive results.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees at all levels.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily plant production with supervisors and hourly teams to meet production goals, improve efficiency, and deliver customer orders on time.
- Maintain a safe working environment through floor walks, safety audits, employee engagement, and consistent enforcement of safety standards.
- Lead daily production meetings covering schedules, staffing, equipment availability, quality concerns, and shipment priorities.
- Coordinate work across fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly to reduce bottlenecks and improve throughput.
- Manage and develop supervisors and hourly employees, support cross-training, and align staffing with production needs.
- Address quality issues, scrap, rework, and welding defects by identifying root causes and implementing lasting solutions.
- Partner with Supply Chain, Planning, Engineering, and Maintenance to ensure materials, equipment, and production plans support customer demand.
- Apply Lean manufacturing principles, 5S, standard work, and visual management to improve productivity and eliminate waste.
- Monitor key performance indicators, including safety, labor efficiency, schedule attainment, equipment effectiveness, scrap, rework, and on-time delivery.
- Partner with Maintenance to prioritize downtime, preventive maintenance, and timely equipment recovery.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
