Production Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline
• 7+ years of manufacturing or process engineering experience, including 3+ years in a supervisory or managerial role
• Experience with sheet metal fabrication methods
• Proficiency with lean manufacturing tools (VSM, Kaizen, 5S, PDCA)
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, process specifications, and control plans
• Comply with the EH&S Policy and applicable regulatory and company EH&S rules and requirements.
• Report to supervision conditions or practices that are either unsafe or that may adversely impact the environment, to ensure prompt resolution of potential hazards.
• Attend scheduled EH&S training program.
• Actively support the organization’s efforts to meet or exceed EH&S goals and plans.
• Recommend improved EH&S practices.
• Must maintain regular and consistent attendance.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience with fuel cell component manufacturing (MCFC, PEM, PAFC, or SOFC)
• Experience with PLM/ERP/MES systems and SPC software
• Prior experience successfully leading operations teams in a manufacturing environment that is transitioning from low to high volume production
• Experience manufacturing components with tight dimensional and chemical tolerances

Responsibilities

• Own daily production execution for electrode value streams (cell stack subassembly, sheet metal fabrication)
• Drive output to schedule commitments tied to stack assembly and customer delivery milestones
• Manage throughput, OEE, and process yields; identify and eliminate bottlenecks using VSM and lean methods
• Maintain production floor discipline: 5S, standard work, visual management, and tier accountability meetings (lead tier 2, report in tier 3)
• Directly manage production supervisors, junior managers, and indirectly lead operators, technicians, and support personnel across a 24/7 operation
• Develop team capability through structured cross-training; define and maintain skills matrices across the team
• Lead hiring, performance management, and career development for the electrodes group
• Ensure adequate staffing across all shifts, minimize overtime & unplanned OPEX
• Partner with quality engineering to maintain control plans, in-process inspection criteria, and monitoring systems for critical parameters with strong emphasis on dimensional tolerances
• Own non-conformance investigations and drive reduction in cost of poor quality (COPQ)
• Work with engineering and technology development to drive process risk assessments; own corrective and preventive action (CAPA) closure
• Serve as the manufacturing voice in new product introduction (NPI); conduct manufacturing assessments to support NPI and product change reviews affecting electrode department production
• Coordinate with R&D on process development trials and scale-up activities on the production floor
• Support equipment procurement, specification, and commissioning
• Ensure safe handling of metallic components and cell subassemblies in accordance with OSHA and site EHS standards
• Enforce PPE compliance and maintain a zero-incident safety culture
• Own key performance indicators: throughput rate, first-pass yield, scrap rate, cost per cell, equipment uptime
• Report performance weekly to senior leadership; drive accountability to targets

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• company-paid life/disability insurance
• 401(k) plan
• employee stock purchase plan
• generous paid leave