Operations Manager

Overlanders Manufacturing is a leading precision sheet metal manufacturer based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Since 1978, we have built a reputation for delivering high-quality custom fabrication solutions for customers across a diverse range of industries. As an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer and subsidiary of Exchange Income Corporation, we offer the stability of an established organization coupled with a culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement.

Together, our team works to deliver exceptional products, build strong customer partnerships, and contribute to the success of industries across North America.

Build more than a career n a team where your contributions matter, quality craftsmanship is valued, and continuous improvement drives everything we do.

In this leadership role, you will oversee daily manufacturing operations across our sheet metal production and powder coating facilities, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production. You will lead supervisors, lead hands, maintenance, and production teams to achieve operational goals while driving productivity, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Strong leadership, coaching, communication, and people-management skills.
• Technical background in sheet metal fabrication, machining, or manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving, planning, and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to analyze production capacity, bottlenecks, labour efficiency, quality, and delivery performance using ERP, Excel, and other business tools.
• Experience leading continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
• Knowledge of punching, laser cutting, and bending technologies is considered an asset.

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and drive achievement of safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and continuous improvement objectives.
• Establish priorities, monitor performance, communicate expectations, and drive team accountability for results.
• Lead daily production management activities, production meetings, operational planning, and process improvement initiatives.
• Maintain visibility of operational performance, risks, corrective actions, and key business metrics.
• Lead, coach, develop, and manage Supervisors, Lead Hands, Maintenance, and Production employees.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, workforce deployment, employee development, cross-training, succession planning, and performance management.
• Participate in hiring, compensation reviews, disciplinary actions, and employee development activities.
• Ensure employees have the resources, equipment, information, drawings, PPE, and training required to perform their jobs safely and effectively.
• Ensure effective communication, shift handovers, and escalation processes across departments and shifts.

• Develop and execute production plans with Scheduling to meet customer commitments.
• Maximize labour productivity, equipment utilization, throughput, material yield, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure production is performed using current drawings, work instructions, routings, and approved manufacturing processes.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, capacity constraints, and workflow inefficiencies.
• Develop and execute recovery plans when delivery commitments are at risk, including schedule adjustments, labour reallocation, overtime, process improvements, and qualified outsourcing.
• Maintain contingency plans for equipment failures, labour shortages, supplier disruptions, and other operational risks.
• Escalate significant operational, capacity, or delivery risks with recommended solutions.

• Maintain accountability…