Production Manager

PRODUCTION MANAGER# PRODUCTION MANAGER Hot Job Lester Electrical - Lincoln, NE 68522## Overview Salary Range $93,384.00 - $ Salary/year## Description
** Job Summary
** To provide leadership, direction, coordination, and management of assigned production operations, Production Area Managers, production leadership, work groups, and manufacturing resources to safely and effectively meet internal and external customer requirements.

The Production Manager is responsible for coordinating production execution across assigned departments, shifts, and manufacturing areas. This position ensures that approved production priorities and schedules are translated into coordinated operating plans and that labor, equipment, training, process capability, and other assigned production resources are effectively managed to support safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.

The Production Manager serves as the primary management link between Production Area Managers and the Director of Operations and is expected to identify operational risks, resolve cross-area execution conflicts within delegated authority, strengthen production leadership capability, improve production systems, and promote consistent management practices across assigned production operations.

This position works closely with Production Scheduling, Purchasing and Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Human Resources, Inventory Control, and other support functions to align production execution with approved schedules, material availability, demonstrated capacity, customer requirements, and organizational priorities.

The Production Manager is expected to support a collaborative operating environment in which specialized functions retain appropriate ownership while sharing information, identifying risks, challenging assumptions, and coordinating actions necessary to improve total operational performance.

The Production Manager is accountable for coordinated execution of approved production priorities and provides operational analysis and recommendations regarding capacity, staffing, shift requirements, equipment, technology, and improvement opportunities. Final authority for major organizational direction, long-range production strategy, significant structural changes, major capital priorities, and cross-functional authority outside delegated responsibility remains with the Director of Operations or other designated executive leadership.## Qualifications
** Minimum Qualifications Required
** 1. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business, or a related field preferred; or High School Diploma or equivalent required with a minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or a related industrial environment.
2. Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated management or advanced production leadership experience with responsibility for employee supervision, production execution, operational performance, and leadership development.
3. Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, coaching, and team-building skills with the ability to effectively lead managers, supervisors, team leads, employees, and cross-functional teams.
4. Strong knowledge of high-volume manufacturing operations, production planning, resource and capacity management, quality systems, continuous improvement, operational problem-solving, and demonstrated success using performance data and metrics to improve throughput, efficiency, and manufacturing capacity.
5. Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex production activities across multiple departments, shifts, manufacturing processes, and competing operational priorities while exercising sound judgment and managing operational risk.
6. Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management skills with the ability to interpret operational data, evaluate production performance, prioritize multiple responsibilities, and implement effective corrective actions.
7. Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prepare reports, presentations, recommendations, and business communications while interpreting and…