Manufacturing Operations Manager

United States, Massachusetts, North Dartmouth

The role requires onsite presence in our North Dartmouth, MA manufacturing facility Monday through Friday and the ability to travel as needed between locations.

Sure Werx is a leading manufacturer of innovative safety, tool and equipment products and solutions.

Since 1957, we’ve been trusted to keep all who use our products safe in even the most challenging environments.

Today, our growing family of world-leading brands serves customers and partners across the U.S., Canada and Europe.

At Sure Werx, you’ll have the opportunity to challenge yourself in a supportive, growth-oriented culture of industry leaders.

You’ll help chart our future as we continue to expand into new products, services and markets.

And we’ll invest in your career development, enabling you to grow and succeed.

Reporting directly to the Director of Operations and Manufacturing (Plant Manager) at our Oberon manufacturing facility, the Manufacturing Operations Manager plays a key role in supporting daily plant operations and driving operational excellence. This position provides leadership and coordination across manufacturing functions, partnering closely with Production Supervisors, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Human Resources, and other cross-functional teams to ensure production goals, operational priorities, and business objectives are achieved efficiently and effectively.

This is a full-time, permanent onsite position based at our manufacturing facility in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, with additional support responsibilities for our American Safety Clothing, Inc. facility in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. The role requires onsite presence Monday through Friday and the ability to travel as needed between locations.

• Support the Plant Manager in coordinating daily manufacturing activities across the Molding, Sewing, and Assembly departments.
• Assist with daily production planning, scheduling, and follow-up to ensure customer requirements and delivery commitments are met.
• Monitor production activities and communicate potential delays, shortages, bottlenecks, or other operational issues to the Plant Manager and appropriate department leaders.
• Drive the Plant Safety Culture at all levels of operations and in all activities.
• Follow up on production priorities and action items to ensure timely completion.
• Assist with coordinating labor, materials, equipment, and other resources required to support production.
• Help maintain and organize Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and other manufacturing documentation.
• Support daily plant meetings, production meetings, and operational reviews.

• Collect, organize, and maintain daily and weekly manufacturing performance data.
• Assist in preparing production reports, KPI dashboards, and management presentations.
• Track key performance indicators such as production output, labor efficiency, downtime, scrap, rework, quality, and on-time delivery.
• Identify trends or performance issues and bring them to the attention of the Plant Manager and department supervisors.
• Assist with maintaining accurate production records and documentation.
• Support the preparation of monthly operational reports for plant and executive leadership.

• Support accurate and timely transactions within the company’s ERP/MRP systems.
• Assist with production orders, work orders, inventory transactions, labor reporting, material usage, and other manufacturing-related system activities.
• Help verify production information and resolve discrepancies between the manufacturing floor and ERP/MRP system.
• Support data collection and maintenance related to bills of…