Manufacturing Production Manager

Job Title: Manufacturing Production Manager

Location: On Site - Mesquite, Texas, United States

About the Manufacturing Company /

The Opportunity:

Join a dynamic and growing leader in the manufacturing industry focused on operational excellence, product quality, and the development of talented production teams. This hands‑on leadership opportunity will place you at the center of fabrication, welding, and assembly operations, where you will guide frontline leaders, optimize production performance, and help deliver products safely, efficiently, and on schedule. Based on site in Mesquite, Texas, the role offers the opportunity to make a measurable impact across a fast‑paced manufacturing floor.

Responsibilities:

• Manage daily manufacturing activities across fabrication, welding, and assembly operations.
• Lead 2 Production Supervisors, 4 Leads, and up to 60 production employees.
• Establish production goals and ensure products are completed on time and according to production schedules.
• Monitor KPIs and manufacturing metrics, including productivity, efficiency, quality, downtime, labor utilization, and throughput.
• Adjust staffing, labor allocation, and production levels across work cells and production lines based on operational requirements.
• Oversee production flow, quality, staffing, and safety across welding, fabrication, and assembly operations.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks, equipment issues, recurring production problems, and obstacles affecting throughput.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase productivity, improve quality, reduce waste, control inventory, and minimize downtime.
• Hire, train, coach, develop, cross‑train, and supervise production employees while strengthening frontline leadership capabilities.
• Coordinate with maintenance, quality, procurement, suppliers, and other departments to meet production requirements and customer commitments.
• Promote compliance with workplace safety programs, procedures, OSHA requirements, and applicable regulations.

Must-Have

Skills:

• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and English.
• Minimum 5 years of production, manufacturing, production control, or related experience in a manufacturing environment, including supervisory or management responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience leading production employees and frontline manufacturing teams.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production flow, staffing, scheduling, quality, and safety.
• Experience managing production performance through KPIs and metrics such as throughput, efficiency, downtime, scrap, labor productivity, and on‑time production.
• Proven ability to implement process improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong people‑management skills, including coaching, training, performance management, and employee development.
• Ability to identify root causes, troubleshoot production problems, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Experience working with production equipment and coordinating the resolution of machinery issues.
• Strong decision‑making, organizational, communication, and problem‑solving abilities.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to work additional hours, including Fridays, when required to meet production demands.

Nice-to-Have

Skills:

• Experience in metal fabrication, welding operations, assembly, or production‑line manufacturing.
• Experience managing multiple manufacturing work cells or production lines in a high‑volume environment.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma, OEE, and other continuous improvement practices.
• Experience with MIG, TIG, robotic welding, weld cells, or welding/fabrication operations.
• Experience with workforce planning, labor allocation, staffing, hiring, and cross‑training.
• Knowledge of ERP, MRP, inventory control, production planning, scheduling, and production control systems.
• Experience improving quality, reducing scrap, lowering downtime, and increasing cycle‑time performance.
• Background in preventive maintenance coordination, equipment troubleshooting, or maintenance planning.
• College degree in manufacturing, operations, business, engineering, or a related field.