Manufacturing Operations Leader

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Manufacturing Operations Leader is responsible for overseeing day-to-day factory operations, production support, facility readiness, EHS coordination, staffing, budget management, and cross-functional execution for a specialized manufacturing site. This role ensures safe, reliable, and efficient operations while supporting manufacturing, engineering, quality, materials, facilities, finance, and external stakeholder relationships.

The role requires a hands-on operational leader with strong technical, manufacturing, financial, and people-management capabilities.

** Position*
* Manufacturing Operations Leader

** Location*
* USA, New Haven, CT

** How You'll Create Possibilities*
* ** Key Responsibilities*
* ** Operations and Manufacturing Support*
* + Lead and support daily factory operations, production execution, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.

+ Responsible for operational performance and improvement of key metrics including safety, quality, delivery, cost and morale. Align area metrics with overall department/value stream goals; organize resources to deliver on these metrics.

+ Oversee the daily start-up of production area. Ensure line is properly staffed and manage staffing throughout the day; monitor expected and unexpected absenteeism. Review daily plan with Team Leaders.

+ Support production, including technical support, manufacturing troubleshooting, and escalation of production risks.

+ Maintain strong understanding of fabrication capabilities, equipment constraints, production flow, and process requirements. Maintain a good technical knowledge of operations; follow the escalation process to address and respond to abnormalities and recommend corrective action as required.

+ Coordinate with engineering, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and production teams to remove operational barriers.

+ Act as a first responder to Team Leaders and production team members within the production area. Facilitate delegation of issues to appropriate level in escalation process.

+ Ensure the Lean manufacturing practices and Escalation Process.

+ Support equipment maintenance priorities and ensure production issues are addressed with urgency and discipline.

+ Promote standard work, accountability, 5S, and continuous improvement across the facility.

** Engineering, Quality, and Technical Systems*
* + Support project quoting, manufacturing BOMs, standard costs, and technical documentation.

+ Use and support GEA systems including Windchill, Agile, Oracle, and related manufacturing / engineering systems.

+ Participate in meetings to review department issues. Assist in prioritizing and assigning ownership for open items in assigned production area. Track items to closure and ensure follow-up with key stakeholders.

+ Maintain working familiarity with BCR and NPI processes.

+ Support quality documentation, audit readiness, UL audits, and corrective action follow-up.

+ Help resolve technical issues related to product design, manufacturability, process capability, and production readiness. Lead work team to react aggressively to factory inefficiencies. Drive problem-solving and root cause identification of problems for the production area. Engage all members of escalation team to address and resolve problems, ex. PIE, quality, facilities engineer, etc.

** LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATION:
** Provide active day-to-day leadership, work direction and support for a manufacturing team within a production area.

+ Partner with site Human Resources team to ensure fair and consistent administration of all policies, work rules and processes.

+ Oversee line staffing and allocate employees to cover absenteeism.

** EHS and Compliance Support*
* + Support LOTO, Job Safety Instructions, SDS management, PPE management, emergency response, and compliance calendar activities.

+ Reinforce safe working practices across production, maintenance, facilities, and contractor work.

+ Partner with EHS resources to identify hazards, support corrective actions, and maintain compliance readiness.

+ Ensure safety considerations are built into production decisions, maintenance work, and facility projects.

** QUALITY** :  Ensure the product produced on manufacturing line is defect-free and produced according to specification.

+ Ensure all quality processes/standards are followed within assigned production area.

+ Monitor quality issues on a…