Senior Operations Manager

Flow Control Group (FCG) is a leading provider of fluid handling, process, and industrial automation solutions across North America. We are a 100% employee-owned organization made up of over 3,000 team members and 115+ entrepreneurial brands, each empowered to think big, move fast, and bring innovative ideas to life.

At FCG, we believe in the power of partnership and entrepreneurship. We work collaboratively across our brands to drive growth, unlock new opportunities, and deliver real impact for our customers, combining local expertise with national strength.

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• Lead the planning and execution of major manufacturing projects from concept through implementation and stabilization.
• Develop project objectives, scope, timelines, budgets, resource requirements, and success criteria.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining alignment with organizational priorities.
• Establish project governance, milestones, deliverables, and accountability.
• Identify project risks, constraints, and dependencies and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure projects are executed according to approved scope, budget, schedule, quality, and safety requirements.
• Provide regular project updates to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing capacity, throughput, efficiency, quality, reliability, and cost.
• Lead projects involving production line improvements, process optimization, automation, equipment upgrades, facility modifications, and manufacturing expansion.
• Analyze current-state processes and develop future-state operating models.
• Partner with manufacturing leadership to ensure projects address operational requirements and long-term business objectives.
• Ensure new processes and equipment are effectively integrated into daily operations.

• Lead capital projects involving new machinery, production lines, automation, tooling, facility improvements, and manufacturing technology.
• Develop capital expenditure proposals, cost estimates, business cases, and returnon-investment analyses.
• Coordinate equipment selection, vendor management, installation, commissioning, and operational qualification.
• Work with Engineering and Maintenance to ensure equipment meets performance, reliability, safety, and maintainability requirements.
• Monitor capital spending and ensure projects remain within approved budgets.

• Develop detailed project plans using appropriate project management methodologies.
• Establish project schedules, critical paths, resource plans, and milestone tracking.
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, suppliers, and external partners.
• Manage project changes and ensure scope changes are evaluated for cost, schedule, and operational impact.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and status reporting.
• Lead project meetings and ensure action items are assigned and completed.

• Lead cross-functional project teams without relying solely on direct authority.
• Coordinate activities across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Safety, Finance, IT, and Human Resources.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and communication expectations.
• Resolve conflicts and remove barriers that could impact project execution.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders at all organizational levels.

• Lead Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, standard work, and other operational excellence projects.
• Utilize data analysis and root-cause problem solving to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop projects that reduce waste, scrap, downtime, labor costs, and manufacturing variation.
• Establish measurable improvement targets and verify project benefits after implementation.
• Develop sustainable processes and controls to prevent performance regression.

• Ensure safety is incorporated into every phase of project planning and execution.
• Partner with Environmental, Health & Safety teams to identify and mitigate project related hazards.
• Ensure projects meet applicable regulatory, environmental, and company requirements.
• Coordinate quality planning, validation, testing, and approval activities.
• Ensure appropriate risk assessments, safety reviews, and quality documentation are completed before implementation.

• Develop and manage project…