Production Operations Manager

Job Title:

Production Manager / Production Operations Manager

Location:

Beasley, TX Type:
Direct Hire / Full time Responsibilities:
Shop Operations & Leadership

• Lead daily operations for the Air-cooled Heat Exchangers shop: staffing, floor coverage, production scheduling, and on-time delivery
• Achieve direct operating expense targets for the department and manage a profitable operation by minimizing manufacturing variances
• Ensure safe work practices and compliance with EHS and regulatory standards, lead safety huddles and near miss reviews and incident investigations
• Maintain standard work, work instructions, and visual management systems; ensure operators are properly trained
• Track and report KPIs (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People) through tiered daily management (Tier 1-3)
• Partner with Planning/Supply Chain to ensure material availability and communicate capacity constraints
• Lead root cause investigations for defects, delays, and downtime; drive corrective and preventive actions
• Develop and train supervisors and coordinators through increased responsibilities and career focused courses and stretch assignments

• Implement Lean tools such as 5S, Standard Work, Visual Management, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Kanban, SMED, and Poka Yoke
• Lead waste elimination efforts across motion, waiting, overproduction, inventory, defects, transport, and over processing
• Facilitate Kaizen events and rapid improvement workshops with documentation of charter, baseline, and results
• Drive OEE improvement by partnering with Maintenance on preventive and predictive maintenance needs
• Use data to identify bottlenecks, establish takt time, optimize line balance, and improve flow
• Build continuous improvement capability across the team through training and coaching

• Partner with Quality to improve process capability (Cp/Cpk), reduce defect rates, and strengthen first pass yield
• Ensure adherence to customer specifications through layered process audits and mistake proofing
• Connect employee engagement and shop performance metrics to customer outcomes

• Experience:
  
  5–8+ years in manufacturing operations; 3+ years leading a production area in fabrication/assembly environments.
• Lean/CI
  
  Experience:
  
  Measurable success applying Lean tools and leading improvement events.
• Technical Knowledge:
  Familiarity with fabrication/assembly processes such as sheet metal, welding, machining, and testing.
• Leadership:
  Strong coaching, communication, conflict resolution, and change management skills.
• Data & Systems:
  Proficient with Excel/Sheets and ERP/MES systems (JDE, SAP, Oracle, Epicor).

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
• Experience implementing TPM and SMED
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar QMS
• Experience with EHS programs
• Experience managing a cost center or production budget

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field - or equivalent experience.