Fabrication Manager

About the role

Vertiv in Lincoln, Nebraska is seeking a Production Fabrication Manager to lead the metals department. This role ensures safety for plant personnel, achieves quality product standards, meets productivity and cost targets, and maintains on-time production in accordance with company standards and practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan and achieve safety, quality, customer delivery, and cost targets.
• Implement and maintain visual KPI reporting to drive high-performance teams.
• Evaluate personnel requirements based on business and employee needs.
• Recommend equipment, tooling, and processes to support business objectives.
• Evaluate training requirements and request necessary training.
• Conduct departmental meetings and ensure applicable tier meetings are conducted regularly.
• Report any equipment that is not in safe operating condition and remove it from use.
• Maintain a good standard of housekeeping.
• Train and instruct employees in job performance, company, and departmental policies and procedures.
• Establish skill development plans for direct reports to foster career improvement and talent development.
• Plan and schedule production activities and supervise the production process.
• Ensure effective management of production lines.
• Implement quality systems to guarantee product integrity.
• Ensure accurate costing for responsible work centers and seek improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate fabrication capacity model and ensure a properly level-loaded plan aligned with demand.
• Develop programming practices that align with plant inventory and material utilization goals.
• Determine material and human resources as needed.
• Work with managers to execute organizational policies and goals.
• Liaise with different departments and suppliers to prevent delays.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent preferred.
• 3–5 years of management experience.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• MS Office and ERP systems experience.
• Formal training and/or 2 years of experience with equipment programming software.
• Ability to develop and coach a diverse team.
• Knowledge of ISO and Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma.
• 10 years of experience in production management, scheduling, and metal fabrication processes preferred.
• Proficient in use of measuring instruments (e.g., calipers, protractors).
• CNC Operating Experience preferred.

Physical & Environmental Demands

• Capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Light manufacturing environment.
• Travel required less than 10%.

About Vertiv

Vertiv designs, manufactures, and services mission-critical infrastructure technologies for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments. With nearly $8 billion in revenue and over 30,000 employees worldwide, Vertiv operates in nearly 130 countries. The company values safety, integrity, respect, teamwork, diversity, and inclusion.