Manufacturing Programs Manager

About the role

A company that cares about leading the way in construction, engineering, manufacturing and renewable energy. Recognized as one of the “Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America,” the organization focuses on the mind, body, and soul of team members through a Culture of Care. The Manufacturing Programs Manager owns the governance, planning, and execution of manufacturing programs across one or more sites and production disciplines, establishing and maintaining program governance frameworks, standardized metrics, and reporting processes to align initiatives with enterprise objectives, capacity strategies, and operational readiness requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain manufacturing program governance frameworks, performance metrics, and reporting standards across assigned manufacturing portfolios.
• Manage a portfolio of strategic manufacturing initiatives, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and quality outcomes across multiple plants, product lines, and operational disciplines.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks across manufacturing programs, maintaining RAID logs, driving corrective actions, and escalating when necessary.
• Provide regular executive‑level reporting on manufacturing program status, risks, financials, benefits, and key decisions.
• Lead and develop a team of Managers, Manufacturing Projects and Associate Managers responsible for NPIs, capacity expansions, new operations, line launches, and process improvement initiatives.
• Lead cross‑functional manufacturing support teams—including Safety, Quality, Operations Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, Planning & Scheduling, Continuous Improvement, and Business Technology—to deliver all required outputs for each initiative and launch plan.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing infrastructure and capacity plans that support long‑term sales forecasts and business growth.
• Oversee integration of new capital equipment, systems, and technologies into existing or new manufacturing operations, leading cross‑functional delivery across all manufacturing and ancillary teams.
• Investigate and recommend new technologies and process improvements that enhance productivity, quality, safety, visibility, and ergonomics.
• Provide key insight and feedback into engineering for Design for Manufacturability and process readiness to improve operational efficiency and reduce rework, scrap, and implementation risk.
• Lead key manufacturing financial objectives, including management of CapEx, COGS drivers, ROI strategies, and value delivery from strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with regional teams to ensure operational readiness and compliance with local regulations and standards.
• Support design and development of methodologies to track and understand quality concerns within manufacturing processes and ensure feedback into product and process improvements.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams and business technology to bring visibility to manufacturing process flow and operational KPIs through dashboards and standard reporting.
• Facilitate structured decision making using Choosing By Advantages or similar methods for layouts, equipment, process, and technology selections.
• Drive the application of Lean principles into daily management and all related deliverables, systems, and processes.
• Facilitate adoption of new systems, processes, and projects through strong use of change management methods such as ADKAR.
• Support the bid and proposal process by providing manufacturing inputs on capacity, timelines, risks, cost, and technology recommendations.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree required in any related field of study; Master's degree preferred.
• Experience: 7+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, industrialized construction, or a related field.
• Travel: 0–25%.
• Work Schedule: This position works between the hours of 7 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday.

Benefits

We provide industry‑leading benefits as an investment in the lives of team members and their families. FTI offers a flexible and robust benefits package, competitive merit‑based compensation, career path development, and continued education programs to help employees achieve their career goals.