Operations Manager

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

• Oversee environmental (hazardous and nonhazardous waste streams), health, and safety precautions.
• Ensure output meets quality standards.
• Negotiate contracts with various suppliers to keep the business profitable.
• Monitor production to resolve issues.
• Maintain quality program including annual ISO recertification and customer audits.
• Organize workflow to meet specifications and deadlines.
• Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
• Observe work and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards.
• Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures or assign employee training to experienced workers.
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
• Confer with other departments to coordinate operations and activities.
• Motivate, support, and provide guidance to production, quality, and shipping/receiving staff.
• Evaluate machine resources to ensure production and minimal downtime.

Personal Qualifications

• 4-year degree in Process Engineering or Manufacturing preferred.
• Experience with purchasing.
• Ability to manage staff and follow through on deadlines and goals.
• Ability to motivate staff at all levels.
• Ability to work well with other people, both externally and internally.
• Ability to pass background check and drug screen.
• Ability to read blueprints, knowledge of machines, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Failure Analysis, and engineering metrics.