Operations Manager (Industrial Manufacturing Exp Req, $130K-$150K)

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily plant operations, ensuring efficiency, productivity, and on-time customer delivery
• Lead compliance with safety and regulatory requirements, industry standards, company policies
• Address business needs with operational strategies to increase productivity and reduce costs
• Maintain quality control, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement programs
• Build, develop, lead, and evaluate high-performing operations team and ensure positive culture
• Develop and manage production metrics, operational budgets, and plant performance reporting
• Collaborate internally to optimize business/financial performance and support accurate costing
• Develop procedures and processes to maintain quality, efficiency, and operational standards
• Recommend process, equipment, facility improvements to enhance manufacturing capabilities
• Lead visual management, 5S, and operational excellence initiatives
• Support facility expansions, equipment installations, and transition projects as needed

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required
• 7+ years industrial manufacturing or machining experience required
• 5+ years direct people-management experience required
• Proficiency in production scheduling, workload management, and delivery metrics required
• Experience managing operational budgets and ERP systems required