Production Manager

About the role

Production Manager position located in Statesville, NC (facility in Charlotte, NC) on 1st shift with standard daytime hours in the manufacturing/heavy fabrication industry. The role involves leading day-to-day manufacturing operations, managing a production team of 60+ employees, and driving safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily production activities for a team of 60+ employees.
• Manage, coach, and develop production supervisors, team leads, and hourly manufacturing employees.
• Drive performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
• Oversee production scheduling, manpower allocation, workflow, and resource utilization.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks to improve throughput and overall efficiency.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on scrap reduction, downtime, labor efficiency, and operational performance.
• Monitor production KPIs and implement corrective actions when performance falls below target.
• Partner cross-functionally with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with company policies and manufacturing safety standards.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective actions related to production and quality issues.
• Build a positive, accountable, and performance-driven production culture.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or higher required.
• 4+ years of leadership experience within a manufacturing environment required.
• Experience leading large production teams, ideally 60+ employees, strongly preferred.
• Background in heavy fabrication, CNC machining, metalworking, automotive, or similar industrial manufacturing environments highly desirable.
• Demonstrated success improving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and operational performance.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning, and labor management.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, root cause analysis, or similar continuous improvement methodologies preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities.