Production Manager
About the role
The Production Manager owns daily shop-floor execution for our wide-format graphics production team. This role drives the schedule, assigns work, protects quality, keeps machines and materials moving, and makes sure finished work is ready for pickup, delivery, or install.
This is a physical, working team manager role — not an office position. The Production Manager reports to the General Manager and works laterally with the Operations Coordinator.
Primary Responsibilities
- Own the daily production schedule and shop-floor priorities.
- Personally perform printing, laminating, cutting, finishing, etc.
- Direct/delegate work clearly to production team members and provide accountability.
- Keep printing, laminating, cutting, finishing, staging, and install prep moving in the right sequence.
- Balance due dates, batching, setup time, quality, and throughput.
- Elevate, prioritize and optimize machine uptime over discrete (individual order) manufacturing.
- Identify bottlenecks early and escalate clearly when work is blocked.
- Manage the production team and set clear expectations for pace, quality, cleanliness, safety, and follow-through.
- Coach production team members in daily execution and production standards.
- Hold the team accountable respectfully and consistently.
- Build a production floor where people know what to work on at the right time and what “done right” means.
- Work closely with Operations so priorities, blockers, and handoffs stay clear.
- Own production area layout, material storage, organization, and cleanliness.
- Maintain standards for machine care, routine maintenance, and readiness.
- Lead work across HP roll printers, EFI flatbed, laminator, cutter/router/plotter, and finishing areas.
- Maintain materials, tools, and jobs staged logically and efficiently.
- Reduce rework, wasted motion, missed details, and avoidable rushes.
- Protect quality on banners, signs, vehicle graphics, wall graphics, vinyl graphics, and other custom work.
- Confirm completed work is labeled, staged, checked, and ready for its next step.
- Drive consistent production standards in a fast-paced, deadline-driven systematized workflow.
- Support install readiness by making sure jobs leave production complete and organized with thought given to supporting smooth and fast installation.
- Build and document repeatable production habits to support continued growth.
Qualifications
- Small team leadership and management experience.
- Experience in high-volume, high-setup custom manufacturing experience. Direct sign, graphics, or print production is helpful but not required.
- Experience operating production machinery that is software set-up and controlled.
- Ability to work on your feet most of the day in a physical production environment.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Reliable daily attendance and schedule discipline.
- Willingness to work occasional overtime or adjust schedule when production deadlines require it.
Benefits
- Free uniforms
- Paid time off
- 10 paid company holidays
- 10 days PTO
- 401(k) with company match
- Team performance bonus eligibility
Pay
$25.00 - $29.00 per hour
Schedule
Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
Working at SpeedPro
This is visible, hands-on work in a fast-moving custom production environment. The right person will like variety, deadlines, clear standards, real accountability, and the satisfaction of seeing finished graphics leave the shop and show up on vehicles, walls, signs, events, and buildings across the region.
Career Advancement Opportunities
At SpeedPro Commercial Graphics, we value the relationship between our clients and their customers and deliver quality work on time, every time. Studio employees experience a fast-paced work environment with new challenges and rewarding opportunities every day. If you are looking for a monotonous desk job, this is not the right job for you.