Production Manager- Fabrication – St. Johnsbury, Vermont

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real content. We need to parse the posting. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info. Let's extract: Location: St Johnsbury, USA (maybe not needed). Date posted: 29/09/2026 (maybe not needed). Starting rate: $123,000 (Pay). Full-time, Onsite (Schedule? maybe schedule: Full-time, Onsite). Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment (maybe part of Requirements). Then intro paragraph: "Join our team where we accomplish great things TOGETHER. Allow us to introduce ourselves…" That's maybe About the role? Actually "The Production Manager – Fabrication provides manufacturing leadership and experience to the site’s make-to-order board fabrication department. This role ensures that the production of products and processes meets or exceeds safety, quality, service, and productivity expectations." That's description. Then "The role…" then bullet list of responsibilities: Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Urbana, Ohio and St. Johnsbury, VT manufacturing facilities. Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance. Support and execute the company’s Operational Excellence strategy and global continuous improvement standards. Lead cross-functional process optimization and operational improvement projects. Implement and standardize continuous improvement tools, methodologies, and best practices across operations. Foster a culture of continuous improvement by coaching and engaging employees at all levels of the organization. Then "How You’ll Make An Impact…" with subheadings: Leadership & Culture, Safety & Compliance, Operational Excellence, Lean & Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional Collaboration. Those are responsibilities. Then "What Do You Bring…" list of qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or related field. 10+ years of progressive leadership in 24/7 manufacturing operation and matrix organization. Proven expertise in make-to-order production, Lean, Six Sigma and TPM methodologies. Strong ERP proficiency required; SAP experience preferred. Skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, OneNote). Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a strong ability to lead across all organizational levels. Strong financial acumen, with direct experience in labor planning, budget management, and cost optimization. Track record of developing leaders, building succession pipelines, and driving organizational change. Then "Core Competencies" list: Safety Leadership & Regulatory Compliance – Promotes a safety-first culture and ensures compliance with all regulatory, environmental, and company standards. People Leadership & Talent Development – Builds high-performing teams through coaching, accountability, employee development, and succession planning. Operational Excellence & Results Orientation – Drives operational performance by improving productivity, quality, delivery, and cost through disciplined execution and a focus on results. Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement – Applies advanced manufacturing and Lean principles to drive continuous improvement, operational excellence, waste elimination, and sustainable business results. Change Leadership – Effectively leads and sustains organizational, operational, and cultural change to achieve business objectives. Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partners effectively across functions to align priorities, solve problems, and improve overall business performance. Then "What do we offer?" list of benefits: Medical insurance with an accompanying health savings account, vision and dental insurance, PTO starting your FIRST day, 401k plan with company match, Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance, STD and LTD, Employee assistance program, Employee referral program, Additional company programs include: Wellness, clothing allowance, computer loan, and tuition reimbursement, An award-winning atmosphere! Weidmann was named Best Employer of Champaign County. Then other paragraphs about company etc. Those are boilerplate maybe but some may be considered fluff. We should remove generic company description unless it's substantive? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The paragraphs about Weidmann being global etc may be considered boilerplate but maybe not required. Probably we can drop them as they are not specific to the job. Keep only substantive job details. Pay: Starting rate: $123,000. So Pay section. Schedule: Full-time, Onsite. So Schedule section. Now structure:

About the role

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Responsibilities

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We need to combine responsibilities from the bullet list and the "How You’ll Make An Impact…" sections. Could merge all into one responsibilities list. Let's gather responsibilities bullet points: - Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Urbana, Ohio and St. Johnsbury, VT manufacturing facilities. - Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance. - Support and execute the company’s Operational Excellence strategy and global continuous improvement standards. - Lead cross-functional process optimization and operational improvement projects. - Implement and standardize continuous improvement tools, methodologies, and best practices across operations. - Foster a culture of continuous improvement by coaching and engaging employees at all levels of the organization. - Lead by example in a values-driven culture, aligning teams with the company’s mission, vision, and values. - Lead and drive change management in 24/7 converting operations, including supervision of shift supervisors and frontline production teams. - Develop, coach, and manage labor resources, technical skill development, and succession planning for all converting employees. - Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring all shifts adhere to safe work practices and company safety policies. - Promote employee engagement around safety awareness and compliance across all production activities. - Maintains safe environment with continuous training, accident prevention, safety committees, OSHA compliance, and involvement in safety investigations. - Ensures OSHA compliance, ISO 9000 (QMS), 14001 (EMS), 45001 (OSHAS) adherence; enforces Weidmann Production System (WPS). - Drive operational performance improvements through employment of CI / LSS tools in 24/7 make-to-order department, standardizing production processes, tools and systems. - Develop, implement and maintain manufacturing best practices that are aligned to standardized global top-down operational strategic initiatives. - Drive standard work, utilizing work center specific best practices, to improve our overall operational efficiencies. - Drive improvement across key performance indicators (KPIs) including material yield and throughput, changeover efficiency, schedule adherence, scrap rate, on-time delivery performance, lost time & recordable injury rates, and customer complaints. - Executes business and site operational goals aligned with overall business strategies. - Understands Weidmann product lines and customers; manages customer complaints and root cause corrective actions. - Implement and sustain Lean Six Sigma and Shop Floor Management systems. - Lead structured daily management systems including Gemba walks, tiered meetings, and performance huddles. - Facilitate Kaizen events, structured problem-solving, and root cause analysis to drive ongoing improvement. - Promote and standardize visual management, SOPs, equipment standards, and continuous improvement initiatives. - Partner with the Board Machine Manager to align upstream production with downstream board fabrication requirements. - Work closely with Engineering and Maintenance to ensure machine reliability and identify improvement opportunities. - Coordinate with Planning, Technical, Quality, Maintenance, and Logistics teams to optimize schedules, material flow, and production efficiency. That's a lot but okay. Now Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: We need to decide sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have Requirements, Qualifications, Skills separate if content exists. The posting has "What Do You Bring…" which includes education, experience, expertise, ERP proficiency, Microsoft Office, organizational skills, financial acumen, track record. That's qualifications and skills. Could split: Qualifications (education, years experience), Skills (technical, soft skills). But we can also combine into Qualifications and Skills sections if we have content. Let's extract: Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or related field. - 10+ years of progressive leadership in 24/7 manufacturing operation and matrix organization. - Proven expertise in make-to-order production, Lean, Six Sigma and TPM methodologies. - Strong ERP proficiency required; SAP experience preferred. Skills: - Skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, OneNote). - Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a strong ability to lead across all organizational levels. - Strong financial acumen, with direct experience in labor planning, budget management, and cost optimization. - Track record of developing leaders, building succession pipelines, and driving organizational change. Core Competencies list could be considered Skills as well, but maybe we can include them under Skills or Qualifications. However we already have Skills; we could add those as additional bullet points under Skills. But we must not create thin sections. If we split into Qualifications and Skills each with decent content, okay. Now Benefits: list from "What do we offer?": - Medical insurance with an accompanying health savings account - Vision and dental insurance - PTO starting your FIRST day - 401k plan with company match - Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance - STD and LTD - Employee assistance program - Employee referral program - Additional company programs include: Wellness, clothing allowance, computer loan, and tuition reimbursement - An award-winning atmosphere! Weidmann was named Best Employer of Champaign County We could keep as bullet list. Pay: Starting rate: $123,000. Schedule: Full-time, Onsite. Now About the role: The introductory paragraph: "Join our team where we accomplish great things TOGETHER. Allow us to introduce ourselves… The Production Manager – Fabrication provides manufacturing leadership and experience to the site’s make-to-order board fabrication department. This role ensures that the production of products and processes meets or exceeds safety, quality, service, and productivity expectations." Could be about the role. We should not repeat job title as heading, but we can mention it in paragraph. Now produce HTML. We need to ensure we only output HTML fragment, no extra text. Let's craft:

About the role

Join our team where we accomplish great things TOGETHER. Allow us to introduce ourselves… The Production Manager – Fabrication provides manufacturing leadership and experience to the site’s make-to-order board fabrication department. This role ensures that the production of products and processes meets or exceeds safety, quality, service, and productivity expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Urbana, Ohio and St. Johnsbury, VT manufacturing facilities.
• Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.
• Support and execute the company’s Operational Excellence strategy and global continuous improvement standards.
• Lead cross-functional process optimization and operational improvement projects.
• Implement and standardize continuous improvement tools, methodologies, and best practices across operations.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by coaching and engaging employees at all levels of the organization.
• Lead by example in a values-driven culture, aligning teams with the company’s mission, vision, and values.
• Lead and drive change management in 24/7 converting operations, including supervision of shift supervisors and frontline production teams.
• Develop, coach, and manage labor resources, technical skill development, and succession planning for all converting employees.
• Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring all shifts adhere to safe work practices and company safety policies.
• Promote employee engagement around safety awareness and compliance across all production activities.
• Maintain a safe environment with continuous training, accident prevention, safety committees, OSHA compliance, and involvement in safety investigations.
• Ensure OSHA compliance, ISO 90