Siemens

Fabrication Department Manager

Siemens$135K — $231K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent discipline.
  • 10 years of experience in leadership and team management in production environments.
  • Extensive experience in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
  • Proficient in SAP, MES, and Microsoft Office for operational management.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills; adept at supporting safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Lead production operations across multiple shifts and product lines.
  • Manage capacity planning, resource allocation, and schedule adherence.
  • Cultivate a culture of safety and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
  • Oversee quality assurance and resolve manufacturing issues effectively.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize operational performance.
  • Establish and drive performance metrics in key operational areas.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency and waste reduction.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Access to various employee assistance programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Flexible work arrangements may be available.
Full Job Description
This role is accountable for the overall performance of Fabrication operations across switchgear, power panels, and switchboard manufacturing within an Engineer-to-Order environment. The Focus Factory Manager drives safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost performance, continuous improvement, and organizational capability across multiple product lines. This position provides operational leadership and direction to achieve business objectives, accelerate factory growth, and ensures execution excellence across the value stream.

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Lead and be accountable for production operations across multiple shifts and product lines within the switchgear and switchboard factory, including direct leadership of fabrication operations and supervisory teams.
  • Own production execution, capacity planning, resource allocation, and schedule attainment to consistently meet customer commitments and business objectives.
  • Drive a culture of safety excellence and ensure compliance with all company, regulatory, and environmental health and safety requirements.
  • Own quality performance and operational integrity by leading resolution of non-conformances, material shortages, and manufacturing issues while ensuring sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
  • Direct cross-functional efforts with engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and production teams to remove constraints, improve manufacturability, and optimize operational performance.
  • Establish, monitor, and drive performance against key operational metrics including safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.
  • Lead transformational continuous improvement initiatives focused on Lean manufacturing, standardization, digitalization, productivity improvements, and waste elimination.
  • Build, develop, and retain high-performing teams through leadership, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and talent development.
  • Own cost productivity commitments, operational budgets, and business performance targets while driving sustainable improvements in efficiency and profitability.
  • Champion factory growth initiatives, operational scalability, and strategic business objectives to support long-term organizational success.

You'll win us over by having the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
  • 10 years of experience with the following leadership, team management, and cross-functional, collaboration production, planning, material management, quality, safety, order management, assembly, or testing.
  • 10 plus years experience with lean manufacturing, production systems, continuous improvement methods, and operational best practices.
  • SAP, MES and Microsoft Office for production tracking, reporting, analysis, and communication.
  • Problem-Solving, communication, organization skills, and supporting safety, quality, and operational integrity.
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Engineer-to-Order environments across areas such as production, planning, material management, order management, assembly, or testing.
  • Experience with Siemens processes, policies, tools, IT infrastructure, culture, and products.
  • Familiarity with Six Sigma, lean, or other structured process improvement frameworks.
  • Experience using data analysis to identify trends, improve production efficiency, and support operation decisions.
  • Familiarity with cost productivity tools and productivity tracking systems.

You'll Benefit From
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $135,303 - $231,948 annually with a target incentive of 15% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

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About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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