Production Manager

Fabcon Precast

$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Business, Operations, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of manufacturing operations experience, with 3+ years in supervisory roles.
  • Proven track record in managing operations to meet Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost objectives.
  • Strong knowledge of Lean principles and experience in implementing them.
  • Demonstrated experience in budget management and achieving corporate objectives.
  • Proven ability to recruit and develop personnel at all levels within the plant.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure fulfillment of customer orders with an emphasis on Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
  • Manage resources to produce outputs efficiently, adhering to customer demand.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet operational requirements for products and services.
  • Drive continuous improvement using Lean principles in daily operations.
  • Lead the plant in achieving Lean management and operational excellence goals.
  • Provide strong leadership and support for team development and performance management.
  • Oversee daily production activities and ensure proper maintenance and long-term planning.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career development and growth.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Engagement in continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Strong focus on team development and individual performance.
  • Involvement in budget management and strategic operational goals.
Full Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Insures fulfillment of all customer orders at the right Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
    • Ensures that all required resources (staffing, equipment, methods, and materials) are present to produce the required output.
    • Works with all required resources to create a level-loaded, mixed model schedule based on customer demand that minimizes resource needs.
    • Interacts with other functions such as R&D, Marketing/Sales, Project Management, Supply Chain, Field Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Human Resources to facilitate a collaborative environment that ensures new products, processes, plans, promotions, and service requirements are fulfilled by the operation.

  • Use Lean principles to drive continuous performance improvement and elite performance.

    • Communicates a Lean vision, SQDC goals and drives the proper action to achieve those goals.
    • Leads the plant with Lean "Managing for Daily Improvement" principles and practices that produce benchmark annual levels of improvement.

  • Provides strong leadership and organizational stewardship

    • Manages budgets that fulfill Fabcon objectives and leads the operations in the fulfillment of those objectives.
    • Coaches the development of a winning (goal-achieving) team through recruitment, development, and performance management practices.
    • Leads in accordance with Fabcon values and ensures that all personnel act accordingly.
    • Insures the long-term operational health and viability of the facility through proper maintenance and long-term capital planning.
    • Manages daily Production activities and provides effective work direction for supervising.


Basic Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Business, Operations, Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years' experience in manufacturing operations with at least three years in supervisory roles.


Other Required Qualifications

  • Demonstrated track record managing manufacturing operations, and achieving Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost performance objectives.
  • Strong knowledge of Lean with experience implementing Lean principles and methods.
  • Experience operating according to budgets that satisfy corporate and plant objectives.
  • Experienced recruiter, performance manager and developer of plant personnel at all levels.
  • Experienced leadership and team development coach with a track record of yielding winning teams.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings.
  • Strong verbal, written and presentation skills with personnel at all levels.


Preferred Qualifications

Concrete industry experience

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to travel
  • Office: Work with a computer for extended periods
  • Plant: Move a minimum of 50lbs., spatial awareness/depth perception, walk, climb, bend at the waist, reach, forceful use of hand tools, vocal projection


Work Environment

Office/Plant: Quiet with some ambient noise, climate-controlled, fluorescent lighting. All types of weather conditions (year-round), dirt/dust, noise from heavy machinery/vehicles, vibrations from machinery and vehicles, loud noises, little to no climate control, varying amounts of light, stairs, and narrow walkways

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