Full Job Description
Value Stream Manager, Facilities and Maintenance
ROLE PURPOSE
The Value Stream Manager I owns end-to-end maintenance and facilities operations across multiple shifts and processes within the facility. This role is accountable for workforce safety, preventative and reactive maintenance, and equipment availability - managing people, equipment, systems, and schedules while clearing roadblocks that threaten production throughput. The VSM also drives cost performance through disciplined labor and yield management and plays a key role in planning and launching new products into the value stream. The role is onsite 5 days per week, in our Grand Prairie, TX production facility.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Plan and schedule maintenance and facilities activities to meet demand while leading and supervising maintenance teams to deliver consistent results.
• Partner with the Director of Operations, Supervisors, and Team Leaders to ensure policies and procedures are clearly understood, effectively managed, and consistently followed.
• Direct Maintenance Technicians and Leads to ensure systems and equipment are operating safely and efficiently, and that preventative maintenance compliance is achieved.
• Manage labor, overtime, and yield to meet or exceed cost targets for the value stream.
• Monitor key financial inputs daily and take proactive corrective action when performance trends in the wrong direction.
ADDITIONAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Hold the value stream to the highest quality standards and ensure that systems and equipment are available to support high-output manufacturing.
• Complete Preventative and Reactive maintenance work orders and documentation accurately within the CMMS system (eMaintenance by Fluke)
• Create, document, and enforce standard operating procedures for all maintenance operations.
• Identify and drive cost reduction opportunities through process improvement, waste elimination, and smarter resource utilization.
• Build and maintain training plans that set every associate up for success within the organization.
• Provide regular, meaningful performance feedback to employees at all levels.
• Develop succession plans to ensure business continuity and organizational resilience.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
• 3+ years in a supervisory or leadership role managing frontline teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-shift operations across multiple process areas.
• Background in lean manufacturing or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience with maintenance planning, scheduling, and management.
• Familiarity with quality control systems and standard operating procedure development.
• Prior experience managing financial targets including labor, overtime, and yield.
SPECIFIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Lean Manufacturing & CI Methodologies - Practical experience with 5S, Kaizen, or Six Sigma to drive waste elimination and sustainable process improvement.
• Production Planning & Scheduling - Ability to translate demand signals into actionable production schedules while balancing capacity, materials, and labor.
• People Leadership & Development - Proven ability to lead multi-shift teams through supervisors and leads, with a track record of coaching, developing, and retaining talent.
• Safety & Compliance - Working knowledge of OSHA standards and ergonomic best practices, with the ability to build a culture where safety is non-negotiable.
• Quality Systems & Defect Reduction - Experience working within quality control frameworks to enforce SOPs, reduce rejects, and drive continuous quality improvement.
• Operational Financial Management - Ability to manage labor, overtime, and yield to cost targets, with the discipline to monitor performance daily and course-correct quickly.
• Cross-Functional Communication - Skilled at communicating clearly across all levels - from frontline associates to senior leadership - and representing operations effectively with Sales and customers
Benefits:
Circle Graphics + Sensaria offers a competitive compensation package, which includes vacation days, sick days, paid holidays, paid maternity and paternity leave, paid floating holiday, along with Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, STD, LTD, Optional Life insurance, and opportunities for professional development. .
