VP of Manufacturing Operations (Custom Equipment Production)

VP of Manufacturing Operations (Custom Equipment Production)
Location: Long Island NY Farmingdale
Salary: $200000 - $250000 Lucrative Performance-Based Bonus Great Benefits
Benefits: Medical Dental Vision 401k w/ match PTO 11 Paid Holidays
Job Type: Full-Time
Travel: Less than 5% (Domestic)
Typical Hours: Mon Fri (Flexible; 40-50 hrs./wk.)
Start Date: ASAP
Sponsorship is not available

VP of Manufacturing Operations (Custom Equipment Production) Description

Our client a highly respected custom equipment manufacturer is seeking a VP of Manufacturing Operations to join their team in Farmingdale NY. This role leads a deeply tenured highly skilled manufacturing organization that takes real pride in building exceptional products. You will oversee six direct reports across Production Project Management Purchasing and Control Panels with full responsibility for delivering complex custom-built equipment to customers. This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone who enjoys being on the shop floor working side-by-side with their team solving real manufacturing challenges and continuously improving how things are built. The ideal candidate is a humble roll-up-your-sleeves operator with experience in custom mechanical equipment manufacturing and metal fabrication. This is a rare opportunity to step into a 100 year-old financially strong and highly profitable company with extremely low turnover where people stay because the work is meaningful the teams are exceptional and leadership is truly valued.

VP of Manufacturing Operations (Custom Equipment Production) Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day operations for customer-specific custom-built equipment
Provide visible hands-on leadership to production project management and technical teams
Oversee the design fabrication assembly and testing of custom OEM equipment
Ensure smooth handoff from sales to engineering to production for every order
Partner closely with engineering to turn designs into solutions
Drive continuous improvement across safety quality delivery and labor efficiency
Maintain ERP accuracy inventory control and job costing integrity
Manage budgets material spending labor planning and cost controls
Allocate people machines and materials to meet delivery commitments
Hire train and develop supervisors and shop-floor leaders
Review production and technical outcomes to continuously improve performance

VP of Manufacturing Operations (Custom Equipment Production) Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline required
Significant experience in custom equipment or engineered-to-order manufacturing required
Working knowledge of metal fabrication machining and mechanical assemblies required
7 years of manufacturing or operations leadership required
Full cycle team management experience required
Comfortable being onsite and actively engaged on the shop floor required