Bilingual Manufacturing Manager

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

The Bilingual Manufacturing Manager/Supervisor is responsible for leading daily manufacturing operations at the Humble facility while driving safety quality delivery productivity and continuous improvement objectives. The role provides frontline leadership to production employees across fabrication welding machining assembly and related manufacturing activities while supporting regional collaboration operational excellence initiatives and customer commitments. The position partners closely with Engineering Planning Supply Chain Quality Maintenance Project Management and Operations teams across the Americas to improve throughput optimize capacity utilization reduce waste strengthen execution and support profitable growth.

• Lead daily manufacturing activities across fabrication welding machining assembly and related production work centers.
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements quality standards work instructions and manufacturing procedures.
• Allocate labor and resources to support production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
• Monitor manufacturing performance and address issues affecting safety quality productivity or delivery.
• Implement and sustain Lean Manufacturing practices including 5S visual management standard work Kaizen and waste reduction initiatives.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and corrective actions related to scrap rework downtime bottlenecks and schedule misses.
• Partner with Maintenance to improve equipment reliability through TPM preventive maintenance and downtime reduction programs.
• Support capacity planning labor utilization backlog management and workload balancing activities.
• Develop employee capability through training coaching cross-training and skills matrix development.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering planning and supply chain teams across the Americas to share best practices and support regional performance improvement.
• Partner with Project Management Customer Service and Sales teams to ensure manufacturing priorities align with customer requirements and project commitments.
• Support implementation of operational excellence initiatives process improvements and productivity enhancement programs.

• Technical degree Associate degree Bachelor degree or equivalent manufacturing experience required.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience in fabrication welding assembly machining or industrial operations.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience required.
• Experience applying Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving communication coaching and organizational skills.
• Experience interpreting manufacturing drawings production metrics and operational data.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English
• Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP IFS or equivalent preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt TPM OEE or other operational excellence certifications preferred.

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

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