Operations Manager

Position Summary

The Operations Manager is the senior site leader responsible for the overall performance of the Clearfield manufacturing operation. The role is accountable for building and leading a safe productive disciplined and performance-driven operation while ensuring customer commitments business objectives and operational performance goals are achieved.

The Operations Manager will provide strategic and hands-on leadership to establish operational priorities manage resources drive production output improve quality and delivery performance control costs support revenue and business planning and lead continuous improvement initiatives across the site. The role partners closely with engineering quality supply chain finance and commercial stakeholders to align product execution with customer and market requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Lead all aspects of the Clearfield manufacturing operation including production fabrication assembly warehousing shipping maintenance and facility performance.

Establish operational priorities production schedules resource allocation staffing plans and capacity requirements to meet business objectives.

Drive performance across safety quality delivery productivity cost and customer satisfaction metrics.

Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with company policies customer requirements and regulatory standards.

Lead plant financial performance through effective management of budgets forecasts KPIs productivity initiatives and cost improvement efforts.

Partner with engineering quality supply chain finance and commercial teams to ensure efficient execution from product design through customer delivery.

Oversee inventory material availability supplier performance logistics and on-time delivery performance.

Ensure the reliability maintenance and continuous improvement of plant equipment facilities and manufacturing processes.

Lead Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety quality throughput delivery and operational efficiency.

Develop and lead a high-performing leadership team while fostering a culture of accountability engagement collaboration and operational excellence.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Strong manufacturing leadership experience with broad responsibility for plant operations production maintenance quality safety delivery and cost.

Strong financial management experience business acumen and ability to manage budgets forecasts cost rolls operational KPIs margin performance and operating results.

Strong understanding of manufacturing principles plant operations production scheduling MRP inventory management lean manufacturing and operational excellence.

Experience leading cross-functional teams across operations engineering quality supply chain maintenance and finance.

Strong knowledge of safety quality regulatory industry and customer requirements in an industrial manufacturing environment.

Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage employees leaders customers suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.

Strong decision-making execution change leadership problem-solving and continuous improvement capabilities.

Knowledge of product lines manufacturing processes customer requirements and operational priorities within the production facility.

Required Experience and Education

10 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing fabrication engineered equipment or heavy industrial operations.

Proven success leading a manufacturing facility or major plant operation with accountability for safety quality delivery cost and financial performance.

Demonstrated experience managing budgets forecasts cost performance cost rolls operational KPIs and margin improvement.

Experience working with fabricated packaged engineered-to-order or configure-to-order equipment is preferred.

Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Management Manufacturing Business or a related discipline is preferred. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt or equivalent operational excellence training.

Experience in oil and gas production midstream downstream equipment or heavy industrial manufacturing.

Strong cost accounting knowledge including labor standards material costing overhead allocation cost rolls and manufacturing financials.

Experience leading supplier performance procurement coordination inventory management logistics and customer delivery improvement initiatives.

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