Production Manager

Job Summary

The Production Manager is responsible for leading and coordinating production operations, managing team performance, optimizing equipment uptime, and ensuring that all processes are followed to achieve consistent, high-quality output during each shift.

Responsibilities

- Plan, organize, and manage daily and long-term production schedules

- Assess production requirements, workforce needs, and resource availability

- Estimate, negotiate, and establish budgets and timelines with internal teams and clients

- Ensure compliance with all health, safety, and regulatory guidelines

- Establish and maintain quality control standards to support consistent product quality

- Oversee and monitor all production processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness

- Adjust or renegotiate schedules and timelines as needed based on operational demands

- Select, order, and manage inventory of materials required for production

- Coordinate and oversee routine maintenance and repairs of production equipment to minimize downtime

- Collaborate and oversee routine maintenance and repairs of production equipment to minimize downtime

- Collaborate with purchasing, marketing, sales, and other departments to support productions needs

- Supervise, train, and develop junior staff to ensure strong performance and continuous improvement

- Organize and facilitate training sessions relevant to production processes and safety

- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, business administration, or related field preferred; or equivalent demonstrated in knowledge, skills and experience

- 5+ years’ experience in a Production Management/Supervisor role

- Experience leading successful teams of people

- Proven experience in negotiating outcomes that align with organizational strategies

- Experience leading large projects for continuous improvement and organizational growth

- Strong custom service skills with proven experience in conflict resolution

- Strong computer skills with working Knowledge of Microsoft Office software and enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management systems

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

- Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, kneel, and occasionally bend

- Required to walk around the facility

- Regularly works near moving mechanical parts

- The noise level in the work environment is very loud

- The building is heated during the winter, but conditions could be cold in the winter and hot during the summer

- The processing areas can be dirty and wet at times

- Processing facilities/areas are dusty