Production Manager

13 Hours ago • 7 Years + • $89,100 PA - $133,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Production Manager oversees daily manufacturing operations, ensuring efficient and reliable production processes while maintaining safety standards and quality objectives. This role involves managing staff, optimizing workflows, coordinating with other plants, and supporting company-wide initiatives. The Production Manager will plan and execute production schedules, drive production efficiency, measure performance, coordinate with other departments, implement Lean Manufacturing principles, collaborate with Production Engineering, utilize ERP systems, supervise production staff, monitor overtime, foster a collaborative team environment, and develop and manage the production budget.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or 7+ years of manufacturing management experience
  • Current driver's license
Good to have:
  • Experience with Epicor or similar ERP systems
  • Background in Lean Manufacturing, 5S, or Six Sigma
  • Experience leading safety initiatives and compliance programs
Perks:
  • Performance bonus
  • Health, welfare, and retirement benefits
  • Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Job Details

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who will you be working with?

At L&M Radiator, Inc., the things we make are helping to keep America’s lights on. If you want to join a team that plays a vital role in our energy economy, we have an opportunity for you!

L&M Radiator, Inc. has been a leading worldwide manufacturer of customized and carefully crafted heat exchangers for Mining, Construction, Oil, Gas and heavy-duty equipment industries. We are seeking a motivated individual to join our team at our Yankton facility, located in South Dakota. This position reports to the North American Production Manager, work shift is Monday-Friday 7a-4p, overtime when needed.

How will you make a difference?

The Production Manager oversees daily manufacturing operations, ensuring efficient and reliable production processes while maintaining safety standards and quality objectives. This role involves managing staff, optimizing workflows, coordinating with other plants, and supporting company-wide initiatives.

What do we want to know about you?

  • Bachelor's degree or 7+ years of manufacturing management experience, preferably in metal fabrication and assembly
  • Current driver's license

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Epicor or similar ERP systems
  • Background in Lean Manufacturing, 5S, or Six Sigma
  • Experience leading safety initiatives and compliance programs

What will your typical day look like?

  • Plan and execute production schedules aligned with company strategy
  • Drive production efficiency by maximizing product quality and output while minimizing downtime
  • Measure performance against established standards and solve problems affecting production
  • Coordinate with affected departments regarding schedule changes or delays
  • Implement Lean Manufacturing principles to enhance processes, reduce costs, and improve productivity
  • Collaborate with Production Engineering on equipment upgrades and workflow improvements
  • Utilize ERP systems to track materials, allocate resources, and plan production
  • Supervise and develop production staff, including hiring, training, evaluating, and disciplinary actions
  • Monitor overtime and maintain appropriate staffing levels
  • Ensure Production Coordinator is cross trained as backup
  • Foster a collaborative team environment aligned with company values
  • Develop and manage production/plant operations budget
  • Identify and justify CAPEX needs to management
  • Communicate performance metrics and support company initiatives
  • Carry out directives from the North American Production Manager
  • Implement and enforce plant policies, safety programs, and quality procedures
  • Ensure all work is conducted according to safety guidelines
  • Domestic and international travel as needed, potentially including weekends
  • Perform related duties as assigned by management

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.  

This role is also eligible for a performance bonus. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at mywabtecbenefits.com.

Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between $89,100-133,000.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between

$89,100.00-$126,900.00

The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.  

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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About The Company

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life? At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours! Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

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