Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Manufacturing Plant Operations Manager

Industrial Metal Products Manufacturing | South Houston, TX

Opportunity

We are seeking a high-impact Operations Manager to join a growing industrial metal products manufacturer serving a diverse global customer base. This position is designed as a succession role for an upcoming Plant Manager retirement and offers a clear path to leading a 500+ employee manufacturing operation.

The ideal candidate is a proven manufacturing leader with experience as a Plant Manager, General Manager, Operations Manager, or Senior Production Leader within a large-scale fabricated metals, heavy industrial, steel products, pressure vessel, structural metals, industrial equipment, or engineered products manufacturing environment. This individual will play a key leadership role in driving operational excellence, developing future leaders, and supporting the continued expansion of a highly successful manufacturing facility.

What You'll Do

As Operations Manager, you will oversee day-to-day operations across multiple manufacturing departments while partnering closely with executive leadership to prepare for future plant leadership responsibilities.

You will lead a workforce of 250+ employees across multiple production lines and manufacturing disciplines, ensuring world-class performance in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Operations Leadership

• Direct daily operations across fabrication, welding, machining, forming, assembly, finishing, and material handling departments.
• Lead multiple production lines serving domestic and international customers with varying product requirements and production schedules.
• Drive operational performance through effective workforce planning, scheduling, labor utilization, and capacity management.
• Ensure achievement of production, safety, quality, cost, and delivery objectives while supporting overall plant profitability.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Maintenance, and Customer Service teams to meet customer commitments and business goals.
• Establish accountability through KPI management, daily production reviews, tier meetings, and visual management systems.

Strategic Plant Leadership

• Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team and primary successor to the Plant Manager position.
• Support strategic initiatives related to facility expansion, capacity growth, workforce development, and operational scalability.
• Assist in annual operating plans, capital investments, staffing plans, and long-range manufacturing strategies.
• Develop and execute plans to improve throughput, operational efficiency, asset utilization, and customer responsiveness.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Champion Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement initiatives throughout the operation.
• Lead Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping activities, 5S programs, Standard Work implementation, and waste reduction initiatives.
• Drive measurable improvements in throughput, OEE, labor productivity, quality performance, inventory management, and cost reduction.
• Utilize operational data to identify bottlenecks and implement sustainable process improvements.
• Foster a culture of accountability, problem-solving, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.

People Leadership & Workforce Development

• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, managers, and production leaders across multiple departments.
• Build leadership bench strength and succession plans throughout the organization.
• Promote a high-performance culture focused on safety, accountability, teamwork, and employee engagement.
• Recruit, retain, and develop skilled manufacturing talent in a competitive labor market.
• Drive employee development, cross-training, performance management, and leadership growth initiatives.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Maintain a world-class safety culture with a strong focus on proactive risk reduction and employee engagement.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental regulations, quality standards, and customer requirements.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions related to safety incidents, quality issues, downtime, and customer concerns.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering teams to improve process capability, product quality, and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience within industrial metal products, fabricated metals, steel products, heavy equipment, industrial machinery, pressure vessels, structural steel, engineered products, or similar heavy manufacturing environments.
• Experience as a Plant Manager, General Manager, Operations Manager, Manufacturing Manager, or Senior Production Leader in a manufacturing facility with 250+ employees.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple production departments including fabrication, welding, machining, assembly, and finishing operations.
• Proven experience managing large manufacturing workforces and developing leadership teams.
• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, and performance-driven cultures.
• Experience managing plant-level metrics including safety, quality, delivery, productivity, inventory, labor efficiency, and profitability.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, labor costs, operational expenses, and capital improvement projects.
• Experience supporting facility growth, expansion projects, or significant operational scaling initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, or related discipline.
• Experience within multi-site, global, or customer-driven manufacturing organizations.
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems including SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Epicor, or similar platforms.
• Experience serving customers in industrial, energy, infrastructure, OEM, process industry, transportation, or heavy equipment markets.

Why This Opportunity?

• Clear succession path to Plant Manager leadership.
• Lead a growing manufacturing operation with significant expansion plans.
• Manage a large-scale industrial facility with over 500 employees.
• Join a financially strong company serving global customers.
• Influence plant strategy, culture, operational excellence, and future growth.
• Competitive compensation package including bonus potential and comprehensive benefits.

To apply, please email your resume

Michael Petrylak | Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.

610.684.8685

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Libertyjobs.com has become an essential destination site for experienced job seekers. Our recruiters are continually posting active job openings to the website. Feel free to search our database of open positions and apply for your next career move!\n\nHundreds of new jobs are listed on the site every month in a wide range of industries and locations. Last year we had over 900,000 unique job seekers visit our website, which means over 75,000 skilled job seekers search our openings every month.\n\nEstablished in 2003, Liberty Personnel quickly grew into one of the largest technical recruiting agencies on the East Coast. Today, Liberty Personnel has a national presence and a diverse client base. Listed below are a number of the industries and openings we work on:\n\nInformation Technology, Software Programmers, Engineering, Manufacturing, Legal, Plant Maintenance, Construction, Oil and Gas, Medical Communications, Accounting, Finance, Electronics, Scientific, Medical Device, Sales, Pharmaceutical, Admin, Automation, Controls, Civil, HVAC, Wastewater, Structural, Electrical, Chemists, Validations, Logistics, Food Production, Renewable Energy and Machinists.

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