Hands-on Production Leader – Lean Manufacturing & Safety

DOC Services Inc.; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Equipto is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to lead day-to-day plant operations and develop production teams across fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly. You will drive safety, quality, efficiency, and on-time delivery while building a culture of continuous improvement on the shop floor.

You will partner with Supervisors and hourly staff, apply Lean practices, lead daily meetings, and coordinate across departments to optimize flow and meet customer demand.

Qualifications

• Experience leading manufacturing or production operations, ideally in metal fabrication or sheet metal manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead supervisors and hourly production teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong commitment to workplace safety, quality, and accountability.
• Experience improving processes, balancing workloads, and removing bottlenecks.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily plant operations with supervisors and hourly teams to meet production goals and improve throughput.
• Prioritize safety through floor walks, audits, and enforcing standards.
• Lead production meetings to review schedules, staffing, equipment, quality, and shipments.
• Coordinate fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly to reduce bottlenecks.
• Develop supervisors and hourly staff, support cross-training, and align staffing with demand.
• Address quality issues, scrap, rework, and defects by root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Planning, Engineering, and Maintenance to ensure readiness.
• Apply Lean, 5S, standard work, and visual management to improve productivity and reduce waste.
• Monitor KPIs such as safety, labor efficiency, schedule attainment, and on-time delivery.
• Partner with Maintenance to prioritize downtime and preventive maintenance.

Skills

Leadership on floor

Operations management

Lean manufacturing

Safety culture

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Equipto is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to lead day-to-day plant operations and develop production teams across fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly. You will drive safety, quality, efficiency, and on-time delivery while building a culture of continuous improvement on the shop floor.

You will partner with Supervisors and hourly staff, apply Lean practices, lead daily meetings, and coordinate across departments to optimize flow and meet customer demand.