Hands-On Production Leader — Path to Senior Plant Leadership

Riverdale Mills Corporation; Riverdale (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401(k)

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Professional development assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee referral program

Job summary

Riverdale Mills Corporation in Northbridge, Massachusetts is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations on the factory floor. This hands-on role partners with senior managers to develop people, processes, and performance in a complex wire manufacturing environment.

The successful candidate will be mechanistically minded, comfortable with industrial equipment, and committed to building a strong safety culture while driving Lean improvements and on-time

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of meaningful manufacturing experience.
• Several years of supervisory or management responsibility in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing hourly manufacturing employees.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage the day-to-day operations of assigned manufacturing departments.
• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, line leaders, and production employees.
• Organize labor, equipment, materials, and production schedules to meet operating and customer requirements.
• Meet production, quality, safety, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Monitor productivity, downtime, scrap, quality, labor utilization, and manufacturing performance.
• Identify production problems and take responsibility for resolving them.
• Work closely with maintenance, engineering, quality, purchasing, shipping, and senior management.
• Improve workflow, productivity, equipment utilization, housekeeping, and operating discipline.
• Build and maintain a strong safety culture.
• Coach supervisors in leadership, communication, accountability, and employee development.
• Establish and maintain effective employee training programs.
• Support Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and waste-reduction initiatives.
• Participate in equipment improvements, installations, modernization projects, and capital planning.
• Support budgeting, labor planning, cost control, and operating performance.
• Use production data and performance metrics to identify problems and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain high standards for product quality and customer satisfaction.
• Develop the technical knowledge and management capability necessary to assume substantially greater production responsibility over time.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Technical aptitude

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Tools

Industrial machinery

Electrical systems

Pumps and hydraulics

Job description

Riverdale Mills Corporation in Northbridge, Massachusetts is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations on the factory floor. This hands-on role partners with senior managers to develop people, processes, and performance in a complex wire manufacturing environment.

The successful candidate will be mechanistically minded, comfortable with industrial equipment, and committed to building a strong safety culture while driving Lean improvements and on-time