Hands-On Production Leader, Steel Wire Manufacturing

The Peterson School; Northbridge (MA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 130,000; 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 is seeking an experienced, hands‑on Production Manager to join our Northbridge manufacturing leadership team in Massachusetts. This role is designed to develop into a senior production leader within about two years, requiring active floor involvement with supervisors, operators, maintenance, and engineering to resolve issues and improve operations.

The successful candidate will be mechanically and technically inclined, with a strong work ethic and the ability to coach

Qualifications

• Approximately 8 to 10 years or more of meaningful manufacturing experience.
• Several years of supervisory or management responsibility in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing hourly manufacturing employees.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude.
• A practical understanding of industrial machinery and manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with equipment and systems such as motors, pumps, hydraulics, compressors, chillers, piping, and industrial electrical systems.
• Strong organizational and problem‑solving skills.
• The ability to establish priorities and manage multiple issues simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively with operators, mechanics, engineers, supervisors, managers, and senior executives.
• A demonstrated ability to coach, teach, and develop employees.
• A strong work ethic and personal commitment to results.
• The ability to make decisions, establish accountability, and follow through.
• A willingness to spend significant time on the manufacturing floor.

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.

Job description

Riverdale Mills Corporation is seeking an experienced, hands‑on Production Manager to join our Northbridge manufacturing leadership team in Massachusetts. This role is designed to develop into a senior production leader within about two years, requiring active floor involvement with supervisors, operators, maintenance, and engineering to resolve issues and improve operations.

The successful candidate will be mechanically and technically inclined, with a strong work ethic and the ability to coach