Hands-On Production Manager: Lead, Optimize & Deliver

FASTSIGNS #31901; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Training & development

Healthcare benefit

Retirement with matching

Paid vacation/holidays

Long-term growth opportunity

Job summary

FASTSIGNS #31901 is seeking a hands-on Production Manager to own daily production operations, lead the team, manage schedules, and ensure quality and profitability. The ideal candidate will delegate, prioritize, and drive continuous improvements in workflows, materials, and safety while maintaining deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

This role requires strong leadership, accountability, and the ability to coordinate across sales, design, and project management to keep projects moving and on

Qualifications

• 3+ years of management or production leadership experience.
• Sign-industry experience strongly preferred with skills in Adobe, Onyx, Flexi, and standard sign manufacturing equipment.
• Strong people-management and leadership skills.
• Proven ability to hold employees accountable and address performance issues.
• Excellent organization, scheduling, and communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities.
• Understanding of production workflow, materials, quality, labor, and job costing.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Hands-on mentality with the ability to delegate and lead rather than becoming the bottleneck.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily production operations and workflow.
• Own production schedules, priorities, and deadlines.
• Assign workloads and manage team capacity.
• Lead, coach, train, and hold production employees accountable.
• Identify delays, bottlenecks, and problems before they impact deadlines.
• Maintain strong quality-control standards.
• Order materials, manage inventory needs, source/research new materials.
• Coordinate shipping, deliveries, and outgoing completed projects.
• Oversee equipment maintenance and production needs.
• Maintain safety standards and an organized work environment.
• Lead production/WIP meetings and communicate priorities.
• Track labor efficiency, material usage, job costing, and department KPIs.
• Develop and improve SOPs, systems, and production processes.
• Work closely with sales, design, project management, and leadership to keep projects moving.
• Help build a production department that is organized, efficient, accountable, and profitable.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Adobe

Onyx

Flexi

Job description

FASTSIGNS #31901 is seeking a hands-on Production Manager to own daily production operations, lead the team, manage schedules, and ensure quality and profitability. The ideal candidate will delegate, prioritize, and drive continuous improvements in workflows, materials, and safety while maintaining deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

This role requires strong leadership, accountability, and the ability to coordinate across sales, design, and project management to keep projects moving and on