Manufacturing Leader – Capital Equipment & Lean Excellence

SP Industries Inc.; Warminster Township (Bucks County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SP Industries is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to lead daily execution in a project-based, engineer-to-order environment in Warminster, PA. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and employee engagement across fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, test, and production support.

Designed as a developmental leadership role, this position offers opportunities to expand impact, lead complex operations, and build skills for future advancement into senior operations leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of manufacturing, production, assembly, fabrication, or industrial operations experience.
• 2+ years leading people, shifts, cells, departments, or production teams.
• Demonstrated ability to improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, or employee engagement.
• Strong communication, follow-through, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, team leads, and manufacturing associates.
• Set clear expectations for accountability, teamwork, attendance, quality, and execution.
• Support performance discussions, skill development, recognition, and succession planning.
• Manage daily production priorities, labor allocation, and schedule attainment.
• Remove barriers that impact delivery, productivity, or project milestones.
• Use daily management, GEMBA, and visual controls to improve flow and execution.
• Champion a Safety-First culture and ensure compliance with site procedures.
• Drive quality ownership at the source and support corrective actions.
• Reduce rework, NCRs, and repeat issues through root cause problem solving.
• Lead Lean, Kaizen, standard work, and visual management initiatives.
• Improve throughput, labor productivity, first-pass quality, and schedule reliability.
• Support ATS Business Model deployment and sustainment.
• Partner with Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, and Service.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Problem solving

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety & quality mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Operations/Business

Tools

ERP/MRP

Job description

SP Industries is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to lead daily execution in a project-based, engineer-to-order environment in Warminster, PA. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and employee engagement across fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, test, and production support.

Designed as a developmental leadership role, this position offers opportunities to expand impact, lead complex operations, and build skills for future advancement into senior operations leadership.