Manufacturing Manager

Carrier; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 96,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Carrier is seeking a Manufacturing Manager in Fort Worth, TX to lead manufacturing engineering processes on the factory floor. You will drive capability, efficiency, and standardization while pushing productivity and cost improvements through lean projects.

The role oversees engineering teams, supports NPI and quality, and ensures successful product industrialization, line startups, and CAPEX initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 6+ years of manufacturing engineering or manufacturing management experience, including team leadership.
• Lean / Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages manufacturing processes to ensure capability, efficiency, repeatability and standardization.
• Leads the manufacturing engineering team in process, tooling and line improvements.
• Drives productivity, cost-reduction and automation projects.
• Ensures successful product industrialization together with NPI and Quality.
• Applies Lean tools (VSM, standard work, kaizen) to eliminate waste.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Lean tools (VSM, standard work, kaizen)

FMEAs

Control plans

Job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About This Role

The Manufacturing Manager leads the manufacturing engineering processes and their execution on the floor at a Carrier manufacturing facility. This role ensures processes are capable, efficient, safe and standardized, driving productivity and cost improvements while supporting the industrialization of new products.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages manufacturing processes to ensure capability, efficiency, repeatability and standardization.
• Leads the manufacturing engineering team in process, tooling and line improvements.
• Drives productivity, cost-reduction and automation projects.
• Ensures successful product industrialization together with NPI and Quality.
• Applies Lean tools (VSM, standard work, kaizen) to eliminate waste.
• Provides technical support to operations to achieve the build plan.
• Owns process documentation, FMEAs and control plans.
• Accountable for manufacturing KPIs, including productivity, quality, cost, safety, and capacity.
• Coaches and develops manufacturing engineers and technicians.
• Drives the execution of manufacturing strategy and supports capital expenditure (CAPEX) initiatives.
• Oversees manufacturing readiness assessments for new product introductions (NPI), production line transfers, and process changes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 6+ years of manufacturing engineering or manufacturing management experience, including team leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Mechatronics Engineering or a related field.
• Proven ability to develop capable, standardized and efficient manufacturing processes.
• Strong knowledge of process documentation, FMEAs, control plans and standard work.
• Hands-on experience with Lean tools (VSM, standard work, kaizen) and productivity/cost-reduction projects.
• Experience supporting product industrialization together with NPI and Quality.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineers and technicians.
• Experience with line launches and transfers.
• Lean / Six Sigma certification.
• Experience leading technical teams.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 - $192,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

Other Compensation

Thisposition is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from JobPosting Date: 14 August 2026

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Use of AI

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