Manufacturing Manager

Socket.dev; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 1 - 2; Full time

Job summary

Rain Bird is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to lead the injection molding production and maintenance teams at the Tucson facility. You will guide capital projects, oversee mold refurbishments, and drive safety, quality, and cost improvement initiatives across molding operations.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of supervisory experience in molding, strong SPC/DOE knowledge, and bilingual English/Spanish communication skills to lead cross-functional teams and improve manufacturing excellence.

Qualifications

• Eight years of manufacturing supervisory experience in injection molding or similar.
• Experience with SPC, TQM, TPM, P/DFMEA, and DOE concepts.
• Proficiency in project management and Microsoft Office.
• Experience in verification and validation, including design reviews, change control, etc.
• Bilingual English/Spanish with excellent communication and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead production supervisory team to fulfill production requirements
• Improve and support production and quality procedures and processes to enable TUS molding to be the best molding house
• Supervise the maintenance of injection molding machinery and its auxiliary equipment
• Participates in project justification and project management; oversee capital improvement projects for TUS molding
• Evaluate and assign capital projects to vendors and be responsible for ensuring successful project completion
• Maintain and improve the plant’s safety and housekeeping
• Lead cost reduction, machine, equipment, and automatic system optimization; and continuous improvement
• Lead production teams to validate new and transferred molds for TUS molding
• Work insatiably to improve the way TUS molding operates
• Lead and support related activities to New Product Development and Introduction from a manufacturing perspective
• Owns plans for repair and refurbishment of molds and will report out to senior leadership on project status
• Monitors performance and productivity for improvement
• Hires, supervises, train, and help grow molding and tooling technicians
• Support Molding Excellence activities and lead corresponding activities in TUS molding
• Build high-performing teams

Skills

Leadership

Bilingual EN/ES

Project management

People management

SPC

Change control

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

CAD

SolidWorks

Microsoft Office

DOE concepts

Job description

Overview

The Manufacturing Manager is part of the Plant Manager’s staff, is responsible for leading the production and maintenance teams, and participates in plant strategic leadership.Responsibilities include managing production and maintenance supervisors, leading capital projects and budgets, overseeing mold repairs and refurbishments, supervising preventive maintenance systems, and providing guidance to operations and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead production supervisory team to fulfill production requirements


• Improve and support production and quality procedures and processes to enable TUS molding to be the best molding house.


• Supervise the maintenance of injection molding machinery and its auxiliary equipment.


• Participates in project justification and project management; and oversee capital improvement projects for TUS molding.


• Evaluate and assign capital projects to vendors and be responsible for ensuring successful project completion.


• Maintain and improve the plant’s safety and housekeeping.


• Lead cost reduction, machine, equipment, and automatic system optimization; and continuous improvement.


• Lead production teams to validate new and transferred molds for TUS molding


• Work insatiably to improve the way TUS molding operates


• Lead and support related activities to New Product Development and Introduction from a manufacturing perspective.


• Owns plans for repair and refurbishment of molds and will report out to senior leadership on project status.


• Monitors performance and productivity for improvement.


• Hires, supervises, train, and help grow molding and tooling technicians.


• Support Molding Excellence activities and lead corresponding activities in TUS molding.


• Build high-performing teams.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering discipline from an accredited university.


• Eight years of manufacturing supervisory experience, ideally in an injection molding environment, or demonstrated ability to successfully supervise injection molding manufacturing personnel.


• Experience with statistical and analytical methods such as SPC.


• Experience with TQM, TPM, P/DFMEA, and DOE concepts.


• Proficiency in project management and Microsoft Office software.


• Experience in verification and validation, including design reviews, change control, etc.


• Able to effectively manage multiple projects at a time.


• Bilingual English Spanish with excellent communication and people management skills.


• Positive disposition and ability to lead and work with others while developing a working environment of improvement and excellence.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate studies in Business or Advanced Engineering.


• Proficient in the use of CAD and SolidWorks.


• Previous Operations Management, Engineering, or Plant Management roles.

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Rain Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer