Onsite Production Manager: CNC & Machining Lead

Healing Strides Counseling; Birdsboro (Berks County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a Production Manager for its Birdsboro, PA operations. The role involves supervising a busy machine shop, coordinating CNC and manual machining, setup, tooling, inspection, and material flow to meet delivery and quality targets.

Onsite work model with standard hours and direct-hire employment. The ideal candidate will oversee planning, training, safety, and continuous improvement initiatives, coordinating with engineering, quality, maintenance, and production planning to

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily machine shop activities including CNC and manual machining, setup, tooling, inspection, and material flow.
• Assign work to machinists, handwork assemblers, and support staff based on production schedules, skill levels, machine availability, and deadlines.
• Monitor production progress and adjust resources to meet delivery, quality, and productivity targets.
• Ensure employees follow safety, policies, lockout/tagout procedures, PPE requirements, and housekeeping standards.
• Review job travelers, blueprints, work instructions, setup sheets, inspection requirements, and specifications before production begins.
• Support troubleshooting of machining issues, tooling problems, machine downtime, fixture concerns, dimensional nonconformances, and process inefficiencies.
• Verify that first-piece, in-process, and final inspections are completed according to quality requirements and customer specifications.
• Train, coach, and mentor machine shop employees in proper setup practices, machining methods, quality expectations, safety procedures, and shop standards.
• Coordinate with production planning, engineering, quality, maintenance, purchasing, and management to resolve issues and keep jobs moving through the shop.
• Maintain accurate production records, labor reporting, scrap documentation, downtime notes, and shift handoff information.
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to reduce setup time, improve machine utilization, reduce rework, minimize waste, and improve workflow.
• Participate in employee performance discussions, attendance tracking, corrective action recommendations, and staffing needs as appropriate.

Job description

System One is seeking a Production Manager for its Birdsboro, PA operations. The role involves supervising a busy machine shop, coordinating CNC and manual machining, setup, tooling, inspection, and material flow to meet delivery and quality targets.

Onsite work model with standard hours and direct-hire employment. The ideal candidate will oversee planning, training, safety, and continuous improvement initiatives, coordinating with engineering, quality, maintenance, and production planning to