Operations Director

AMETEK, Inc.; Southington (CT); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

AMETEK, Inc. in Southington, CT is seeking an Operations Director to lead manufacturing and supporting functions, ensuring safe production, quality, and on-time delivery at lowest cost.

The role focuses on mentoring and developing manufacturing personnel. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field, with 5+ years in a leadership role and a strong grasp of P&L, ERP systems, and cost controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, management, or technical field.
• 5+ years in a leadership role preferred.
• Proven understanding of P&L structure for a manufacturing facility.
• Intermediate computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite and ERP experience.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively to all levels of the organization.
• Attention to detail and accuracy with excellent organizational skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving, verbal and written communication, and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to foster teamwork and work well with others.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor manufacturing operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
• Coordinate and ensure the execution of manufacturing schedules based on customer requirements.
• Lead and develop a Lean culture.
• Confer with subordinates on production methods and safety/quality programs.
• Work with staff to improve safety, quality, delivery and costs.
• Maintain staffing and plans to support growth, including equipment and facilities.
• Help develop training and development programs.
• Participate in new product introduction to ensure manufacturability and on-time delivery.
• Maintain facility layout to optimize manufacturing practices and product flow.
• Identify equipment needs and develop capital requests and justifications.
• Oversee maintenance, safety, plant security and protection.
• Accountable for quality and cost of production, warehousing, receiving and shipping.
• Support ISO and FDA programs and certifications.

Skills

Leadership

AI tools

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

P&L understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP experience

Job description

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Business Unit: Advanced Medical Components

Posting Date: Jul 2, 2026

Job Description

The Operations Director role directs efforts of manufacturing and manufacturing support functions at the Southington, CT facility in carrying out production objectives safely at the lowest cost consistent with quality requirements while meeting delivery goals. This role is primarily managing, mentoring, and developing other manufacturing personnel.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, management, or technical field or equivalent experience required.
• At least 5 years of experience in leadership role preferred.
• Proven understanding of P&L structure for a manufacturing facility.
• Intermediate computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite and ERP experience.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively to all levels of the organization.
• Attention to detail and accuracy with excellent organizational skills is necessary.
• Exceptional problem-solving, verbal and written communication, and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to foster teamwork and work well with others
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor manufacturing operations to meet or exceed safety requirements, quality standards, delivery goals, and cost objectives through effective utilization of personnel, equipment, tooling, and facilities.
• Coordinate and ensure the execution of manufacturing schedules established by customer requirements, material management, plant capacity, and policy.
• Lead and develop a Lean culture.
• Confer with subordinates and other plant personnel on the application of production methods and standards, and adherence to safety and quality programs.
• Work with subordinates and other personnel to improve safety, quality, delivery, and costs. Drive and facilitate long-term quality and delivery improvements and cost reductions.
• Maintain adequate staffing to support manufacturing requirements and company objectives. Maintain plans to support anticipated growth including staffing, equipment, and facilities. This may include participation in long-range planning.
• Help develop, implement, and participate in training and development programs.
• Manage manufacturing’s participation in new product introduction to reasonably assure that design for manufacturing practices are followed, manufacturing requirements are completed on-time, and policies and procedures are followed during the development process.
• Maintain, recommend, and implement changes to facility layout to facilitate best manufacturing practices and improve product flow.
• Identify equipment needs for production and develop capital requests and justification proposals.
• Oversee the maintenance and safety of buildings, equipment, plant security, and protection.
• Accountable for quality, cost of production, warehousing, receiving and shipping of materials either directly or through appropriate subordinates.
• Participate to maintain and enhance the company’s ISO and FDA programs and certifications.
• Ensure plant conformance to government laws and regulations.
• Determine plant procedures and objectives consistent with corporate policies and direct the application of such to the plant’s manufacturing operations.
• Perform any other related duties and assignments as required.

Compensation

Employee Type: Salaried

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: 190,000

Salary Maximum: 225,000

Incentive: Yes

Disclaimer:Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000colleagues, in 35countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK isacomponent of the S&P 500. Visithttps://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should call 1 [phone].