Production Manager

Vacuum Process Engineering, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Vacuum Process Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Production Manager to oversee the entire manufacturing cycle for our growing microchannel heat exchanger operation, VPE Thermal. You will execute production schedules, ensure product quality, enforce safety, and supervise staff to bridge strategic goals with daily execution.

You will lead capacity challenges and rising demand while promoting a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and open communication across departments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in high-volume manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years leading a production team of 15+ people; hiring, terminations, evaluations, KPIs.
• Proven ISO 9001 experience and compliance.
• Experience using Gantt or progress charts.
• Strong root-cause analysis, 5S, continuous improvement, Lean.
• Ability to drive change with empathy and open communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop or implement production tracking; analyze reports to spot problems.
• Collaborate with accounting/purchasing to meet budgets and optimize resources.
• Coordinate with PMs, Engineering, and leadership to meet OTD and quality standards.
• Manage staff performance: expectations, coaching, discipline, and development.
• Adhere to schedules; set priorities; monitor progress; adjust plans as needed.
• Maintain safe, clean environment; ensure EHS/OSHA compliance including PPE.
• Staff development; hiring decisions; resolve personnel issues.
• Direct/coordinate production, processing, distribution activities.
• Review schedules to determine inventory and staffing needs within budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

5S principles

Change management

KPI setting

Gantt/Progress charts

ISO 9001 experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

JobBoss

Job description

The Production Manager oversees the entire manufacturing cycle for a growing Microchannel Heat Exchanger manufacturer, VPE Thermal. Their essential duties include executing production schedules, ensuring product quality, enforcing safety regulations, and supervising staff. They act as the bridge between strategic goals and daily execution. The Production manager will also possess the necessary skills to build and oversee the department as it transitions through increasing equipment and personnel capacity challenges and increasing customer demand.

Pay Range: 100-125k

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop or implement production tracking systems, analyzing production, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
• Work with accounting and purchasing to stay within determined budgets, approve expenditures for supplies and materials, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
• Works with Program Managers, Engineering, Executive Leadership and other departments as necessary to ensure OTD is safely and according to quality standards.
• Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Completes production plan by adhering to production schedule; accomplishing work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance EHS and with OSHA safety standards including, but not limited to, lockout tagout, machine guarding and personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Maintains staff by selecting, evaluating and training employees, developing personal growth opportunities. Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action such as discipline, hiring, and terminations.
• Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises Production Supervisor and Indirectly supervises Production Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar degree from a four-year college or university

Required Qualifications:

10 plus years’ experience working in high volume manufacturing

5 plus years’ experience previously supervising a Production team of over 15 subordinates including hiring, terminations, evaluations, disciplinary actions, and establishing KPIs

Proven experience with ISO 9001

Must have experience using Gantt or Progress charts

Proven experience with Root Cause Analysis, 5s principals, continuous improvement, and Lean manufacturing

Must be able to drive change and motivating subordinate to meet deadlines while also leading with empathy and maintaining a culture of open communication and respect

Desired Qualifications:

ASME codes and standards

External Audit experience with ISO 9001

Strong experience with ERP systems; JobBoss is preferred

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and outlook experience. Intermediate Excel is preferred (Formulas, Harts, Pivot Tables).

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

VPE Thermal is a world-renowned leader in compact heat exchanger design and manufacturing. Our company serves a wide range of industries with commercial products including power generation, chemical processing, oil/gas, nuclear and renewable energy with state-of-the-art heat exchangers. In addition to commercial products, we maintain a strong culture of internal R&D with exciting projects using cutting edge manufacturing technology and design/analysis tools to invent the heat exchangers of tomorrow. Our current team at VPE Thermal is offering an opportunity for a furnace technician with a strong practical background. As an addition to the team, you will have the opportunity to learn from experts in the field with decades of experience and draw on your own background to contribute to projects that result in heat exchangers that power the world.