Production Manager

Atlas Copco Group; Town of Saugerties (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Generous PTO

Career growth

Culture of trust

Job summary

Atlas Copco Group seeks a Production/Flow Team Manager to coordinate and optimize workflow processes at our Saugerties, NY site. You will lead the flow team and assembly/welding shift leaders, drive lean improvements, and ensure timely, high-quality production outcomes.

The role emphasizes personnel development, cross-functional collaboration, and independent optimization of work planning and material flows, with accountability for safe, on-time delivery within budget constraints.

Qualifications

• Experience leading manufacturing teams and improving safety, quality and other improvement projects.
• Proven track record implementing lean manufacturing practices.
• Ability to deliver quality products on-time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the flow team and shift leaders to meet goals.
• Set and evaluate performance goals aligned with company objectives.
• Deploy staff based on qualifications to maximize strengths.
• Monitor results and implement corrective actions for efficiency and quality.
• Drive continuous improvement and Lean initiatives within the department.
• Represent the department when Operations Manager is absent.

Skills

Team leadership

Lean principles

Budget planning

Quality improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Associates or Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

ERP Encompix

Job description

The purpose of the Production/Flow Team Manager is to coordinate and optimize workflow processes, ensure quality standards are met, solve problems, facilitate communication, and support the professional development of team members, all to achieve the team's objectives efficiently and effectively.

Main Responsiblities:

• Employee Management & Leadership: Lead and coordinate your assigned flow team and assembly/welding department shift leaders, fostering motivation and ensuring goal achievement through workflow coordination and employee development.
• Goal Setting & Performance Evaluation: Collaborate with your team to establish and evaluate performance goals regularly, aligning efforts with AC area objectives.
• Qualification-Based Deployment: Deploy employees based on their qualifications to leverage strengths and encourage growth.
• Monitoring & Corrective Action: Continuously monitor work results, discussing them with the team and implementing corrective measures for efficiency and quality.
• Development & Lean Principles: Drive ongoing improvements within the department, focusing on personnel development and alignment with Lean principles.
• Managerial Representation: Assume tasks and responsibilities in the absence of the Operations Manager.
• Independent Optimization: Independently lead and optimize work planning and material flows for Production Department.
• Operational Coordination: Collaborate closely with operational planning, including interfaces such as Project management and New Product Introduction.
• Quality, Time, & Cost Management: Ensure product delivery meets quality standards within specified time and cost constraints, maintaining alignment with manufacturing.
• Leadership of Groups & Projects: Lead work and project groups, including change meetings and special project discussions.
• Budget Planning & Monitoring: Independently plan and monitor the budget, coverage, and costs, initiating necessary corrections or optimizations.
• Capacity & Space Planning: Conduct capacity and space planning for manufacturing and assembly cost centers, deriving assembly sequences and modifying work plans as needed.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously improve work methods, processes, and workflows to reduce lead time, lower costs, and maintain quality.
• Order Sequencing & Resource Utilization: Sequence orders to ensure optimal resource utilization, performing value stream analyses for process improvement opportunities.
• Quality Monitoring & Support: Monitor and support the resolution of quality problems and the implementation of improvements, tracking scrap costs and excess inventory.
• Production Aid Management: Oversee costs and deadlines related to requested production aids, planning, and controlling special equipment costs.

To succeed, you will need

• Associates Degree/Bachelors Degree preferred but not required
• 8+ years’ experience in manufacturing operations preffered
• 3+ years‘ managerial experience preffered

Knowledge areas/Skills

• Experience in managing and motivating teams and in leading safety, quality and other improvment projects.
• Demonstrated skill and achievement in implementing lean practices in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated skill and achievement in successfully delivering quality products on-time.
• Solid experience with computerized ERP programs (Encompix preffered)

Other requirements

• Ability to work effectively with multiple groups to drive goals.
• Excellent writtten and verbal communication skills.

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package including 401k match
• Generous PTO package

Job location

This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Saugerties, NY. You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.

Behind every innovative solution, there are people working together to transform the future. With careers sparked by initiative and lifelong learning, we are uniting curious minds, and you could be one of them.

Information at a Glance

Ceres Technologies offers gas and vapour delivery equipment. The brand mainly serves the semiconductor industry, but also provides engineering solutions for customers in solar energy, display technology and industrial applications. Since its founding in 2011, the brand has gained a reputation for exceeding customers’ expectations. Beyond branded products, it also offers engineer-to-order solutions, systems integration and engineering services. The competent team is ready to help. Whether it be with a complete system integration or designing and installing a customized solution. The goal is to strengthen businesses, by bridging the gap between ideas and breakthroughs in molecule delivery. Ceres Technologies is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.