Production Manager, Steel Wire — Floor Leader to Senior Roles

petersonschool.online; Northbridge (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401(k)

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short‑term disability insurance

Long‑term disability insurance

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Employee referral program

Job summary

Riverdale Mills Corporation in Northbridge, Massachusetts, seeks an experienced, hands-on Production Manager to lead our steel wire manufacturing operations on the factory floor. This role is part of our succession plan to develop senior production leadership within two years.

You will supervise supervisors and hourly staff, coordinate materials, equipment, and schedules, and drive safety, quality, and productivity improvements while mentoring teams toward operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of meaningful manufacturing experience.
• Several years of supervisory or management responsibility in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing hourly manufacturing staff.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude.
• Practical understanding of industrial machinery and processes.
• Knowledge of motors, pumps, hydraulics, compressors, chillers, piping, and electrical systems.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to set priorities and manage multiple issues.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage the day‑to‑day operations of assigned manufacturing departments.
• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, line leaders, and production employees.
• Organize labor, equipment, materials, and production schedules to meet operating and customer requirements.
• Meet production, quality, safety, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Monitor productivity, downtime, scrap, quality, labor utilization, and manufacturing performance.
• Identify production problems and take responsibility for resolving them.
• Work closely with maintenance, engineering, quality, purchasing, shipping, and senior management.
• Improve workflow, productivity, equipment utilization, housekeeping, and operating discipline.
• Build and maintain a strong safety culture.
• Coach supervisors in leadership, communication, accountability, and employee development.
• Establish and maintain effective employee training programs.
• Support Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and waste‑reduction initiatives.
• Participate in equipment improvements, installations, modernization projects, and capital planning.
• Support budgeting, labor planning, cost control, and operating performance.
• Use production data and performance metrics to identify problems and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain high standards for product quality and customer satisfaction.
• Develop the technical knowledge and management capability necessary to assume substantially greater production responsibility over time.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Supervisory experience

Mechanical aptitude

Industrial machinery knowledge

Problem solving

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Riverdale Mills Corporation in Northbridge, Massachusetts, seeks an experienced, hands-on Production Manager to lead our steel wire manufacturing operations on the factory floor. This role is part of our succession plan to develop senior production leadership within two years.

You will supervise supervisors and hourly staff, coordinate materials, equipment, and schedules, and drive safety, quality, and productivity improvements while mentoring teams toward operational excellence.