Production Manger

Nortek Data Center Cooling; Dyersburg (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD

Job summary

Nortek Data Center Cooling designs systems that keep modern data centers running, from liquid cooling to large-air solutions. The Production Manager will lead logistics, materials, planning, and manufacturing, ensuring production stays within efficiency and cost targets while meeting quality specs.

The role requires 3+ years in production with a track record of improving operations, plus strong leadership, teamwork, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience and/or bachelor’s degree.
• Industry relevant production experience.
• Knowledge of business and management, HR, and project management principles.

Responsibilities

• Maximize production line efficiency and optimize labor use.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate manufacturing to meet goals.
• Analyze delivery and inventory issues and implement solutions.
• Control production conditions to satisfy quality specs.
• Participate in standardization and cost reduction efforts.
• Organize workflow to meet production demands cost-effectively.
• Identify process improvements and implement changes.
• Develop cost-effective production improvements and alternatives.
• Maintain safe and morale-boosting work environment.
• Manage stock control, distribution, and scheduling tasks.
• Oversee hiring, interviewing, and training of personnel.
• Analyze material usage and determine optimal control levels.
• Coordinate with product line manager on customer orders and shipments.

Skills

Team leadership

Accountability

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Teamwork

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Maximize your potential. Minimize your footprint.

Nortek Data Center Cooling builds the systems that keep modern data centers running — from liquid cooling to large‑scale air solutions. Our work supports some of the world’s most demanding AI and hyperscale environments, and we solve those challenges with engineering depth and practical execution.

We keep things simple here. We communicate early, stay close to the details, and follow through. When issues come up, we address them directly, not with layers of process. Customers count on us because we do what we say and we keep projects moving.

Our culture is hands‑on and collaborative. People take ownership, move quickly, and help each other. If you like working with teammates who are straightforward and accountable, you’ll feel at home.

Job Summary

The Production Manager is responsible for the overall aspectual process production. This role is to provide leadership of logistics, materials, planning, and manufacturing functions and to manage these tasks directly. The production manager’s key challenge is to maintain production within specific guidelines for production efficiency, labor cost, product rework, waste amounts, and control of on-hold product.

Key Responsibilities

• Maximize the efficiency of production lines and ensuring the effective employment utilization.
• Planning, directing, and coordinating the manufacturing of products in compliance with company goals and objectives.
• Analyzing delivery and inventory issues and providing solutions.
• Establishing and controlling conditions of production to satisfy customer and quality specifications.
• Participating actively in standardization, cost reduction, and finding out ERP system protocols.
• Organizing and directing workflow for satisfying production requirements in a cost-efficient manner.
• Investigation and analyzing new coordinates and processes, where feasible.
• Developing and motivating the cost-effective alternatives and improvements to production process.
• Maintaining employee safety and morale by creating safe working and efficient working environment.
• Managing the stock control, distribution, production-scheduling tasks
• Maintaining proper employment levels through selecting, interviewing, and training of personnel.
• Performing analysis of manufacturing materials and determining optimum control levels.
• Liaising with the product line manager on planning and predicting customer orders to satisfy shipments.
• Other duties as assigned by Manager.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Hold themselves and other team members accountable and focus on Safety as a core value.
• Values integrity works transparently and is recognized for treating others with respect.
• Takes accountability to create and execute solutions that deliver desired results and can “own it” in a Performance Driven Culture.
• Ability to work collaboratively and lead teams in a Teamwork culture.
• Ability to ignite and lead change as a catalyst for improvement.
• Can thrive in a “legacy now” culture in which we strive to do the right thing for the company today, even if it is the hard thing, and leave behind a stronger company for the next generation of employees.
• Strong leadership skills including ability to think strategically, solve problems and create a motivating team environment.
• Ability to select and hire “A” players, continuously develops employees, coaches to maximize performance and manages underperformers.
• A “builder” who is comfortable in a continuous improvement culture.

Job Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience and/or bachelor’s degree.
• Industry relevant production experience.
• Tangible track record of improving organizational effectiveness and operations management.
• Knowledge of business and management, HR, and project management principles and practices.
• Must possess excellent computer skills (Microsoft applications (i.e. excel, word, PPT, etc).
• Must have leadership, coaching and mentoring skills.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and possess a “can-do” with quality first attitude and take “ownership” over Logistics initiatives.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Our benefits package includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA and 401(k) Plan with company contributions.

Nortek Data Center Cooling. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.