Senior Extrusion Operations Manager

Society of Defense Financial Management; Cleveland, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Peak Nano seeks a Manufacturing Manager to lead a three-shift, 24/7 extrusion operation, transitioning from R&D to repeatable commercial production. Your focus will be standard work, handoffs, process controls, training, and on-time delivery with quality and yield targets.

You will chart metrics, drive improvements, and coordinate maintenance, spares, and consumables, while partnering with cross-functional teams to build reliability for scalable manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations management, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant manufacturing experience.
• 7+ years of progressive manufacturing experience, including 3 years leading technicians, operators, or shift supervisors in a multi-shift operation.
• Experience managing extrusion operations in high-volume, continuous-process manufacturing; thin-film extrusion preferred.
• Proven ability to implement standard work, production metrics, shift accountability, and structured continuous-improvement practices.
• Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, critical-spares management, and consumables inventory controls.
• Strong quality and problem-solving background, including process control, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, yield improvement, and reduction of scrap and rework.

Responsibilities

• Lead a three-shift, 24/7 manufacturing operation delivering the production schedule safely.
• Establish standard work, shift routines, effective handoffs, process controls, training, documentation and expectations.
• Own planned and preventive maintenance coordination, critical spare-parts readiness, and consumables tracking.
• Collaborate with R&D, engineering, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and program management to resolve constraints.

Skills

Process control

Root-cause analysis

Yield improvement

Scrap reduction

Training and coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / manufacturing / operations management

Job description

Peak Nano seeks a Manufacturing Manager to lead a three-shift, 24/7 extrusion operation, transitioning from R&D to repeatable commercial production. Your focus will be standard work, handoffs, process controls, training, and on-time delivery with quality and yield targets.

You will chart metrics, drive improvements, and coordinate maintenance, spares, and consumables, while partnering with cross-functional teams to build reliability for scalable manufacturing.