Senior Manufacturing Operations Leader (CNC & Molding)

Burger & Brown Engineering, Inc.; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Burger & Brown Engineering, Inc. seeks a senior manufacturing leader to run day-to-day operations across CNC machining, injection molding, and quality.

You will develop managers, own plant performance, and partner with engineering on new products and tooling to meet delivery targets. The role requires building lean processes, improving capacity, and driving continuous improvement across safety, quality, and efficiency while mentoring teams and coordinating capital priorities with executive

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive leadership in manufacturing.
• 3+ years managing manufacturing departments or teams.
• Experience with CNC machining, injection molding or aerospace manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of KPIs: OEE, quality, on-time delivery, capacity.
• Experience with continuous improvement initiatives and problem solving.
• Ability to read technical drawings and tolerance specs.
• Experience with ERP in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record developing leaders and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations across CNC, molding and quality.
• Develop department managers and manufacturing leaders.
• Own plant performance on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, scrap and capacity.
• Maintain strong floor presence and resolve production constraints.
• Drive scheduling and resource allocation to meet customer delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering on NPI, manufacturability and tooling.
• Lead lean initiatives: 5S, standard work, root-cause analysis.
• Monitor utilization, throughput, bottlenecks and downtime.
• Ensure quality systems meet requirements; drive continuous improvement.
• Develop supervisors and create accountability for results.
• Participate in capital planning, automation and capacity expansion.
• Work with CEO on operational strategy, growth and priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing KPIs

Continuous Improvement

Resource Allocation

Problem Solving

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Communication

Education

Engineering/Technical degree

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

ERP Systems

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Office

Job description

Burger & Brown Engineering, Inc. seeks a senior manufacturing leader to run day-to-day operations across CNC machining, injection molding, and quality.

You will develop managers, own plant performance, and partner with engineering on new products and tooling to meet delivery targets. The role requires building lean processes, improving capacity, and driving continuous improvement across safety, quality, and efficiency while mentoring teams and coordinating capital priorities with executive