Senior Manufacturing Operations Leader — Safety & Delivery

Forum Energy Technologies; Clearfield (Clearfield County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Forum Energy Technologies seeks an Operations Manager to lead the Clearfield manufacturing site, ensuring safe, productive, and compliant operations that meet customer commitments and financial goals. You will set priorities, manage resources, drive production, and lead continuous improvement with cross-functional partners across engineering, quality, supply chain, finance, and commercial teams.

This role requires a proven track record in lean manufacturing, cost control, and delivering

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, fabrication, engineered equipment, or heavy industrial operations.
• Experience leading a manufacturing facility or major plant operation with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and financial performance.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, forecasts, cost performance, cost rolls, operational KPIs, and margin improvement.
• Experience working with fabricated, packaged, engineered-to-order, or configure-to-order equipment is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business, or related discipline is preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of the Clearfield manufacturing operation, including production, fabrication, assembly, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, and facility performance.
• Establish operational priorities, production schedules, resource allocation, staffing plans, and capacity requirements to meet business objectives.
• Drive performance across safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Lead plant financial performance through effective management of budgets, forecasts, KPIs, productivity initiatives, and cost improvement efforts.
• Partner with engineering, quality, supply chain, finance, and commercial teams to ensure efficient execution from product design through customer delivery.
• Oversee inventory, material availability, supplier performance, logistics, and on-time delivery performance.
• Ensure the reliability, maintenance, and continuous improvement of plant equipment, facilities, and manufacturing processes.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety, quality, throughput, delivery, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and lead a high-performing leadership team while fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Financial management

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety & regulatory

Communication

Decision making

Operations knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Forum Energy Technologies seeks an Operations Manager to lead the Clearfield manufacturing site, ensuring safe, productive, and compliant operations that meet customer commitments and financial goals. You will set priorities, manage resources, drive production, and lead continuous improvement with cross-functional partners across engineering, quality, supply chain, finance, and commercial teams.

This role requires a proven track record in lean manufacturing, cost control, and delivering