Senior Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager

Cummins Inc; Plainfield (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc in Plainfield, IN is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager to lead a high-performing manufacturing team. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, and productivity while developing talent and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

You will collaborate across functions, set clear expectations, and empower teams to execute with accountability. This role emphasizes leadership, communication, and strong problem-solving skills to achieve operational

Qualifications

• Lead, coach, and mentor production teams to foster accountability and high performance.
• Manage daily manufacturing operations with focus on safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
• Collaborate with operations, quality, engineering, maintenance, and safety to drive improvements.
• Set clear expectations and develop training plans to support employee growth.

Responsibilities

• Build High-Performing Teams by fostering a diverse, skilled workforce.
• Drive Collaboration and Partnership across functions, sites, and stakeholders.
• Communicate with Clarity and Influence to ensure alignment and informed decisions.
• Lead Talent Development to strengthen capabilities and future talent pipelines.
• Provide Direction and Empower Execution by removing barriers and enabling accountability.
• Foster Engagement and Inclusion to value diverse perspectives.
• Drive Results and Continuous Improvement through proactive problem solving.
• Champion Safety and Operational Excellence and lead root cause analysis.

Skills

Leadership & Team Development

Production & Operational Excellence

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Training & Employee Development

Education

College degree or equivalent

Job description

We’re seeking a talented Senior Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager to join the Manufacturing teamfor our location inPlainfield, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Build High-Performing Teams: Foster a strong team culture by leveraging diverse skills, experiences, and perspectives to achieve shared goals and deliver business results.
• Drive Collaboration and Partnership: Establish productive relationships across functions, sites, and stakeholder groups to align priorities, solve challenges, and achieve common objectives.
• Communicate with Clarity and Influence: Deliver clear, effective, and audience-appropriate communications that drive understanding, alignment, and informed decision-making.
• Lead Talent Development: Coach, mentor, and develop employees to strengthen capabilities, support career growth, and build a sustainable pipeline of future talent.
• Provide Direction and Empower Execution: Set clear expectations, delegate effectively, remove barriers, and create accountability to enable teams to perform at their best.
• Foster Engagement and Inclusion: Create an environment where employees feel valued, respected, and motivated to contribute, while embracing diverse perspectives and experiences.
• Drive Results and Continuous Improvement: Deliver consistent business outcomes by making sound decisions, solving problems proactively, and identifying opportunities to improve processes, quality, and efficiency.
• Champion Safety, Conflict Resolution, and Operational Excellence: Promote a culture of safety, lead effective resolution of workplace challenges, support thorough root cause analysis of incidents, and implement corrective actions that strengthen organizational performance.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Leadership & Team Development: Proven ability to lead, coach, and mentor production teams while fostering accountability, engagement, and a high-performance culture.
• Production & Operational Excellence: Experience managing daily manufacturing operations, balancing resources, and consistently achieving safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Problem Solving: Ability to work effectively with partners across operations, quality, engineering, maintenance, and safety functions to identify issues and implement sustainable improvements.
• Training, Communication & Employee Development: Strong capability to set clear expectations, provide constructive feedback, identify skill gaps, and develop effective training plans that support employee growth and operational success.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree required.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

Intermediate level of supervisory experience required.

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit http://EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.