Senior Multi-Site Manufacturing Leader

Mortenson; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and prescription drug plans

Dental plan

401k retirement plan with a Mortenson

Paid time off, holidays, and other le>

Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disabled

No-Cost mental health tool and work‑lI

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption Assistance

Gym Membership Discount Program

Job summary

Mortenson, in partnership with BLUvera, seeks a Manufacturing Executive to lead a multi-site manufacturing organization and build a safe, scalable production network that can grow with demand.

Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing, you will translate business demand into predictable execution, establish an enterprise operating system with standard work, KPIs, and routines, and develop leaders across locations.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading multi-site manufacturing organizations or a complex network of facilities.
• Proven accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and workforce performance.
• Experience establishing and scaling operating systems, standard work, metrics, and daily management.
• Strong knowledge of Lean, CI, value-stream management, and root-cause problem solving.
• Strong executive communication and cross-functional partnering.

Responsibilities

• Lead BLUvera's manufacturing organization across all operating locations, product families, and manufacturing models.
• Establish and execute the enterprise manufacturing strategy in alignment with BLUvera's priorities and growth plans.
• Own manufacturing performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, throughput, labor efficiency, capacity, and team development.
• Lead, coach, and develop Senior Operations Managers and other manufacturing leaders.
• Create clear accountability between enterprise leadership and site leaders across locations.
• Establish a consistent operating system, standard work, daily management, and visual performance management.
• Build common KPIs, scorecards, and operating rhythms across facilities.
• Translate backlog, forecasts, and project demand into capacity plans.
• Lead network-level decisions on production allocation, facility utilization, and workforce deployment.
• Partner with Supply Chain and S&O to improve material availability, planning, inventory, and logistics.
• Industrialize products with Manufacturing Engineering and ensure transfer to repeatable production.
• Embed critical-to-quality requirements with Quality and preventive actions.
• Partner with Safety to maintain a culture of safe execution.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Project Management, Engineering, and Commercial teams for readiness.
• Lead production-readiness and handoffs before release to production.
• Drive standardization across locations while preserving flexibility.
• Lead continuous improvement using Lean principles and disciplined countermeasures.
• Improve flow, productivity, cycle time, and asset utilization.
• Replace heroics with repeatable systems and defined decision rights.
• Move improvements from prototype to sustained execution with training.
• Build capability through workforce planning and leadership development.
• Develop an engaged manufacturing culture rooted in trust and accountability.
• Assess organizational structure and staffing for growth.
• Support facility strategy and capital investment decisions.
• Develop business cases for equipment, automation, and processes.
• Provide executive reporting on performance, risks, and investments.
• Represent BLUvera manufacturing with customers and partners.
• Ensure the organization delivers on commitments while enabling future growth.

Skills

Executive leadership

Lean manufacturing

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, engineering, operations management, business, construction, or related discipline

Job description

Mortenson, in partnership with BLUvera, seeks a Manufacturing Executive to lead a multi-site manufacturing organization and build a safe, scalable production network that can grow with demand.

Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing, you will translate business demand into predictable execution, establish an enterprise operating system with standard work, KPIs, and routines, and develop leaders across locations.