Texas Manufacturing Site Leader - Lean Operations

MDC Precision; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MDC Precision in Texas seeks a Site Leader to oversee day-to-day manufacturing operations, drive safety, quality, and on-time delivery, and manage costs. This role partners with finance, quality, and engineering in a matrix organization to align resources and improve performance.

The ideal candidate will have extensive manufacturing leadership experience, expertise in Lean methods, and a proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and execute strategic priorities at the site level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of manufacturing, operations, plant, or site leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience improving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing economics, budgeting, cost structures, capacity, and operational performance.
• Experience leading teams within a matrix organization.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and people leadership capabilities.
• Previous experience as Plant Manager or Site Leader.
• Experience with capital planning and automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the Texas manufacturing facility and establish clear priorities and accountability for site performance.
• Drive performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Efficiency, Productivity, and direct reports metrics.
• Ensure production schedules, customer delivery requirements, staffing, materials, equipment, and capacity are effectively coordinated.
• Establish a strong culture of safety, quality, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop the site’s operational direct workforce.
• Manage site operating expenses, labor productivity, manufacturing efficiency, inventory performance, and cost-improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Finance on budgets, forecasts, cost controls, and financial performance.
• Partner with Quality leadership to ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and MDC Precision requirements.
• Ensure compliance with established environmental, health, safety, quality, and operational policies and procedures.
• Coordinate closely with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Human Resources, Finance, Sales, and other functional leaders within MDC’s matrix organization.
• Drive Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, waste reduction, productivity, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Identify operational constraints, capacity requirements, equipment needs, and process improvements and develop appropriate recommendations.
• Support capital planning and implementation of approved equipment, automation, facility, and capacity investments.
• Support customer requirements and serve as an operational escalation point when significant manufacturing, quality, or delivery issues arise.
• Communicate site performance, risks, resource requirements, and improvement priorities to executive and functional leadership.
• Execute company initiatives and strategic priorities at the site level.
• Maintain a visible leadership presence throughout the facility and foster strong employee communication and engagement.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Safety & Quality

Cross-functional collaboration

People development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or related discipline

Job description

MDC Precision in Texas seeks a Site Leader to oversee day-to-day manufacturing operations, drive safety, quality, and on-time delivery, and manage costs. This role partners with finance, quality, and engineering in a matrix organization to align resources and improve performance.

The ideal candidate will have extensive manufacturing leadership experience, expertise in Lean methods, and a proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and execute strategic priorities at the site level.