Highlights
The ideal candidate is a proven manufacturing leader who has successfully ramped up a new facility, built high-performing teams, established processes, and transitioned an operation into a stable sustaining environment. Serve as a senior customer-facing leader, including direct interaction with high-level customer executives and support of customer-specific manufacturing requirements.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Richardson, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Director of Manufacturing
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Salary: $190,000–$225,000 + 25% bonus potential, with additional upside based on company performance
Salary: $190,000–$225,000 + 25% bonus potential, with additional upside based on company performance
About the Opportunity
We are seeking a Director of Manufacturing to lead the launch, ramp-up, and long-term manufacturing operations of a major new facility in Fort Worth, TX. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity with a rapidly growing organization supporting the continued expansion of data center infrastructure.
The Fort Worth facility is expected to scale to approximately 2,500 employees and will manufacture server racks, storage units, switches, and related products. The operation will involve high-volume manual assembly, a wide range of materials, new equipment implementation, and integration of customer-provided products into completed systems.
The ideal candidate is a proven manufacturing leader who has successfully ramped up a new facility, built high-performing teams, established processes, and transitioned an operation into a stable sustaining environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the startup, ramp-up, and stabilization of the Fort Worth manufacturing facility, establishing processes, staffing structures, operating standards, and performance expectations.
- Build and develop the manufacturing organization, including an engineering team of approximately 50–60 engineers across three management teams.
- Oversee high-volume manual assembly operations, new equipment implementation, process development, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with engineering, quality, supply chain, operations, and other functions to drive safety, quality, productivity, capacity, and delivery.
- Serve as a senior customer-facing leader, including direct interaction with high-level customer executives and support of customer-specific manufacturing requirements.
- Transition the facility from rapid growth and startup activities into a stable, scalable, sustaining manufacturing environment.
- Report directly to the General Manager.
Must Have
- 15+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
- Proven experience ramping up a new manufacturing facility.
- Strong background in manual assembly and high-volume production.
- Experience implementing new manufacturing equipment and processes.
- Demonstrated success building and scaling manufacturing teams.
- Strong customer interfacing experience, including executive-level customers.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
Highly Preferred.
- Experience with server racks, storage systems, switches, or similar complex assemblies.
- Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience.
- Experience supporting customer-specific manufacturing programs.
Leadership Profile
This is a unique opportunity for a senior manufacturing leader who can build the operation from the ground up and then sustain it at scale. The successful candidate will be comfortable leading through rapid growth, developing a large organization, working directly with customers, and establishing the operational foundation required for a world-class manufacturing environment.
Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.