Plant Operations Leader — Lean Manufacturing & CAD Integration

Step into a day where your decisions move production forward

You start with a floor walk: safety checks, a glance at the KPI board, and a quick huddle with production, quality, and maintenance. By mid‑morning, you’re shoulder‑to‑shoulder with engineering and drafting, reviewing drawings and GD&T to ensure designs translate cleanly to the line. The afternoon brings a kaizen blitz on scrap reduction, a capital project review, and coaching supervisors across shifts. It’s full operational ownership with the autonomy to modernize—and executive support to make it stick.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base compensation: $110,000 - $135,000
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Leadership autonomy with strong executive backing
• Stable plant environment primed for modernization and continuous improvement
• Direct influence on engineering and production strategy

Your Core Impact

• Own daily plant operations across production, quality, safety, and maintenance
• Partner with engineering/drafting to validate manufacturability and close the gap from CAD to the factory floor
• Lift throughput, reduce scrap, and advance KPI performance
• Build and develop supervisors and frontline teams across multiple shifts
• Manage budgets, equipment, materials, and capital projects
• Deploy Lean, 5S, and targeted process‑improvement initiatives

What You Bring

• 5–10+ years leading in a manufacturing environment
• Hands‑on experience with engineering drawings and GD&T, collaborating closely with drafting teams
• Depth in Lean, continuous improvement, or process optimization
• A track record of boosting plant performance and leading teams through change
• Ability to shape culture, champion safety, and drive operational excellence

Your Toolkit

• Leadership and people management
• Spanish language proficiency
• CAD software literacy
• Manufacturing Instructions (MI) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Supervisory experience
• OSHA 10‑Hour Certification (OSHA 10)
• Mechanical design and engineering familiarity
• Six Sigma experience
• Operational metrics and KPI management
• ERP & MRP systems
• Production planning and scheduling
• Workplace safety and EHS management

Tools & Technologies

• 2D drawings (AutoCAD, SolidWorks)
• CAD platforms (AutoCAD, SolidWorks)
• ERP software

Why This Role

It’s a chance to lead a plant where your engineering insight, Lean expertise, and leadership directly shape outcomes. If you’re ready to modernize, mentor, and outperform, let’s talk.