Your main mission will be to direct the development and implementation of activities in the production area(s) to meet production goals, quality, and cost objectives. You will direct and fully optimize all operations within the Fabrication area (including punching, bending, roll forming, welding, painting, and secondary operations). You will serve as the key bridge to translate Plant Management’s strategy into measurable tactical results, ensuring operational efficiency, process scalability, and the perfect alignment of human and technological resources.

Responsibilities

- Take full strategic responsibility for the entire manufacturing operation
- Expertly prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply.
- Plan, administer, and develop procedures and budgets. You will make budgetary recommendations regarding—and directly control—capital expenditures (CapEx) as well as direct and indirect labor costs.
- Develop schedules and manpower requirements for assigned areas, ensuring optimal alignment with production volume.
- Systematically eliminate bottlenecks between the cutting and forming departments to guarantee a continuous, lean flow toward assembly or painting.
- Institutionally deploy Lean Manufacturing methodologies (5S, SMED for quick tool changes, Kaizen)



to elevate the plant's general competitiveness.
- Manage all team activities, making staffing decisions, providing training and development, and overseeing performance management.
- Validate the manufacturing feasibility Design for Manufacturing – DFM of new projects before they ever hit the production floor.
- Manage KPIs

Requirements

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- Advanced English
- +4 of experience in management roles within high‑mix, low‑volume metal‑mechanic manufacturing plants.
- Mandatory Technical Domain: Deep, auditable expertise managing fabrication machinery and processes, specifically: bending, punching, roll forming, welding, and painting.
- Methodologies: Active Black Belt or Green Belt Certification in Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing.
- Powerful leadership style, strong character, and a solid track record managing large, multidisciplinary teams.
- Acute sense of urgency, resilience, exceptional decision‑making under pressure, and a results‑driven mindset.
- Highly developed capability to plan budgets and directly bridge operational efficiency, headcount requirements, and scrap metrics to the plant’s financial bottom line (P&L; impact).

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📌 Manufacturing Manager (Isla Guadalupe)
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📍 Isla Guadalupe