
Manufacturing Production Manager
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Job overview
The Production Manager leads 24/7 manufacturing operations, overseeing production supervisors and manufacturing teams to meet safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives. The role manages daily operations across multiple shifts, develops employees, monitors performance indicators, and partners with cross-functional teams to resolve challenges and improve performance. It also drives Lean and continuous improvement initiatives and supports workforce planning, budgets, and operational excellence.
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Full job description
The Production Manager is responsible for leading 24/7 manufacturing operations to ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective production of high-quality technology products. This role oversees production supervisors and manufacturing teams, ensuring achievement of safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives while fostering a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Manage day-to-day production operations across multiple shifts in a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Ensure production schedules are met while maintaining safety, quality, and customer delivery requirements. Lead, coach, and develop production supervisors and frontline employees. Monitor and improve key performance indicators including safety, quality, output, yield, OEE, labor productivity, and on-time delivery. Partner with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, and Supply Chain teams to resolve operational challenges and improve performance. Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and optimize production capacity. Ensure compliance with company policies, safety regulations, and quality standards. Manage workforce planning, staffing, training, performance management, and employee engagement activities. Support budget objectives and identify opportunities for cost reduction and operational excellence. Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, or related field preferred. 5-8 years of manufacturing leadership experience, including supervision of production teams. Experience in a high-volume, technology, electronics, or advanced manufacturing environment preferred. Strong knowledge of manufacturing metrics, Lean principles, and continuous improvement methodologies. Demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills. Success Measures Success in this role is measured through achievement of safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and employee engagement objectives while ensuring reliable manufacturing performance in a 24/7 operation. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
How this job compares
Set against the 636 open Production Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$95–130K/yr316 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 41 open Production Manager jobs in Pennsylvania and 636 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Sanofi Group3 open
- Robert Half Finance & Accounting2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Production Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (481 postings).
- Education
- 175 of the 636 open Production Manager jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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