Manager Production

Manager Production Job Category:

OPS MGMT & SUPPORT

Requisition Number:

MANAG002673

Posting Details

Posted:

April 9, 2026 Full-Time Locations Showing 1 location Broussard, LA 70518, USA Job Details

Description Position Overview:

The Production Manager is a key operational leader responsible for driving safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement across all areas of the manufacturing floor. This rolebines strategic oversight with hands-on execution to ensure production goals are achieved while fostering a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and collaboration. The Production Manager leads cross-functional initiatives, optimizes planning and resource allocation, standardizes best practices, and implements waste-reduction strategies to support long-term operational excellence. Strong leadership,munication, project management, and problem-solving skills are essential to align daily operations with broader business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Safety & Compliance Enforce all health, safety, and environmental requirements across the production floor. Promote a strong safety culture by encouraging openmunication, near-miss reporting, and recognition of safe behaviors. Develop, implement, and maintain site-specific safety programs, including lockout/tagout, PPE requirements, and emergency response procedures. Lead incident investigations, including root cause analysis, documentation of findings, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions. Production Planning & Scheduling Evaluate equipment, labor, and facility capacity to ensure production goals are realistic and achievable, including planning for peak demand and maintenance downtime. Monitor raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods to maintain appropriate inventory levels and support efficient production flow. Partner with cross-functional teams to understand production requirements and translate them into effective schedules and execution plans. Allocate labor and material resources to meet production targets, quality expectations, and customermitments. Work closely with sales, logistics, engineering, and quality to align production plans with business priorities and customer needs. Continuous Improvement Identify and implement opportunities to optimize processes, improve efficiency, and reduce lead times. Lean Manufacturing principles to eliminate non-value-added activities and improve workflow. Lead continuous improvement initiatives, including kaizen events and value stream mapping activities. Drive improvements in material flow, resource utilization, bottleneck reduction, and overall operational performance. Collaboration & Communication Establish strongmunication channels between production, procurement, logistics, engineering, and quality teams. Translate strategic goals into clear, actionable expectations for supervisors and frontline employees. Implement structured shift handover practices to improve continuity, issue escalation, and accountability. Create feedback mechanisms to gather frontline input and support engagement and continuous improvement. Leadmunication during unplanned events such as equipment failures or safety incidents, ensuring timely updates and alignment across stakeholders. Promote employee engagement through regular meetings, teammunication, and consistent reinforcement ofpany values. Standard Work Development Develop and maintain standardized work procedures that improve consistency, safety, quality, and efficiency. Collaborate with operators, engineering, and quality teams to define and document best-known methods for critical tasks. Ensure standard work remains current by incorporating improvements identified through kaizen, safety reviews, and quality findings. Waste Reduction Identify and implement strategies to reduce waste, including excess inventory, overproduction, material movement, and inefficiencies in process flow. Monitor key performance indicators to measure the impact of waste-reduction efforts. Partner with engineering to support design-for-manufacturability initiatives that simplify production and reduce waste at the source. Project Management Lead cross-functional projects involving process improvements, equipment upgrades, and facility expansion efforts. Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements to ensure successful execution. Coordinate with engineering, maintenance, procurement, and external vendors to align project deliverables with operational needs. Facilitate project reviews, status updates, and stakeholdermunication throughout the project lifecycle. Overseemissioning, validation, and operational handoff ofpleted projects. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment, including at least 2 years in a leadership role. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to use data to drive results. Excellentmunication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions. Proven project management experience with a record of successfully leading operational or system improvement initiatives. About FET FET (Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.) is a globalpany, serving the crude oil, natural gas, and renewable energy industries. FET is headquartered in Houston, TX with quality manufacturing, efficient distribution, and service facilities conveniently located to support the major energy-producing regions of the world. Forum's products and services range from the underwater reservoir to the refinery, from the sea floor to the above ground transportation line. We pride ourselves on giving you aprehensive offering of solutions to maximize your operations and improve your bottom line. Our customers are our partners and we work with them to solve their ever-changing challenges. FET is an Equal Opportunity Employer. FET does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment decisions and practices at FET are subject to the foregoing non-discrimination provisions and are based solely on merit,petence, performance, and business needs at the time. Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. 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