Director of Manufacturing and Operational Excellence
SJEWe are Proud to be SJE! At SJE , we are more than a company — we are a family of brands with a shared vision and mission to provide industry-leading, innovative, and reliable control and monitoring solutions that improve efficiencies, protect the environment, and deliver dependable solutions to our valued customers. We are looking for a Director of Manufacturing and Operational Excellence to support our SJE Revere brand. Our Revere brand is a leading provider of automation and control solutions for the industrial, water and wastewater treatment, power and energy, manufacturing, food and beverage, oil and gas, and pulp and paper industries. We design, build, and implement customized automation and control systems for highly complex projects. Check us out at Reverecontrol.com (https://www.reverecontrol.com/) or SJEinc.com (https://sjeinc.com/) !. The job: The Director of Manufacturing and Operational Excellence provides leadership for SJE’s manufacturing network and drives the operating improvements required to support growth, quality, delivery, and profitability. This leader will build a more standardized, scalable manufacturing model across SJE ECS sites, with particular focus on panel manufacturing, PanelConnex manufacturing, automation, capacity planning, and continuous improvement. The role will translate the Operations Strategy into execution: establishing common manufacturing standards, advancing the hub-and-spoke operating model, improving daily management practices, and leading investment decisions that increase capacity and reduce manufacturing complexity. The skills you need: What will you do in this role: Manufacturing Strategy and Network Development Lead the development and implementation of the future-state manufacturing network, including hub-and-spoke roles, site capabilities, work-share processes, and capacity planning. Define which products, projects, and manufacturing activities should remain local versus move to manufacturing hubs or shared-service capabilities. Establish clear operating requirements for manufacturing hubs, spoke sites, and customer FAT locations. Lead the Ashland hub pilot and help develop the business case for expanded hub capabilities in Birmingham and a future Florida regional operations center. Partner with Operations, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, and Commercial leaders to align demand, capacity, scheduling, and customer commitments. Continuous Improvement and Manufacturing Standardization Build and lead a practical continuous improvement system across manufacturing locations. Standardize work instructions, routings, bills of material, quality requirements, visual management, 5S practices, and problem-solving methods. Establish and sustain Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI) routines that connect shop-floor issues to site and enterprise leadership action. Lead Kaizen events and improvement projects focused on safety, quality, labor productivity, flow, lead time, rework, and on-time delivery. Develop common manufacturing metrics, definitions, targets, and escalation thresholds across all sites. Ensure corrective actions address root causes and improve performance across the network, rather than only at an individual location. PanelConnex and Panel Manufacturing Lead the manufacturing strategy and operating model for PanelConnex and other panel manufacturing businesses. Improve panel manufacturing consistency, quality, throughput, and labor efficiency across sites. Standardize panel design-to-build processes, including engineering handoff, materials, manufacturing instructions, testing, and final acceptance. Create a scalable approach for allocating panel work based on project complexity, customer needs, site capacity, and available technical capability. Support the growth of PanelConnex manufacturing while maintaining customer responsiveness and product quality. Manufacturing Automation and Digital Manufacturing Develop and execute the manufacturin…