Production Manager

Job family: Manufacturing Business area: Environment & Energy Contract location: Ruston, LA, US, 71270 Working location: Ruston Location type: Office Location / Office-based Contract type: Permanent Job description: Every day, ANDRITZ continues to deliver successful innovative solutions to our customers globally. Why are we so successful? Because we are passionate and love what we do! We are at the forefront of future engineering technologies, with solutions that ensure the success of our clients in key industries that are shaping the future of the world we live in. ***RELOCATION AVAILABLE*** Brief Description Lead end-to-end manufacturing strategy and execution to convert business priorities, customer demand, and growth plans into safe reliable, and cost-effective results. Direct production leaders and coordinate cross-functional partners to improve capacity, workforce capability, quality, delivery, productivity, and financial performance. Establish a disciplined operating system, strengthen leadership depth, and sponsor Lean continuous improvement that enables scalable growth and consistently meets customer commitments. Key Responsibilities Reports to the site leader and directs production supervisors and supporting production leaders across assigned manufacturing operations. Accountable for coordinating production performance with scheduling, supply chain, engineering, quality, EHS, maintenance, finance, and human resources. Own the manufacturing strategy and operating plan for all production activities from material receipt through fabrication, interim quality verification, coating/painting, and shipment. Translate the site business plan, sales forecast, backlog, and customer priorities into capacity, labor, equipment, and production plans that balance safety, quality, delivery, and cost. Lead, coach, and hold accountable production supervisors and supporting leaders; establish clear objectives, standard work, performance routines, succession plans, and development pathways. Build leadership bandwidth by strengthening frontline decision-making, delegation, cross-training, and coverage for critical production responsibilities. Establish and lead a tiered daily and monthly management system that uses operational KPIs, visual controls, root-cause analysis, and documented countermeasures to identify deviations, assign ownership, remove constraints, and sustain corrective action. Partner with scheduling, supply chain, engineering, quality, EHS, maintenance, and finance to identify constraints, manage risk, and improve total plant performance. Lead capacity planning and manufacturing readiness for business growth, new products, major projects, and capital equipment; define resource requirements and support business-case development. Set performance targets and lead corrective action to improve throughput, labor productivity, schedule attainment, first-pass quality, rework, scrap, overtime, inventory flow, and manufacturing cost while protecting safety, customer requirements, and delivery commitments. Sponsor Lean manufacturing, 5S, standard work, value-stream improvement, and problem-solving disciplines; ensure improvements are documented, trained, audited, and sustained. Ensure disciplined ERP execution through accurate and timely labor, material, inventory, and work order transactions; establish review routines that identify data gaps, correct recurring errors, and support reliable production planning and performance reporting. Partner with engineering to improve design-for-manufacturability, production methods, tooling,fixtures, templates, routings, and implementation of engineering changes. Partner with quality to maintain process controls, inspection discipline, nonconformance containment, corrective action, and compliance with customer and internal requirements. Consistently embody and promote the #1ANDRITZway core values and #ALeaders behaviors, fostering ownership, collaboration, openness, and customer focus. Partner wit…

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