Job Title:  Production Manager

TMC is seeking a hands-on, results-driven Production Manager to lead critical manufacturing operations at our Peabody, MA facility. This role is pivotal in driving daily execution, delivering high-quality products on time, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader with experience in managing teams in a complex, manual low volume high mix production environment and a strong grasp of lean principles. The Production Manager will provide leadership and tactical oversight to production and facilities teams, focusing on performance, throughput, and alignment with company goals in safety, quality, and delivery.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations across key manufacturing areas, ensuring schedule adherence, product quality, and operational efficiency.
• Drive operational process improvements to support business goals with the emphasis on safety, quality, on time delivery, inventory, and productivity.  
• Provide leadership, guidance, and direction to all employees.  
• Drive a culture of accountability, urgency, and continuous improvement, setting clear expectations and following through on performance.
• Supervise daily Gemba walks to reinforce standards, identify barriers to flow, and implement corrective actions in real time.
• Facilitate and participate in lean activities such as Kaizen events, visual management, and root cause problem solving.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality) to ensure alignment on production priorities and resolve constraints.
• Use data and KPIs to track performance, identify improvement opportunities, and manage resources to meet operational goals.
• Mentor and develop team members to build leadership strength on the floor and improve team engagement and skillsets.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineers to develop or revise processes and procedures, ensuring compliance and adherence.
• Responsible for determining the need for labor, space, materials and capital equipment and provide cost analysis and justification.  
• Establishes and maintains a high level of business and personal ethics following company standard operating procedures and ensures everyone operates in a similar manner.
• Maintain professional and effective communication to all levels, stimulating initiatives, innovations, and motivation for continuous improvements.
• Communicate with Plant Manager on setting goals, objectives, and reporting of area metrics to track progress and improvement.
• Ensures production schedule is upheld and issues are escalated in a timely manner.

  
Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of production management experience in a Lean Manufacturing Environment - procurement, inventory management, or operations, with a solid understanding of manufacturing processes and techniques. 
• Bachelor’s degree in related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated positive results with Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen / continuous improvement skills.
• Superior leadership skills with the ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills, presentation skills and demonstrated ability to interface at all levels of the company.  
• Demonstrated success in developing high performing teams. 

AMETEK TMC is the global leader in precision floor vibration isolation technology serving major research centers, OEMs and end-users around the world.  TMC Products enable ultra-precision research, measurements, and manufacturing in fields of photonics, semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences, drug discovery, and nanotechnology.  Our products are designed and manufactured at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Peabody, MA and backed by a customer commitment to provide superior global service.