Production Operations Manager

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

About the role

The Manufacturing Supervisor is responsible for leading daily manufacturing operations at the Humble facility while driving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and continuous improvement objectives. The role provides frontline leadership to production employees across fabrication, welding, machining, assembly, and related manufacturing activities while supporting regional collaboration, operational excellence initiatives, and customer commitments. The position partners closely with Engineering, Planning, Supply Chain, Quality, Maintenance, Project Management, and Operations teams across the Americas to improve throughput, optimize capacity utilization, reduce waste, strengthen execution, and support profitable growth.

Essential Functions

• Lead daily manufacturing activities across fabrication, welding, machining, assembly, and related production work centers.
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements, quality standards, work instructions, and manufacturing procedures.
• Allocate labor and resources to support production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
• Monitor manufacturing performance and address issues affecting safety, quality, productivity, or delivery.
• Implement and sustain Lean Manufacturing practices including 5S, visual management, standard work, Kaizen, and waste reduction initiatives.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and corrective actions related to scrap, rework, downtime, bottlenecks, and schedule misses.
• Partner with Maintenance to improve equipment reliability through TPM, preventive maintenance, and downtime reduction programs.
• Support capacity planning, labor utilization, backlog management, and workload balancing activities.
• Develop employee capability through training, coaching, cross-training, and skills matrix development.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, planning, and supply chain teams across the Americas to share best practices and support regional performance improvement.
• Partner with Project Management, Customer Service, and Sales teams to ensure manufacturing priorities align with customer requirements and project commitments.
• Support implementation of operational excellence initiatives, process improvements, and productivity enhancement programs.

Qualifications

• Technical degree, Associate degree, Bachelor degree, or equivalent manufacturing experience required.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience in fabrication, welding, assembly, machining, or industrial operations.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience required.
• Experience applying Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, coaching, and organizational skills.
• Experience interpreting manufacturing drawings, production metrics, and operational data.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English
• Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, IFS, or equivalent preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, TPM, OEE, or other operational excellence certifications preferred.

What we offer you

What We Offer You

• 15 days of paid time off and 12 company-paid holidays

• 401k plan with a 6% match

• Comprehensive health plan including medical, dental, vision, Life, short-term & long-term disability

• Health savings account matching

• Motivating wellness program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Paid paternal leave

• Gym reimbursement

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.