Manufacturing Manager

About the role

SP Industries Inc., an ATS Company, is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to join its growing team in Warminster, PA. The role leads daily manufacturing execution in a project-based, engineer-to-order capital equipment environment. It drives safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and employee engagement across fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, test, and production support. Designed as a developmental leadership role, it offers the opportunity to expand organizational impact, lead complex manufacturing operations, and build skills for future advancement into senior operations leadership.

Responsibilities

• Team leadership: Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, team leads, and manufacturing associates. Set expectations for accountability, teamwork, attendance, quality, and execution. Support performance discussions, skill development, recognition, and succession planning.
• Manufacturing execution: Manage daily production priorities, labor allocation, and schedule attainment. Remove barriers that affect delivery, productivity, or project milestones. Use daily management, GEMBA, and visual controls to improve flow and execution.
• Safety and quality: Champion a Safety-First culture and ensure compliance with site procedures. Drive quality ownership at the source and support corrective actions. Reduce rework, NCRs, and repeat issues through root cause problem solving.
• Continuous improvement: Lead Lean, Kaizen, standard work, and visual management initiatives. Improve throughput, labor productivity, first-pass quality, and schedule reliability. Support ATS Business Model deployment and sustainment.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, and Service. Support manufacturability improvements, material readiness, FAT preparation, and customer milestones. Escalate risks early with clear recovery plans and ownership.

Requirements

The source lists “Bachelor's” under required qualifications but does not provide further details.

Key facts

• Leads daily manufacturing execution in a project-based, engineer-to-order capital equipment environment.
• The role covers fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, test, and production support.
• Required qualifications begin with “Bachelor's”; no further details are provided.