Based in the Greater Vancouver Area, our client has over 50 years in business with a busy, industrial manufacturing facility. They are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to report to the President and oversee the production operations on site.

Responsibilities:

- Provide daily direction, coaching and feedback to shop personnel and manufacturing programmers.
- Lead changes to established work practices.
- Align engineering/programming work with shop requirements so drawings, CNC programs, tooling, materials and work instructions are ready when needed.
- Oversee machining methods, setup practices, tooling and fixture improvements with the engineering/programming team.
- Maintain a secure, orderly workplace through regular floor presence, employee training and timely correction of hazards.
- Create and track a focused set of operating measures,



including delivery performance, lead time, work in progress, scrap/rework and labour performance.
- Support implementation of Lean and Continuous Improvement methodologies
- Other as required

Requirements:

- Experience leading CNC manufacturing operations, ideally in custom machining, industrial equipment or another low-volume environment with a highly varied product mix.
- Post secondary, Red Seal Journeyman or related experience in fabrication, operations and related
- 10+ years in a related industrial operation
- Knowledge and training in lean six sigma, 5S, and related functions
- Strong people leader with change management experience

Salary in the 130-140,000 range

📌 Operations Manager (British Columbia)
🏢 MacDonald Search Group
📍 British Columbia