Vice President of Operations

The Company is seeking a senior operations leader to oversee and optimize manufacturing across multiple facilities. The role leads functional teams spanning engineering, procurement, production planning, project management, and fabrication, while setting operational strategies and performance measures for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and profitability. Responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of custom-engineered projects, standardizing processes, improving production workflows, and ensuring facilities have the capacity and resources to meet customer commitments. The leader will also drive continuous improvement, oversee project and financial performance, promote workplace safety and quality compliance, and develop high-performing teams. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations management, manufacturing, supply chain, business administration, or a related field, along with at least 10 years of progressive operations leadership experience in industrial manufacturing or a similar environment. Required experience includes multi-site leadership, engineer-to-order or project-based manufacturing, and managing senior functional leaders across relevant disciplines. Applicants should demonstrate success with Lean or continuous improvement initiatives, strong financial acumen, and experience using ERP systems. Excellent leadership, problem-solving, communication, and change-management skills are essential; an advanced degree, Lean Six Sigma certification, or project management certification is preferred.