Production manager

Empire Technical Fabrication is currently seeking a Production Manager to join our team. This position is based at our Wayne, NJ facility.
 

The primary responsibility of the Production Manager is to plan, oversee, and direct the execution of all the parallel but independent projects in production at any given time in our Wayne, NJ manufacturing facility. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Maintain an existing production scheduling system to plan and optimize the flow of multiple concurrent projects through the various departments and processes required to complete them on-time and at the least expense.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to assign project milestones to facilitate the tracking of projects through the production process 
• Coordinate with Project Managers to ensure that all their project specific goals and the mutually agreed upon milestones are met as efficiently as possible within the context of overall shop production capacity
• Collaborate with the Senior Technical Designer to assign the required design phase completion dates to ensure that Project Manager’s requirements are met
• Collaborate with the Director of Fabrication on the allocation and procurement of resources required to meet project milestones
• Prepare fabrication calendars to identify/ resolve inter-project conflicts, and ensure that all milestones (as defined by Project Managers) are achieved
• Track, document, and contextualize actual labor usage by task for feedback to Project Managers
• Assist in producing labor estimates as required by the Director of Fabrication for use in bidding of new projects
• Prepare forecast calendar overlays of projects being estimated as required by senior management
• Plan and allocate physical production space, in coordination with all departments and identify physical conflicts to senior management
• Identify weaknesses in the current production scheduling workflow and actively work to optimize and improve this process

Why work at Empire? 

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered here at ETF.

· Healthcare/retirement savings programs

· Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance

· Dental, Vision & Life Insurance programs

  Salary for this position starts at $80,000  

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger. 

Required (Basic) Qualifications

· Minimum of 5+ years of commercial theatre or entertainment industry experience including supervisory experience

· Ability to read technical drawings and navigate AutoCAD; proficient in Microsoft Office 365 including Teams and SharePoint

· Strong understanding of scenic construction and automation 

· Ability to effectively prioritize, execute, and problem solve in a high-pressure environment and work efficiently within given time constraints; highly organized 

· Ability to communicate ideas clearly 

· Self-motivated; team oriented and highly collaborative work style

· Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.

Position Success Criteria

· Interest in building and streamlining a robust team.

· Strong analytical thinking skills; intellectual rigor and curiosity; problem-solving capability.

· Data-driven, disciplined, objective, and detail-oriented.

· Acts as a business partner; sees the big picture and works through ambiguity and change.

· Ability to be energetic, a critical thinker, skilled in driving process improvement.

· Leadership and sense of urgency: ability to drive to positive results in a complex environment.

· Strong ability to develop and motivate people.

· Effective use of communication and tact with stakeholders.

· Advanced computer knowledge with MS Office Applications.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.