Position Summary:

Oversee vacuum jacketed pipe manufacturing in Montgomery, TX, including welding, shop-floor scheduling, daily operational decisions, project coordination, and Engineering support. Lead and coach production teams to achieve safety, quality, delivery, customer, and profitability objectives while improving manufacturing processes and production cells.

Principle Responsibilities:

Value Stream Supervision

• Build and communicate daily shop-floor schedules, job sequences, and employee assignments; review material, equipment, and labor availability before releasing work.
• Monitor welding, machining, processing, and assembly throughout each shift; verify work follows approved drawings, welding procedures, inspection requirements, and safety practices.
• Review daily schedule attainment, output, quality, and work-in-process using visual management; address missed targets and assign recovery actions.
• Compare actual production with daily and monthly schedules; identify causes of delays, assign corrective actions, and follow up through completion.
• Confirm equipment readiness each day; coordinate maintenance and downtime with the production schedule and verify equipment is safely operated.
• Translate monthly production requirements into weekly and daily schedules; review capacity, staffing, materials, and planned downtime with the Value Stream Manager, supply chain, and Engineering, and flag gaps before they affect delivery.
• Coach employees on daily assignments, standard work, and schedule expectations; coordinate cross-training to close skill gaps and support planned monthly workloads.
• Reassign available labor, adjust job sequencing, and resolve shop-floor interruptions within delegated authority; escalate issues requiring Engineering, Quality, or Value Stream Manager approval.
• Communicate daily progress, schedule changes, and delivery risks to production teams and supporting functions; review monthly schedule status and recovery priorities with the Value Stream Manager.
• Coordinate shop-floor activities for equipment installations, capacity changes, technology transfers, and production readiness projects; incorporate planned disruptions into monthly schedules and daily work assignments.
• Provide on-call oversight of production operations on occasional weekends, as required.

Manufacturing Quality & Process Improvement

• Partner with R&D, Product Management, Manufacturing Sciences, Engineering, and Manufacturing to deliver reproducible products and scalable, cost-effective processes.
• Work with input from cross-functional teams to map all processes, including inspection, outsourced processes, and incoming components for a product line.
• Work with input from cross-functional teams to develop and maintain Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) throughout each product’s lifecycle.
• Leverage the PFMEA tool to address risks affecting product/process safety, function, fit, durability, or manufacturability.
• Collaborate with supply chain and logistics teams to establish production schedules and distribution strategies.
• Develop and execute validation plans for performance and reliability; establish test protocols with Quality, analyze deviations, implement corrective actions, and document procedures and results for compliance and reporting.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering or Production Management or related field
• Unimpeachable ethics.
• Three to five years of prior experience in similar or closely related job along with proven leadership ability.
• Advanced body of knowledge of Lean techniques with track record of implementation.
• Must have thorough knowledge of production scheduling and enterprise MRP systems.
• Strong leadership, sound decision-making, and professional oral and written communication across organizational levels and external contacts.
• Organized and self-motivated; able to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing situations.
• Relentless about continuous improvement
• Thorough knowledge of manufacturing methods, techniques, equipment, product construction, and application; able to interpret drawings and specifications.
• Will be computer literate, particularly in shop floor control, production planning, and inventory control applications.

EOE/Women/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.