Area Manager

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •High school diploma or GED with equivalent experience
• •Minimum 5-7 years of manufacturing experience
• •At least 2-3 years in a leadership role (Team Lead, Supervisor, or equivalent) within a heavy fabrication, structural steel, or heavy equipment environment
• •Demonstrated ability to read and apply structural fabrication drawings, weld symbols, and quality/tolerance specifications relevant to the area
• •Working knowledge of safety leadership practices, including near-miss/safety observation programs and OSHA fundamentals
• •Strong floor presence and visibility - seen as someone who is out with the team, not primarily behind a desk
• •Ability to read production, quality, and safety data and translate it into specific, prioritized action, rather than relying on instinct or the most recent complaint
• •Effective coach - able to develop a Team Lead's judgment over time rather than simply making every decision for them, and comfortable giving direct, specific feedback to people who may have more tenure or technical experience than the Area Manager themselves
• •Sound judgment balancing safety, quality, cost, and schedule under real time pressure
• •Clear, direct communicator who is comfortable delivering both good news and bad news transparently to the team
• •Required to wear all applicable PPE including safety boots with metatarsal guards, safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, harnesses, and more as posted for area or equipment
• •Standing and walking constantly, including walking extensively throughout the assigned area(s)
• •Required to use close vision and ability to focus to visually determine shapes, colors, read on paper and digital screens constantly
• •Lifting and moving (including pushing, pulling) materials up to 50 pounds occasionally
• •Constant/repetitive use of hands, wrists, and/or fingers, finger/thumb dexterity, and hand-eye coordination for handling materials and documentation, operating machine controls, and typing
• •Frequently requires sitting, crouching, kneeling, bending at knee and waist, climbing, and reaching
• •Must be able to talk and hear constantly to provide and receive verbal instructions face to face, via phone, PC, or walkie-talkies. Must be able to hear warning signals, horns or beepers, over ambient noise
• •Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function
• •Primarily an on-site, floor-based role; not remote-eligible given the operational nature of the position
• •Majority of work time is spent in the general factory and grounds areas. Minority of time is spent in an office performing administrative tasks
• •Required to use close vision and ability to focus to visually determine shapes, colors, read on paper and digital screens constantly
• •Lifting and moving (including pushing, pulling) materials up to 50 pounds occasionally
• •Constant/repetitive use of hands, wrists, and/or fingers, finger/thumb dexterity, and hand-eye coordination for handling materials and documentation, operating machine controls, and typing
• •Frequently requires sitting, crouching, kneeling, bending at knee and waist, climbing, and reaching
• •Must be able to talk and hear constantly to provide and receive verbal instructions face to face, via phone, PC, or walkie-talkies. Must be able to hear warning signals, horns or beepers, over ambient noise
• •Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function
• •Post-offer, pre-employment drug testing
• •Post-offer, pre-employment drug testing under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to being hired for any role or transferred into a safety-sensitive role

Desired Qualifications

• •Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical, industrial, or operations-related field preferred
• •Experience specific to truck scales, weighing systems, or other legal-for-trade/NTEP-certified equipment manufacturing
• •Prior experience operating in, or transitioning a team into, an Engaged Manufacturing or similarly employee-empowered operating model
• •Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma exposure, with hands-on experience leading kaizen events or structured root-cause problem-solving
• •Experience developing frontline leaders (Team Leads/Supervisors) through a structured program rather than informal on-the-job learning alone