Company Overview
E-W Metal Works is a trusted leader in the fabrication, machining, and manufacturing industry, primarily serving the automotive and aerospace sectors. Also providing services to other industries. Established in 1950, E-W Metal Works is a growing company that specializes in the manufacturing of custom weldments, precision-machined components and component assembly.
Position Summary
The Manufacturing Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and profitable manufacturing operation of all metal fabrication, machining and assembly activities.
This position oversees production resources, staffing, work schedules, shifts, equipment utilization, workflow, quality, and on-time delivery.
The Manufacturing Manager provides direct leadership to department managers, supervisors, machinists, fabricators, welders, painters, and other shop personnel. The role works closely with Engineering, Quality, Purchasing and Project Management to ensure jobs are completed according to drawings, specifications, schedules, quality requirements, and budgeted labour hours.
Key Responsibilities
Production Operations
- Oversight of operations at 3 locations.
- Oversee all metal fabrication, welding, machining, assembly, finishing, and painting operations.
- Develop and manage daily and weekly production schedules based on customer priorities, available capacity, material availability, and committed delivery dates.
- Manage staffing levels and work shifts, including overtime, weekend work, and shift changes.
- Monitor production progress and adjust resources or priorities when schedules are at risk.
- Ensure jobs move efficiently through cutting, forming, machining, welding, finishing, inspection, and shipping.
- Coordinate internal and outsourced manufacturing activities when required.
- Maintain accurate reporting of job status, labour hours, machine hours, quantities completed, scrap, and rework.
- Participate in daily/weekly production meetings and communicate schedule risks, resource constraints, and corrective actions.
Leadership and Workforce Management
- Lead, coach, and develop area leaders, machinists, fabricators, welders, painters, and shop personnel.
- Establish clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, housekeeping, and professional conduct.
- Plan staffing requirements and participate in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and retaining skilled employees.
- Approve employee schedules, overtime, time-off requests, and shift assignments based on production needs.
- Monitor attendance, performance, and compliance with company policies.
- Conduct performance reviews and recommend promotions, wage adjustments, training, discipline, or other employment actions.
- Identify skill gaps and develop cross-training, apprenticeship, and employee-development plans.
- Promote accountability, teamwork, communication, and a results-oriented shop culture.
Scheduling and Capacity Planning
- Review current backlog, upcoming workload, and available capacity by department, machine, and employee skill.
- Develop practical production plans that balance customer delivery requirements with labour and equipment capacity.
- Identify production bottlenecks and implement recovery plans.
- Coordinate with Sales and Project Management before accepting schedules that may exceed available capacity.
- Maintain visibility of production priorities and ensure supervisors and employees understand daily expectations.
Quality
- Ensure all manufactured products meet drawings, tolerances, weld requirements, customer specifications, and internal quality standards.
- Reinforce operator responsibility for inspecting and verifying work before it moves to the next operation.
- Lead corrective actions addressing manufacturing-related quality problems.
- Ensure measuring equipment, inspection requirements, and job documentation are properly used.
- Monitor first-pass yield, scrap, rework, and cost-of-quality performance.
Safety and Compliance
- Maintain a safe workplace and ensure compliance with OHSA requirements, company safety policies, and applicable regulations.
- Enforce proper use of personal protective equipment, machine guarding, lockout/tagout, welding safety, material-handling procedures, and forklift requirements.
- Conduct regular safety observations and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors immediately.
- Participate in incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are completed.
- Maintain high standards for housekeeping, organization, and cleanliness throughout the facility.
- Support environmental and regulatory compliance related to welding fumes, chemicals, paint, waste disposal, and hazardous materials.
Equipment and Facility Management
- Ensure machinery, welding equipment, cranes, forklifts, tooling, and shop equipment are operated correctly and maintained in safe working condition.
- Coordinate preventive maintenance and repairs to minimize production downtime.
- Monitor machine utilization, downtime, maintenance costs, and equipment condition.
- Ensure employees receive the required training before operating equipment.
- Maintain effective organization of raw material, work-in-process, tooling, fixtures, and finished products.
Productivity and Continuous Improvement
- Establish and monitor productivity expectations for machining and fabrication operations.
- Compare actual labour hours and material usage against estimates, standards, and job budgets.
- Investigate unfavorable labour variances and implement corrective actions.
- Improve workflow, material movement, setup times, machine utilization, and overall throughput.
- Lead continuous-improvement activities using lean manufacturing, 5S, visual management, standardized work, and root-cause analysis.
- Reduce scrap, rework, downtime, excessive overtime, and production delays.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Work with Engineering to resolve drawing, tolerance, manufacturability, and revision issues.
- Coordinate with Purchasing to ensure materials, tooling, and outside services are available when required.
- Work with Project Management and Customer Service to communicate production status and delivery risks.
- Support Shipping and Receiving to ensure completed jobs are properly identified, packaged, and shipped.
- Participate in new-job reviews to confirm manufacturing methods, routing, capacity, tooling, and scheduling requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, operations management, or a related field; or equivalent manufacturing leadership experience.
- Minimum of 7–10 years of experience in machining, metal fabrication, welding, or industrial manufacturing.
- Minimum of 3–5 years of production-management or supervisory experience.
- Strong working knowledge of CNC machining, metal fabrication, welding, forming, cutting, painting, and assembly processes.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, tolerances, bills of material, and manufacturing specifications.
- Experience managing production schedules, multiple shifts, labour capacity, overtime, and competing job priorities.
- Understanding of job-shop manufacturing, custom or low-volume production, and labour-hour control.
- Familiarity with ERP/MRP production systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Working knowledge of quality systems, root-cause analysis, lean manufacturing, 5S, and continuous improvement.
- Strong leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to hold employees accountable while maintaining a professional and respectful workplace.
- Experience with automation-equipment fabrication or custom machinery manufacturing is preferred.
Physical and Work Requirements
- Ability to work in an active machining and fabrication environment.
- Ability to walk and stand for extended periods.
- Ability to occasionally lift materials or equipment weighing up to 40 pounds.
- Ability to work around machinery, welding operations, paint processes, noise, dust, and temperature variations.
- Availability to support multiple shifts, overtime, weekends, and urgent production requirements when necessary.
Join us as a Manufacturing Manager to lead impactful projects that shape our company's success! We’re committed to empowering our team with opportunities for growth while fostering an energetic workplace where your leadership truly makes a difference.
Pay: From $120,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
