Posted 11 days ago
Operations Manager
@ MacDonald Search Group
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Responsibilities:
- Provide daily direction, coaching and feedback to shop personnel and manufacturing programmers.
- Lead changes to established work practices.
- Align engineering/programming work with shop requirements so drawings, CNC programs, tooling, materials and work instructions are ready when needed.
- Oversee machining methods, setup practices, tooling and fixture improvements with the engineering/programming team.
- Maintain a safe, orderly workplace through regular floor presence, employee training and timely correction of hazards.
- Create and track a focused set of operating measures, including delivery performance, lead time, work in progress, scrap/rework and labour performance.
Requirements summary:
- Align engineering/programming work with shop requirements so drawings, CNC programs, tooling, materials and work instructions are ready when needed.
- Other as required
- Experience leading CNC manufacturing operations, ideally in custom machining, industrial equipment or another low-volume environment with a highly varied product mix.
- Post secondary, Red Seal Journeyman or related experience in fabrication, operations and related
- 10+ years in a related industrial operation
- Knowledge and training in lean six sigma, 5S, and related functions
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-02
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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MacDonald Search Group
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 3 |
Job description
Operations Manager
Based in the Greater Vancouver Area, our client has over 50 years in business with a busy, industrial manufacturing facility. They are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to report to the President and oversee the production operations on site.
Responsibilities:
- Provide daily direction, coaching and feedback to shop personnel and manufacturing programmers.
- Lead changes to established work practices.
- Align engineering/programming work with shop requirements so drawings, CNC programs, tooling, materials and work instructions are ready when needed.
- Oversee machining methods, setup practices, tooling and fixture improvements with the engineering/programming team.
- Maintain a safe, orderly workplace through regular floor presence, employee training and timely correction of hazards.
- Create and track a focused set of operating measures, including delivery performance, lead time, work in progress, scrap/rework and labour performance.
- Support implementation of Lean and Continuous Improvement methodologies
- Other as required
Requirements:
- Experience leading CNC manufacturing operations, ideally in custom machining, industrial equipment or another low-volume environment with a highly varied product mix.
- Post secondary, Red Seal Journeyman or related experience in fabrication, operations and related
- 10+ years in a related industrial operation
- Knowledge and training in lean six sigma, 5S, and related functions
- Strong people leader with change management experience
Salary in the 130-140,000 range
If this amazing opportunity is of interest to you, please send us your resume today!
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