Manager, Manufacturing

Role and Impact At the Flowserve Baton Rouge Seal Quick Response Center (QRC), you will lead shop operations, develop team members, and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• By directing our repair and manufacturing facility specializing in mechanical seals, you ensure we provide responsive, mission-critical repair services to customers in the oil and gas, chemical, water, and power industries.
• Your leadership and operational discipline will build an accountable, high-performing team that delivers on customer commitments and aligns with Flowserve’s strategic direction.
• Lead a safe, productive, and quality-focused shop environment by ensuring all work adheres to applicable safety policies and procedures.
• Manage shop personnel directly, including supervisors, repair/assembly technicians, and machinists, to develop team capability through coaching and training.
• Drive daily management at the Tier 1 and Tier 2 levels to align the team on key performance metrics, gaps, recovery actions, and continuous improvement priorities.
• Execute continuous improvement of key operational metrics, including safety, quality, on-time delivery, cycle time, backlog, productivity, and cost.
• Schedule labor, materials, equipment, and shop capacity effectively to consistently meet customer demand and delivery commitments.
• Lead structured problem-solving and corrective actions to address operational, quality, and customer-delivery issues.
• Partner with sales, customer service, supply chain, and engineering teams to resolve issues, remove roadblocks, and improve customer responsiveness.
• Manage departmental priorities and preventative maintenance plans to achieve operational objectives while meeting financial performance expectations.

Requirements

• Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a related field or a minimum of five years of leadership experience in a manufacturing, repair, or industrial environment.
• Three or more years of supervisory experience managing teams in a manufacturing or repair environment.
• Experience leading daily management systems, visual management, tier-board meetings, and plan-versus-actual performance reviews.
• Financial and operational acumen, with the ability to understand, communicate, and use performance metrics to drive results.

Preferred

• Qualifications Experience with rotating-equipment repair, particularly mechanical-seal repair.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methods, root-cause analysis, standard work, and lean manufacturing principles.

Benefits

• We Can Offer You At Flowserve, you'll find a range of options to fit your, and your family's, needs.
• We want to provide our team with the right resources to invest in your physical, mental and financial well-being no matter where you sit or what stage of life you're in.
• Competitive Salary Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Retirement Planning & Financial Wellness Resources Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) Short- and Long-Term Disability Parental Leave Life, Supplemental Life, Child, Spousal, and AD&D Insurance *Benefits vary by job, location and/or collective bargaining agreement.

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