Operations Project Manager

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of Project Management experience: Willing to flex to 3–4 years for candidates with strong hands-on manufacturing operations experience.
• 5+ years of Manufacturing Operations experience: Must be an operations SME with a deep understanding of manufacturing environments and processes.
• Hands-on Plant-Floor Experience: Prior experience in manufacturing operations, manufacturing engineering, advanced manufacturing, production, or plant leadership. No food/beverage manufacturing.
• Project Execution Experience: Experience managing budgets/financials, timelines, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Bilingual English/Spanish: Ability to effectively communicate with plant-floor and business stakeholders.
• Mexico Work Eligibility & Travel: Ability to legally work in Mexico and regularly travel from Texas to manufacturing sites throughout the country.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• PMP Certification
• Discrete Manufacturing Experience: Experience in production environments involving distinct products/components, production lines, and changeovers.
• Continuous Improvement Experience: Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar methodologies.
• Plant Leadership Experience: Previous Operations Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Production Manager, Shop Floor Supervisor, or similar experience.

Job Description

A global industrial manufacturing organization is launching an operations risk mitigation and manufacturing network optimization program focused on improving manufacturing efficiency, capacity, production flow, and operational resiliency across its Mexico operations. As product mix and customer demand have evolved, the manufacturing environment has become increasingly complex, requiring greater production flexibility, more frequent changeovers, and stronger coordination across operations and planning teams.

This individual will serve as an operations SME and project leader, partnering with plant leadership, shop-floor operations, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, quality, production scheduling, and supply/demand planning teams to identify opportunities and drive improvements. The role will oversee multiple concurrent initiatives focused on areas such as production and capacity optimization, scheduling, manufacturing-line improvements, infrastructure, and operational risk reduction while managing timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, escalations, and overall execution.