Manufacturing Manager

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? At Mesa Labs, we're passionate about protecting the vulnerable by enabling scientific breakthroughs, ensuring product integrity, increasing patient and worker safety, and improving quality of life around the world.

At Mesa Labs we offer competitive wages, including annual bonus opportunity, equity awards and a comprehensive benefits package.

Base Compensation Opportunity: $70,000

*In addition, you qualify for a percentage of your salary as annual bonus opportunity based on company performance, as well as an annual equity award

Outstanding Benefits and Perks

We are proud to offer a variety of benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees:

• Three medical plan options. Eligibility begins the first day of the month following date of hire. Dependents are eligible to participate
• Tiered Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance options
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options
• Company paid Life, Accident and short/long term Disability Insurance (unless covered by a state disability plan)
• Flexible PTO policy that begins on Day 1
• Paid sick leave of 48 hours per year front loaded at the beginning of each calendar year
• 401(k) plan that provides a 4% Safe Harbor company match on a 4% employee contribution that begins on Day 1
• Employee Wellness and Financial Assistance Resources through Cigna and NY Life.
• On-site gym (Bozeman facility)
• Nine (9) paid company holidays per year
• Four (4) weeks paid Caregiver Leave available to care for your loved ones after 12 months of employment or in accordance with state leave laws.

Summary Statement

In this role, you will be working on products that improve quality of life for patients, workers and consumers worldwide. Our products include sterilization and cleaning monitoring, mail in spore testing, and continuous monitoring products to name a few. Our services include validation and calibration services, sterilization cycle development and validation, and contract laboratory testing. Your work can have a direct impact on your life and the lives of those you love.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Site Leadership interface and interactions
• Interview and hiring new employees
• Provide coaching and performance development
• Collaborate with Leads, Machine Operators, and Engineering to maintain and improve equipment functionality.
• Supports implementation and sustainment of TPM (total productive maintenance)
• Ensures compliance with all pertinent operating procedures, organizational directives, and work instructions.
• Plans and assigns work to build and deliver products on time
• Develop training plans to support changes in product mix
• Minimize downtime in assembly activities by communicating production interruptions with support functions
• Coordinate with facilities and equipment support teams to ensure timely maintenance
• Interface with other Manufacturing Managers within and across value streams
• Provide oversight on a wide variety of sequencing, planning, scheduling, coordinating, and reporting tasks in support of the manufacturing workflow
• Driving continuous improvement activities throughout manufacturing work cells
• Prioritize project issues and assist in the resolutions process to meet productivity, quality, and organizational goals and contractual delivery requirement.
• Define team goals and direct employee development through coaching and 1:1's
• Handle employee related day to day issues and concerns
• Model personal Lean Philosophy 5S behaviors in creating a continuously improving, clean, well-organized, and self-maintaining work environment.
• Working closely with team members and others to motivate and improve 5S knowledge and implementation.
• Following a continuous improvement approach for team accountability for achieving high performance SQDCM (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, & Morale) targets through a visual work environment.
• Complying with company ethics, code of conduct, policies, and best practices, with a commitment to safety in the workplace, valuing of diversity, and promotion of a harassment-free environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years in manufacturing environment.
• 1+ years of direct management of a team, preferred.
• Ability to make decisions, effectively lead tasks, and meet challenging deadlines.
• Ability to build strong relationships and effectively partner with others.
• Ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced environment.
• Effective communication abilities, both verbal and written.

Mesa Labs is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Mesa Labs prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment against applicants or employees based on age, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, disability, military status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.