Operations Manager

Seeking a hands-on Food & Beverage Operations Manager to lead production operations within our manufacturing facility. This individual will be responsible for driving safety, quality, productivity, employee engagement, and operational performance while leading supervisors and production teams across multiple departments.

The Operations Manager will work closely with maintenance, engineering, quality, warehouse, and leadership teams to ensure production goals are achieved while maintaining a strong culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

• Lead daily manufacturing and production operations

• Manage and develop production supervisors and frontline employees

• Drive productivity, efficiency, quality, and safety initiatives

• Monitor and improve KPIs including throughput, downtime, waste, and labor utilization

• Support workforce planning, staffing, training, and employee development

• Partner with maintenance and engineering to improve equipment reliability

• Resolve production issues and operational bottlenecks

• Foster a positive, high-accountability culture focused on results

Skills

Operations management, Production, production manufacturing, Continuous improvement, Operation, KPI Management, Process improvement, Lean manufacturing, root cause failure analysis, kpi, leadership

Top Skills Details

Operations management,Production,production manufacturing,Continuous improvement,Operation,KPI Management

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience

• Experience managing supervisors and large production teams

• Food & Bev Manufacturing

• Maintenance

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations and production processes

• Demonstrated success driving operational improvements

• Excellent leadership, communication, and coaching skills

• Food and beverage manufacturing experience preferred but not required

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Burlington, NC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $75000.00 - $85000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

% Bonus 96 Hours PTO Phone Reimbursement

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Burlington,NC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 25, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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