Site Manager (Knoxville)

Site Manager

Pay Range: $95,000+

Schedule: Monday–Friday | 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

Work Location: Knoxville, TN

Position Overview

M Force Partners is seeking an experienced Site Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of a manufacturing facility. This position is responsible for overall site performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, employee performance, inventory, equipment reliability, and production execution.

The Site Manager will operate with a high degree of day-to-day autonomy while executing established production plans and schedules. This role will translate production requirements into daily labor, material, equipment, and operational priorities while ensuring performance expectations and customer commitments are met.

The ideal Site Manager brings significant manufacturing leadership experience, strong operational and financial judgment, and a track record of developing teams, improving performance, and maintaining accountability across a manufacturing operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing site operations within established production plans, schedules, budgets, quality requirements, and company policies
• Translate production plans into daily labor, material, equipment, and shift priorities
• Coordinate resources and manage production constraints to maintain schedule attainment and customer commitments
• Monitor site performance across safety, quality, delivery, productivity, inventory, cost, and employee performance
• Identify causes of missed performance targets and implement documented corrective actions and recovery plans
• Establish clear ownership and deadlines for corrective actions and verify their effectiveness
• Communicate site performance, operational risks, and recovery progress to company leadership
• Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures, routings, bills of material, work instructions, quality controls, and ERP requirements
• Maintain inventory accuracy and ensure proper operational and system change controls are followed
• Develop supervisors and employees through clear expectations, coaching, training, and performance accountability
• Maintain qualified leadership coverage to support continuity of site operations
• Foster a safe, respectful, productive, and performance-driven work environment
• Ensure compliance with workplace safety regulations, company policies, training requirements, and PPE standards
• Lead site response to significant safety incidents, quality issues, equipment failures, utility interruptions, severe weather, system disruptions, labor shortages, and other operational risks
• Oversee equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, inspections, repairs, and overall asset care
• Manage operating budgets, spending, forecasts, and site resources while escalating significant capital needs and unplanned expenses
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on waste reduction, standardized work, productivity, quality, and cost performance
• Resolve operational issues while protecting production schedules, inventory, customer service, quality standards, and delivery commitments

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Engineering, Manufacturing Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible manufacturing or operations experience
• At least 5 years of experience leading supervisors, department leaders, or manufacturing operations
• Demonstrated accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee performance within a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, production planning and execution, capacity management, and operational constraints
• Experience with inventory control, quality systems, equipment reliability, and workplace safety
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, develop, and hold supervisors and employees accountable
• Strong analytical, financial, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Experience interpreting KPIs and using performance data to identify trends and drive corrective actions
• Experience with production execution, schedule attainment, inventory control, and labor reporting
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and manufacturing ERP systems
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining alignment with production and business requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within industrial manufacturing environments involving engineered components, plates, gaskets, heat exchanger products, or similar technical products
• Technical certification or degree in manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, operations management, maintenance and reliability, or a related discipline

Job presented by M Force Partners

M Force Partners is a specialized recruitment partner connecting top-tier talent with leading organizations. With a deep understanding of engineering/technical, medical, professional and executive disciplines and industry demands, we deliver tailored recruitment solutions, including direct hire and contract placements, to ensure the right fit for both candidates and clients.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

M Force Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.