Production Manager- Blow Molding

Job Title: Blow Mold Department Manager

Job Description

The Blow Molding Department Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and consistent operation of HDPE blow molding across multiple manufacturing plants. This role combines operational leadership with hands-on technical expertise to manage people, processes, and performance. The Manager owns labor planning, scheduling, and departmental KPIs while driving process stability, continuous improvement, and workforce development.

Responsibilities

• Own daily blow molding operations across multiple plants in a 24x6 production environment.
• Lead, coach, and manage a team of up to 25 machine operators, helpers, and technicians.
• Develop and manage labor schedules, staffing plans, and coverage to meet production needs.
• Ensure consistent execution of safety procedures, standard work, and operating practices.
• Support hiring, onboarding, training, and performance management of department personnel.
• Serve as escalation point during off-hours through on-call support.
• Provide technical oversight of HDPE blow molding processes, including setup, changeovers, and troubleshooting.
• Drive process stability, repeatability, and continuous improvement across machines and plants.
• Partner with Engineering and Maintenance to improve equipment reliability and process capability.
• Ensure operators complete assigned preventive maintenance tasks; coordinate with Maintenance for larger corrective and planned maintenance activities.
• Support equipment upgrades, tooling changes, and capital projects related to blow molding.
• Own and manage departmental KPIs including OEE, uptime, scrap, throughput, and labor efficiency.
• Analyze production and quality data to identify trends, root causes, and improvement initiatives to reduce downtime, scrap, and variability while improving safety.
• Communicate performance results and action plans to leadership and cross-functional partners.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in HDPE blow molding manufacturing.
• Strong technical understanding of blow molding processes and materials.
• Proven experience managing large production teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience owning labor planning, scheduling, and performance metrics.
• Experience in food & beverage or packaging manufacturing.
• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or TPM concepts.

Job Type & Location

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

The pay range for this position is $90000.00 - $100000.00/yr.

Comprehensive medical benefits package for eligible employees and their families, PTO

This is a fully onsite position in Burlington,NC.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 30, 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.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Salary : $90,000 - $100,000