Production Manager

Do you love to build electronics? Do you want to manage a bunch of moving parts that come together for a great result? Do you desire to work with a great group of folks who are passionate about building the best MWD equipment in the world? Want to help these people get even better?

Erdos Miller is a long-term focused engineering company seeking a production manager to lead building the next generation of our products. In this role, you can expect to take ownership of product manufacturing, inventory, supply chain management, and production tests for our main product lines. You’ll also be an integral part of instituting and improving processes, tools, and workflows within our manufacturing group. Additionally, you’ll get to lead the training and career development of the team.

Expect talented, motivated, and interesting co-workers in a work environment that will always feel like a start-up. We believe our company deserves to exist over others given our focus on investing into and growing our team members. Expect your ideas, your thoughts, and your

opinions to be heard and to matter! Expect to build things that matter and will be used every day by real people. Expect to sharpen your skills on new, fun, and challenging projects. Expect to grow as a production manager and as a person. Expect excellent pay and benefits.

Our team members tell us they enjoy being part of the company due to the expansive opportunities for learning and professional growth, working in a high performing team where everyone pulls their own weight and helps push their teammates to higher levels of success. Talk to us and find out more.

Within 90 days, you can expect to:

• Have a 90-day growth plan developed and tracked with the president
• Gain a strong foundation of our existing manufacturing processes and products
• Set a production schedule for each product and sub-assembly
• Drive priorities of the manufacturing team
• Develop a basic understanding of Measurement While Drilling and our customers

Within 12 months, you can expect to:

• Lead a multidisciplinary, multi-supplier team in charge of manufacturing several products
• Develop and execute an operating plan for a segment of the business, including setting production targets using a sales forecast
• Meet or exceed production targets for the year, each quarter, each month, and each week
• Collect, share, and use data to find supply chain bottlenecks and areas for improvement and implement many of those changes
• Find and implement several ways to mitigate supply chain risk
• Work with engineering to improve design for manufacturability (DFM)
• Help engineering find and improve on design weaknesses
• Help improve production test equipment and practices with engineering
• Establish credibility with customers, your team, and your peers
• Coordinate or deliver at least one training per quarter to your team

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience in production and manufacturing processes and techniques
• Passion for building businesses
• Knows how to scale and prepare a manufacturing organization for rapid growth demand
• Knows how to talk finance
• Excellent at managing the ambiguity of an entrepreneurial business
• Track record of using data to identify and solve problems
• Leads by challenging and motivating, not fear
• Knows when to push a team and when to go easy
• Is a master delegator
• Seeks first to understand