Production Manager (Bilingual English/Spanish)Lead People. Improve Operations. Build the Future.About Protech Medical
For more than 40 years, Protech Medical has been a trusted manufacturer of radiation protection apparel and accessories used by healthcare professionals throughout the United States and around the world.
Every product we manufacture helps protect doctors, nurses, technicians, and medical staff who dedicate their lives to caring for others. We take pride in producing high-quality products while continuously improving our operations, investing in our people, and creating opportunities for long-term career growth.
As our company continues to grow, we are looking for leaders who enjoy developing people, solving operational challenges, and creating high-performing teams.
If you're looking for a company where your ideas matter, your leadership makes a difference, and your career can continue to grow, we'd love to meet you.
Position Summary
The Production Manager is responsible for leading daily manufacturing operations while building a culture of accountability, teamwork, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
The Production Manager will have direct responsibility for production performance, employee development, operational discipline, and continuous improvement across the production floor.
This is not a desk job.
We're looking for a hands-on leader who enjoys being on the production floor, coaching employees, improving processes, solving problems, and helping people succeed. The right candidate understands that great results come from developing great teams while maintaining clear expectations and accountability.
This position offers significant opportunities for professional growth as Protech Medical continues to expand.
What You'll Do
As our Production Manager, you will:
- Lead and support daily production operations to ensure safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, and on-time delivery.
- Oversee the production workflow from scheduling and resource allocation through final completion, ensuring production targets and customer deadlines are met.
- Coach, mentor, and develop production employees through regular feedback, training, and performance management.
- Build an engaged, accountable, and high-performing production team.
- Evaluate production capacity, labor requirements, workflow, and staffing needs to support current demand and future growth.
- Establish, monitor, and communicate key production KPIs, including productivity, efficiency, quality, rework, attendance, labor utilization, and on-time completion.
- Identify opportunities to improve workflow, efficiency, quality, and overall production performance.
- Lead root-cause analysis for recurring production, quality, and workflow issues and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards, quality requirements, established procedures, and company policies.
- Coordinate staffing, scheduling, training, and cross-training to maximize operational flexibility and coverage.
- Address employee performance and accountability issues consistently, fairly, and professionally.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives that reduce waste, improve quality, increase productivity, and strengthen operational consistency.
- Partner closely with Quality, Purchasing, Customer Service, Sales, HR, and company leadership to anticipate production needs and resolve operational challenges.
- Lead employees through process changes, new systems, equipment, and operational improvements while maintaining engagement and accountability.
- Identify, mentor, and develop future supervisors and team leaders.
- Support management in establishing production goals and strategies that align with company growth.
Qualifications – Required
- Bilingual in English and Spanish.
- 6+ years of progressive manufacturing or production experience.
- 6+ years of experience leading production teams, including supervisors, leads, or frontline employees.
- Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Proven ability to improve productivity while maintaining high quality standards.
- Experience managing employee performance, accountability, and development.
- Experience using production data and KPIs to identify problems and drive improvements.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple operational demands.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading teams of 50+ employees in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Experience in sewing, textiles, apparel manufacturing, assembly, custom manufacturing, or other labor-intensive/light manufacturing environments.
- Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, 5S, or similar operational improvement initiatives.
- Experience with production planning, capacity planning, labor utilization, and workflow optimization.
- Experience developing supervisors, leads, or future leaders.
What Makes Someone Successful Here
The ideal candidate:
- Leads by example and is comfortable being present on the production floor.
- Builds trust and earns respect.
- Holds people accountable while treating employees with fairness and respect.
- Sets clear expectations and follows through.
- Communicates openly and effectively.
- Thinks like an owner and takes initiative.
- Uses data and observation to make informed decisions.
- Enjoys solving problems instead of avoiding them.
- Sees change as an opportunity for improvement.
- Takes pride in helping others grow.
- Balances people, quality, productivity, and customer needs.
- Is always looking for better ways to improve quality, efficiency, and teamwork.
Why Join Protech Medical?
At Protech Medical, we believe great companies are built by great people.
We invest in our employees, encourage new ideas, and provide opportunities for professional growth. As we continue expanding, we're looking for leaders who want to grow with us and help shape the future of our operations.
We offer:
- Competitive compensation based on experience.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Ongoing professional development.
- Opportunities for advancement within a growing organization.
- A collaborative leadership team that values initiative and continuous improvement.
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our employees, our customers, and the healthcare professionals who rely on our products every day.
Ready to Lead?
If you're an experienced manufacturing leader who is passionate about developing people, improving operations, building strong teams, and making a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Join Protech Medical and help us build the next generation of manufacturing excellence.
Pay: $75,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Are you bilingual (English / Spanish)
- Do you have experience directly leading and managing production teams of 50 or more employees?
Experience:
- Production management: 6 years (Required)
- Leadership: 6 years (Required)
- Manufacturing: 6 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Riviera Beach, FL 33404 (Required)
Work Location: In person
