We are looking for an experienced Production Manager to lead manufacturing operations in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. This role is responsible for driving strong performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and continuous improvement while building a dependable and engaged production team. The ideal candidate brings sound operational judgment, strong leadership skills, and the ability to work closely with cross-functional partners to meet customer and business objectives.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct daily manufacturing operations and guide plant performance to achieve targets for safety, product quality, on-time output, and cost control.<br>• Build, develop, and retain production supervisors, leads, and support staff to maintain a high-performing operation.<br>• Investigate production, equipment, and workflow challenges and implement practical solutions that improve uptime and efficiency.<br>• Partner with customer service, scheduling, engineering, and other departments to create production plans and ensure clear execution on the shop floor.<br>• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, including kaizen-based activities, to strengthen processes and remove non-value-added work.<br>• Coach and mentor direct reports through regular feedback, training, and performance development efforts.<br>• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration so manufacturing teams can respond effectively to changing customer requirements and production demands.<br>• Work with human resources as needed to address employee concerns, support team relations, and reinforce a productive workplace.<br>• Oversee compliance with safety, environmental, housekeeping, legal, company, and customer requirements across manufacturing areas.
We are looking for an accomplished technology leader to guide platform and infrastructure functions through a period of operational improvement and long-range transformation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This contract opportunity is suited for someone who can strengthen day-to-day reliability while shaping a forward-looking strategy for cloud, data center, and enterprise platform services. The role will lead a sizable technical organization, partner with senior leadership, and build a more disciplined, accountable, and scalable engineering environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Provide strategic and operational leadership for platform engineering, infrastructure, and IT operations to improve service stability and team performance.<br>• Direct managers and technical leads across server administration, network engineering, and data center operations, overseeing an organization of approximately 40 to 50 employees and contractors.<br>• Build and execute a modernization plan for enterprise platforms, including assessment of hybrid cloud, full cloud, managed service, and other future-state architecture options.<br>• Develop roadmaps for reducing dependence on legacy mainframe systems and for advancing data center strategy, including migration planning and evaluation of an additional facility location.<br>• Establish stronger standards for infrastructure governance, lifecycle management, change control, release coordination, testing practices, and production readiness.<br>• Champion Site Reliability Engineering and observability efforts to improve system reliability, visibility, and operational response.<br>• Review availability, performance, and resilience metrics to identify technical debt, eliminate inefficiencies, and prioritize infrastructure improvements.<br>• Assess organizational capabilities, identify skill or leadership gaps, and implement changes that strengthen accountability, consistency, and execution.<br>• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to align infrastructure investments and transformation initiatives with long-term business objectives.