Plant Operations Director
Key details
- Location
- Houston, TX, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Lead / Staff+
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 15–18 yrs
- Function
- Operations & Strategy
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- Yesterday
Skills
business continuitycloud computingproduction planning
About the role
Summary
Lead overall site operations for AI server manufacturing, including Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Materials Planning, Production Planning, Facilities, and EHS. Responsible for safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and successful execution from NPI through volume production.
Key Responsibilities
Why Join Us
Our company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Lead overall site operations for AI server manufacturing, including Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Materials Planning, Production Planning, Facilities, and EHS. Responsible for safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and successful execution from NPI through volume production.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all site operations and drive performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
- Develop manufacturing, capacity, workforce, and capital investment plans to support business growth.
- Ensure successful NPI, ramp, and high-volume production execution for EMS and JDM programs.
- Oversee AI server, system, and rack integration manufacturing, testing, burn-in, and shipment readiness.
- Drive operational excellence through yield improvement, cost reduction, automation, and lean manufacturing initiatives.
- Lead customer operations reviews, audits, and resolution of major quality, delivery, or supply chain issues.
- Partner with Supply Chain teams to manage critical component availability, inventory risk, and production continuity.
- Support global production transfers, capacity expansion, and manufacturing scale-up initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with EHS, security, business continuity, and customer requirements.
- Develop leadership capabilities and succession plans across the operations organization.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- 15+ years of manufacturing or operations leadership experience within electronics or enterprise hardware environments.
- 5+ years leading site-level or large-scale manufacturing organizations.
- Proven experience with server, storage, networking, AI infrastructure, or similar complex hardware products.
- Strong background in NPI, production ramp, manufacturing engineering, quality systems, and operational excellence.
- Experience managing customer relationships and collaborating with global teams, suppliers, and manufacturing sites.
- Experience with AI/GPU server platforms, rack integration, liquid cooling systems, or hyperscale cloud infrastructure products.
- Experience in EMS/JDM manufacturing environments.
- Experience supporting factory startups, production transfers, or large-scale capacity expansions.
Why Join Us
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
- Basic life insurance and short-term disability coverage provided by employer.
- Supplemental life insurance and long-term disability coverage options available.
- 401K with employer contribution.
- Personal, Vacation, and Holiday paid time off for all full-time employees.
Our company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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