Manager, Manufacturing

Manager, Manufacturing

Baton Rouge, LA

• ID: R-21503
• Job Category: Operations
• Job Type: Full time

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Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together—creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.

Your Role and Impact

At the Flowserve Baton Rouge Seal Quick Response Center (QRC), you will lead shop operations, develop team members, and drive continuous improvement. By directing our repair and manufacturing facility specializing in mechanical seals, you ensure we provide responsive, mission-critical repair services to customers in the oil and gas, chemical, water, and power industries. Your leadership and operational discipline will build an accountable, high-performing team that delivers on customer commitments and aligns with Flowserve’s strategic direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a safe, productive, and quality-focused shop environment by ensuring all work adheres to applicable safety policies and procedures.

• Manage shop personnel directly, including supervisors, repair/assembly technicians, and machinists, to develop team capability through coaching and training.

• Drive daily management at the Tier 1 and Tier 2 levels to align the team on key performance metrics, gaps, recovery actions, and continuous improvement priorities.

• Execute continuous improvement of key operational metrics, including safety, quality, on-time delivery, cycle time, backlog, productivity, and cost.

• Schedule labor, materials, equipment, and shop capacity effectively to consistently meet customer demand and delivery commitments.

• Lead structured problem-solving and corrective actions to address operational, quality, and customer-delivery issues.

• Partner with sales, customer service, supply chain, and engineering teams to resolve issues, remove roadblocks, and improve customer responsiveness.

• Manage departmental priorities and preventative maintenance plans to achieve operational objectives while meeting financial performance expectations.

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or a minimum of five years of leadership experience in a manufacturing, repair, or industrial environment.

• Three or more years of supervisory experience managing teams in a manufacturing or repair environment.

• Experience leading daily management systems, visual management, tier-board meetings, and plan-versus-actual performance reviews.

• Financial and operational acumen, with the ability to understand, communicate, and use performance metrics to drive results.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with rotating-equipment repair, particularly mechanical-seal repair.

• Knowledge of continuous improvement methods, root-cause analysis, standard work, and lean manufacturing principles.

• What We Can Offer You

• At Flowserve, you'll find a range of options to fit your, and your family's, needs. We want to provide our team with the right resources to invest in your physical, mental and financial well-being no matter where you sit or what stage of life you're in.

Our benefits* include:

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• Competitive Salary

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Retirement Planning & Financial Wellness Resources

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Parental Leave

• Life, Supplemental Life, Child, Spousal, and AD&D Insurance

• *Benefits vary by job, location and/or collective bargaining agreement.

• If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click Apply.

• Req ID : R-21503

• Job Family Group : Operations

• Job Family : OP Production Process Management

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• Flowserve is a global leader in flow control solutions and aftermarket services. Our people are driven by a shared commitment to building a more sustainable future and making a meaningful impact around the world. With more than 16,000 employees across 50+ countries, we combine global scale with strong local expertise. Our teams bring ingenuity, creativity, and technical excellence to every challenge, delivering innovative products and services that help customers operate more efficiently and reliably. Serving over 10,000 customers worldwide, Flowserve supports industries that provide essential resources such as energy, clean water, pharmaceuticals, and more. Put your talents—and your career—in motion with Flowserve.