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Castrol

Global producer of high-performance lubricants

Manufacturing Operations Manager

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBaton Rouge, LA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
  • At least 10 years of manufacturing or operations experience, including significant direct responsibility for manufacturing operations and frontline teams.
  • Experience leading a sizable, multi-shift manufacturing operation with multiple production or packaging lines.
  • Demonstrated accountability for production execution, safety, quality, service, and cost within a manufacturing environment.
  • Proven ability to improve manufacturing performance through disciplined execution, performance management, and structured problem solving.
  • Demonstrated experience developing supervisors, frontline leaders, and operating teams.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing performance, equipment reliability, production flow, labor productivity, and cost drivers.
  • Ability to work effectively across Planning, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Logistics.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Blending and Packaging operations across a complex, multi-line manufacturing environment, delivering performance across safety, quality, service, and cost.
  • Translate production plans into disciplined daily and weekly execution, proactively identifying constraints and establishing recovery plans when performance deviates from plan.
  • Drive manufacturing performance through effective daily management, structured problem solving, and continuous improvement, focusing on OEE, throughput, downtime, changeovers, labor productivity, waste, and material losses.
  • Provide visible leadership for HSSE and Quality, ensuring compliance with operating procedures, work instructions, Management of Change (MOC), Control of Work, and applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Build a capable and accountable Operations organization by coaching and developing frontline leaders and enabling teams to identify abnormalities, solve problems, and sustain improvements.
  • Partner with Maintenance and Engineering to improve equipment reliability and strengthen Autonomous and Preventive Maintenance execution.
  • Collaborate across Planning, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Logistics to resolve constraints, optimize capacity and manufacturing flexibility, and deliver the production plan.
  • Manage operating resources and controllable costs while building a culture of continuous improvement, strong operating discipline, and 5S.

About the Company

Castrol

Global producer of high-performance lubricants

Castrol is a global leader in high performance lubricants used in cars, industrial applications, ships, and aircraft. It manufactures lubricants and related products and sells them worldwide, serving customers in more than 150 countries. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of BP PLC, Castrol leverages BP’s resources for research, development, and distribution. Its products work by reducing engine and equipment wear, minimizing friction, and protecting components under different operating conditions. Castrol’s breadth of product lines across automotive, industrial, marine, and aerospace markets, along with its global manufacturing and distribution network, differentiates it from competitors that lack the same scale and backing. The company aims to provide reliable, high-performance lubricants worldwide to help customers keep engines and machinery running smoothly and efficiently.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Pangbourne, United Kingdom
Founded
1899

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