About the Role
Zeeco is seeking an experienced manufacturing and production leader for the position of Deputy General Manager – Production at our Wada manufacturing facility.
The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in heavy engineering, fabrication, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, reactors, and process equipment manufacturing while leading large production teams in high-performance manufacturing environments.
This role requires strong expertise in shop-floor operations, production planning, assembly management, safety, quality, manpower handling, and execution excellence.
The selected candidate will play a key leadership role in strengthening production capabilities, improving operational efficiency, ensuring on-time project delivery, and driving continuous improvement initiatives at Zeeco’s Wada facility.
This is not a conventional production management role.
This opportunity offers:
- Leadership responsibility for critical heavy engineering manufacturing operations
- Exposure to complex fabrication and process equipment manufacturing
- Opportunity to drive operational excellence and productivity improvements
- Leadership of large multidisciplinary production teams
- Involvement in strategic manufacturing and plant initiatives
- Direct contribution to safety, quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction goals
- Opportunity to strengthen manufacturing systems and shop-floor execution practices
The role is ideal for professionals with strong technical manufacturing expertise combined with proven leadership capability in large-scale fabrication and assembly operations.
The Deputy General Manager – Production will be responsible for leading production and manufacturing operations at Zeeco’s Wada facility.
The role includes end-to-end responsibility for:
- Production planning and execution
- Fabrication and assembly operations
- Shop-floor productivity
- Safety and housekeeping
- Workforce management
- Quality and delivery performance
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Coordination with planning, quality, and project teams
The position requires strong exposure to heavy fabrication, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, reactors, columns, condensers, and related process equipment manufacturing.