Automotive Production Manager

About the role

The Automotive Production Manager is responsible for coordinating daily production activities, managing workflow, and ensuring jobs are completed efficiently, accurately, and on schedule. This position works closely with sales, estimating, technicians, and customers to ensure jobs are properly quoted, scheduled, and completed within expected timelines and budgets.

The ideal candidate is hands-on, dependable, organized, and comfortable working with both employees and customers. This individual should have a good understanding of production operations and the ability to balance scheduling, estimating, sales support, and job completion while helping maintain quality and profitability.

Maaco has been around for 50 years. We turn the car you drive back into the car you love!

Maaco has been around for 50 years. We turn the car you drive back into the car you love!

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production activities and ensure work is completed on schedule.
• Coordinate workflow, employee assignments, and job priorities.
• Assist with sales, customer communication, job estimating, and preparing quotes.
• Review work orders and estimates to ensure labor, materials, and costs are accurate.
• Monitor job progress, productivity, quality, and completion timelines.
• Communicate with customers regarding job status, scheduling, and completion.
• Work with employees to resolve production delays and operational issues.
• Monitor material usage, labor hours, and job costs to help maintain profitability.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Previous experience in automotive production, manufacturing, collision repair, or a related industry.
• Previous experience with sales, estimating, customer service, or job costing preferred.
• Basic understanding of production scheduling, labor, materials, and workflow.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple jobs and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Working knowledge of computers and basic business software.