Operations Manager
Copeland · Rushville, IN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Copeland (industrial) in Rushville, IN. Prior experience in one or more of the following areas: Operations, Engineering, Product Planning, or Marketing.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Kaizen, Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Indiana: typical posted base $153k–$204k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 24 production engineer openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 23 other live production postings in Indiana.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 46%
- Team leadership 46%
- ✓ New product launch 29%
- EHS / safety 29%
- Root cause 29%
- ✓ Kaizen 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Tooling, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Copeland in Rushville
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Full description from CopelandAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
and specifications for production test tools, either directly with development teams or by collaborating with product test engineers. Define and develop product support plans. Coordinates program vendor activities including design, tooling and parts suppliers to ensure cost, delivery and quality targets are met according to customer
requirements
and schedules. Manage operations and ensure support in place for new product line launch and production.
requirements
- ✓Communicate project status and forward plans throughout the organization and support the enterprise with preparation and support for key meetings
- ✓AOP and Strategic Bowlers and action plans as needed
- ✓Copeland Business System Leadership & Engagement
- ✓Work with Leadership Teams to prioritize and resource specific new product projects
- ✓Lead and facilitate new product projects to impact identified critical metrics. Identify upcoming requirements, milestones, opportunities and best practices
- ✓Drive and improve business processes in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Distribution, IT, Human Resources, and Engineering
- ✓Work collaboratively with enterprise leadership team to continuously improve processes (i.e. tools, techniques, analysis, exhibits)
- ✓Identify and leverage Best Practices across global manufacturing sites
- ✓Leverage shared learnings to improve overall implementation process through Kaizen and other rapid improvement processes
- ✓Engage Business Units as needed to ensure that operational plans are established and on track for customer service level and supply chain excellence
Required education, experiences & skills
- ✓Strong desire to optimize enterprise processes – Q2C
- ✓Facilitation or Consulting (Internal or External) Experience
- ✓Clear demonstration of getting results through teams
- ✓Willingness to lead others, coach and mentor, and expand accountability / leadership
responsibilities
- ◆Prior experience in one or more of the following areas: Operations, Engineering, Product Planning, or Marketing
- ◆Ability to Influence across all levels of the organization
- ◆Demonstrated Change Leadership skills
- ◆Experience leading a significant change effort
- ◆Effectively Dealing with Ambiguity
- ◆Challenges appropriately
Preferred education, experiences & skills
- ✓Leadership experience in any of the following key functional roles is a plus
- ✓Quality / Supply Chain / Operations
- ✓Engineering / Product Planning
- ✓Sales / Marketing
- ✓S&OP Leadership
- ✓Change Management
Why Work in the Rushville, IN
Our facility is located in Rushville, IN, which is less than an hour from Indianapolis. Rushville is also a short drive from larger communities such as Shelbyville , Greenfield , and Greensburg . Downtown Rushville offers shopping, local eateries, a seasonal farmer and artisan market, and a host of community activities at the Riverside Park Amphitheater . Awarded the Stellar Community designation by the State of Indiana, Rushville offers an exceptional school system, a low cost of living, and is a place where “everyone knows your name.”
About Our Location
Our 2-building campus offers a safe and clean work environment with a “family” atmosphere. We manufacture new semi-hermetic compressors and take the worn-out, failed compressors out of the field and remanufacture them to “like new” status, as well as manufacture crank shafts. Approximately 200 employees work in Rushville and are an integral part of our organization. A 2-building c
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Description
Lead the Rushville Manufacturing Launch of our new to-the-world Oil Free Centrifugal product platform. Reporting directly to the Plant Manager you will work closely with Copeland enterprise teams to accelerate and successfully introduce this program. Your focus will be on manufacturing and collaboration with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Planning, Quality and Execution related colleagues such that we deliver a prepared and capable team to take ownership for all process and product related activities for the OFC ramp-up. Ensure a strong focus on customer experience, delivery assurance, establishing robust supply networks, business and manufacturing process optimization, operational flexibility and protecting expected lead times. Foundational understanding of Best-in-Class Manufacturing strategies, Critical to Quality Process Development, Copeland Business System, Program Management, Enterprise Optimization, New Product Development, and Kaizen will be helpful in the role.
Responsible for the transition of new product into full production readiness. Responsible for creating
As the Operation Manager, you will
- •Lead, develop, and manage a team to successfully deliver new product line compressor launch
- •Meet schedule commitments for key launch partners (Including Safe Standard Work, Product Quality, Cost, risk mitigation and operational strategies)
- •Lead cross functional teams through very complex aspects of the project
- •Lead and facilitate strategy deployment process implementation and development within the business and site locations
- •Communicate overall strategy, schedules, and resource