Senior Director of Operations
Fortive · Everett, WA
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Production
- Travel
- 15%
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 24 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level production role at Fortive (industrial) in Everett, WA. Additionally, work to enhance customer value and operational efficiency by developing solutions that promote shipment linearity within the Operations and Service teams.
- They ask for
- 10+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, Casting
- Day to day
- about 15% travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Washington: typical posted base $120k–$172k.
Median of the low and high ends of 22 live postings that list pay, out of 34 production engineer openings in Washington, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 33 other live production postings in Washington.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $112k–$154k, from 21 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Python 32%
- ✓ Lean 29%
- ✓ New product launch 26%
- Root cause 26%
- Team leadership 26%
- Automation 21%
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This plant: Fortive in Everett
2 other open roles at this site.
- Senior Quality Engineer · Quality · Senior
- Sr Manufacturing Engineer – Pressure Calibration · Quality · Senior
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Responsibilities
The Senior Director of Operations will be responsible for leading the 4 pillars of our Everett Operations organization
- ◆Production
- ◆Service & Calibration
- ◆Materials & Planning
- ◆DFx (Design for Manufacturing) & Engineering
- ◆Drive point of impact results while ensuring safety of our associates, quality of our products and services, and on-time delivery at the minimum investment in cost and inventory.
- ◆Utilize Gemba techniques to foster and extend our FBS (Fortive Business System) and Lean Culture
- ◆Provide leadership for planning and scheduling to support accurate and timely receipts, shipments, and overall material management
- ◆Coordinate New Product Introduction (NPI) and product transitions from engineering to manufacturing to ensure post launch success through process and metrics leadership.
- ◆Set and lead capital, fixed and variable budgets for manufacturing site, providing end-of-month variance reporting and analysis, absorption accounting analysis and forecasting, and corrective actions as required
- ◆Collaborate with HR for organization and talent development, talent risk management, and succession planning
- ◆Lead daily, weekly, and monthly reviews to ensure improvement projects and key performance indicators stay on track. Execution through robust Daily Management/Visual Management and Operational Review cadences to ensure the site meets its customer and business commitments.
- ◆Collaborate closely with the global sales and product organizations to align on customer expectations, delivery timelines, and revenue goals, while driving sustained value creation through effective communication, expectation setting, and organizational capability building. Additionally, work to enhance customer value and operational efficiency by developing solutions that promote shipment linearity within the Operations and Service teams.
Required
- ✓10+ yrs. of progressive operations and cross functional management
- ✓Cross functional business management experience in manufacturing engineering, Service & production operations, continuous improvement, and other support functions
- ✓Proven track record in controlling costs to budget
- ✓Proven track record delivering predictive results for customers
- ✓Lean Manufacturing demonstrated knowledge and results
- ✓Proficient in digital literacy (Microsoft Office products: Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- ✓Experience successfully implementing lean manufacturing and Fortive Business System processes within depth knowledge of the methodology (or similar)
- ✓Experience leading a service organization
- ✓Experience developing engineering talent
- ✓Excellent communication skills and proven ability to motivate various levels of organization
- ✓Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time
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Desired
- +Data analysis skills
- +Experience leading >$70M revenue business
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
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