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Operations Manager

nVent · Houston, TX

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Level
Manager
Team
Production
Degree
Preferred
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management production role at nVent (industrial) in Houston, TX. A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day.

They ask for
5+ years · degree preferred
Tools it names
Kaizen, Value stream mapping, Tooling

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Production Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $107k–$153k.

Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 85 production engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 84 other live production postings in Texas.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $106k–$145k, from 15 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Typical (5+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 44%
  • Lean 36%
  • Root cause 29%
  • New product launch 22%
  • Six Sigma 22%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, Value stream mapping, Tooling, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at nVent

    Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.

  2. 2

    Send a short, curious note

    One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.

  3. 3

    Turn a reply into a short call

    Questions worth asking about this team:

    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
  4. 4

    Apply with someone vouching for you

    If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.

  5. 5

    Bring proof to the interview

    One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

This plant: nVent in Houston

1 other open role at this site.

Full description from nVentAs posted on their careers site.Show

What you will experience in this position

  • ✓Lead daily operations within the value stream, ensuring production commitments are met while driving continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
  • ✓Improve manufacturing performance through optimized processes, systems, tooling, and equipment. Lead and participate in cross-functional improvement initiatives and kaizen events.
  • ✓Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to production teams, ensuring the resources, training, and support needed to achieve operational goals.
  • ✓Cultivate a culture of engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement where team members are empowered to solve problems and contribute innovative ideas.
  • ✓Monitor key performance metrics, identify gaps, and implement effective recovery plans and corrective actions to achieve targets.
  • ✓Evaluate and implement improvements to production capacity, equipment, tooling, staffing, and workflows to support business growth and customer demand.
  • ✓Manage departmental operating and capital budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and alignment with business objectives.
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We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

You have

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing or related field is preferred.
  • •5+ years experience in manufacturing operations leadership preferred, with 3+ years leading Supervisors.
  • •Consistent record of leading teams to achieve ambitious goals.
  • •Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
  • •Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data driven mentality.
  • •Strong ability to influence change management and drive organizational consensus across cross-functional teams.
  • •Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor supervisory staff, building bench strength and developing future leaders.
  • •Experience scaling production output to meet growing business demands while maintaining quality and efficiency standards.

We have

  • •A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
  • •nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
  • •Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com .
  • •Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
  • •We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
  • •Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
  • •Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
  • •Innovative & adaptable
  • •Dedicated to absolute integrity
  • •Focused on the customer first
  • •Respectful and team oriented
  • •Optimistic and energizing
  • •Accountable for performance
  • •Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

  • •Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
  • •A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
  • •Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

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