Production Manager
Regal Rexnord · New Hartford, CT
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Regal Rexnord (industrial) in New Hartford, CT. Lead, coach, and develop frontline leaders and production associates; build organizational capability through performance management, workforce development, succession planning, and a strong pipeline of leadership talent.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, ISO 9001, Capacity planning
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Connecticut: typical posted base $122k–$174k.
Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 10 production engineer openings in Connecticut, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Connecticut plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 9 other live production postings in Connecticut.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (5+ vs 7+)
Typical $122k–$174k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 60%
- ✓ Lean 50%
- 5S 30%
- ✓ Six Sigma 20%
- ✓ Root cause 20%
- FDA / GMP 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Regal Rexnord in New Hartford
1 other open role at this site · 1 person we found in production roles at Regal Rexnord.
- Senior Manager, Plant Manager · Production · Manager
Full description from Regal RexnordAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Provide strategic and operational leadership for assigned production areas, translating business objectives into priorities and establishing accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and inventory performance.
- ◆Build a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with applicable policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- ◆Establish and sustain a continuous improvement operating system using Lean manufacturing practices, standard work, visual management, and disciplined problem-solving routines across assigned production areas.
- ◆Develop and execute multi-year improvement plans that increase operational capability, strengthen workplace organization, and deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and inventory.
- ◆Establish performance management routines, analyze operational and financial results, identify underlying trends and risks, and hold leaders accountable for timely corrective actions and sustained improvement.
- ◆Lead, coach, and develop frontline leaders and production associates; build organizational capability through performance management, workforce development, succession planning, and a strong pipeline of leadership talent.
- ◆Own the development and execution of annual operating plans, budgets, staffing strategies, capacity plans, and resource
requirements
for assigned production operations, ensuring alignment with business priorities and financial commitments.
- ✓Ensure compliance with the Quality Management System and ISO 9001 requirements.
- ✓Lead cross-functional planning and decision-making with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Sales, Finance, and Human Resources to resolve constraints, balance priorities, and deliver customer and business commitments.
- ✓Provide leadership for the resolution of significant customer delivery and quality issues, ensuring effective containment, root-cause correction, clear communication, and sustained preventive action.
- ✓Lead business unit and enterprise initiatives that improve operational capability, standardize best practices, and advance strategic business priorities.
Qualifications
- ✓5+ years of supervisory or production leadership experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- ✓Demonstrated experience applying Lean manufacturing, Toyota Production System, Six Sigma, or comparable continuous improvement methods to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, or inventory performance.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to lead through frontline leaders, build team capability, manage performance, develop successors, and establish accountability for business results.
- ✓Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and influencing skills, with demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and aligning stakeholders around operational priorities and business objectives.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to interpret operational and financial data, identify performance trends and root causes, prioritize corrective actions, and make sound, timely decisions using available information and business judgment.
- ✓Proficiency with ERP, manufacturing, and standard business systems used for production planning, performance management, communication, and data analysis.
- ✓Experience supporting customer commitments and leading the resolution of delivery, quality, or service issues in partnership with internal teams and customers.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant manufacturing leadership experience will be considered.
- ✓Experience in electromechanical, industrial, aerospace, or defense manufacturing.
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Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.
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Position Overview
The Production Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for assigned production operations supporting the manufacture of electromechanical clutch and brake products for industrial, aerospace, and defense applications. This role is accountable for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, inventory, and associate development, while translating business priorities into operating plans, capacity and staffing strategies, and measurable performance objectives. The Production Manager leads through frontline leaders, builds organizational capability, advances continuous improvement and daily management disciplines, and partners across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, Customer Service, Finance, and Human Resources to resolve constraints and achieve customer, financial, and business commitments.
Physical demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States.
Benefits
- •Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- •Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- •Paid Time Off and Holidays
- •401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- •Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- •Paid Leaves
- •Tuition Assistance
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial man