Production Manager
Tenneco · Marshall, MI
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Preferred
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 3 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Tenneco (automotive) in Marshall, MI. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
- They ask for
- degree preferred
- Tools it names
- TPM, Root cause, SAP
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $143k–$194k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 30 production engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 29 other live production postings in Michigan.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 60%
- Lean 47%
- Six Sigma 40%
- Cost reduction 37%
- Casting 30%
- ✓ Root cause 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Tenneco in Marshall
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- Continuous Improvement Specialist · Lean / CI · Specialist
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Job summary
Responsible for effective management of all KPI's including financial, safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement for the production area in accordance with plant goals.
JOB
Responsibilities
- ◆Daily production activities management.
- ◆Financials management of the production area (MRO, SCRAP, etc)
- ◆To guarantee and assure the follow up and achievement of our standards and safety & quality rules and procedures.
- ◆To assure production and manufacturing on time and correct according with production plan.
- ◆Manage and give close follow up to multi-skills/training matrix of assigned production area.
- ◆To assure that TPM is executed on time and correct way vs defined standards.
- ◆To assure correct Standard Work Sheet (SWS) execution.
- ◆To assure the achievement of 5´s standards
- ◆Follow up and achieve KPI´s and objectives from the department (Delivery, Finance, HR, Safety, etc)
- ◆Follow up and solution of audits’ findings /GEMBA walks.
- ◆To assure the correct use of problems solving methodology
- ◆To assure the achievement of daily routines in their direct reports.
- ◆Active participation on Continuous improvement of their processes & areas.
- ◆To assure that the team has the required technical and soft skills.
- ◆Responsible to do, execute and present 8d´s to our customers.
JOB
Education
- ✓Bachelor’s degree preferred
Experience
- ✓Minimum of five years’ leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
Requirements
- ✓MS Office proficiency with advanced working knowledge of Excel
- ✓Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- ✓Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- ✓SAP knowledge is strongly preferred.
- ✓Leadership
- ✓Taking decisions
- ✓Communication
- ✓Conflicts management
- ✓People development.
- ✓Time management
- ✓Focused on results
- ✓Planning and organization
responsibilities
that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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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 the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- •Stand in place for long periods of time and use dexterity of hands to handle and feel materials.
- •Must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move more weight with the safety assistance of another employee.
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.
- •Temperatures will vary in the factory (hot to cold).
- •Noise levels in the work environment are usually loud, requiring hearing protection.
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