Production Manager

Overview of the Role

Brunel is partnering with a respected organization in the oil and gas sector to appoint a Production Manager. This is a full-time, permanent, and strategic role based in Saudi Arabia or Qatar, focusing on leading end-to-end production and manufacturing activities. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring operational excellence and on-time delivery within the client's facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and control all production and manufacturing activities, ensuring customer orders are completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with approved drawings, API, Saudi Aramco, and customer specifications, as well as the Company's Quality Management System.
• Manage production planning, shop-floor execution, manpower and machine utilization, productivity, and manufacturing quality, ensuring committed delivery dates are met.
• Oversee all production, machining, fabrication, assembly, and testing activities, maintaining disciplined shop-floor execution.
• Prepare, implement, and continuously update the master production schedule based on confirmed customer purchase orders and contractual delivery dates.
• Translate orders into detailed manufacturing routes, work priorities, manpower requirements, machine loading, and milestone dates.
• Monitor every order from material availability through machining, fabrication, assembly, inspection, testing, documentation, and final release.
• Ensure manufacturing adheres strictly to approved drawings, BOMs, route cards, procedures, work instructions, ITPs, and applicable API/customer requirements.
• Ensure full compliance with API Spec Q1 and applicable API 6D, 6A, 5CT, 7-1, 16A, and 16C production requirements within the Company's licensed scope.
• Coordinate daily with Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Planning, Estimation/Sales, and Project teams to resolve technical, material, quality, or schedule constraints.
• Establish realistic production plans and identify bottlenecks involving materials, CNC capacity, tooling, manpower, engineering release, inspection, or testing.
• Develop and implement recovery plans to prevent issues from affecting committed customer delivery dates.
• Optimize CNC and conventional machine utilization, setup time, routing, manpower allocation, and shift arrangements to improve throughput and productivity.
• Ensure raw materials and components are correctly identified, and traceability is maintained throughout production in coordination with Quality.
• Control work-in-progress, production priorities, rework, repair, scrap, and manufacturing NCRs, ensuring timely corrective action.
• Coordinate inspection and testing activities with QA/QC, including hold points, witness points, NDE/NDT, dimensional inspection, hydrostatic/gas testing, and functional testing.
• Ensure special processes such as welding, heat treatment, NDE/NDT, and coating are performed only through approved procedures and qualified personnel/sources.
• Maintain accurate and auditable manufacturing records, ensuring production documentation is completed concurrently with the work.
• Support API, Saudi Aramco, MSSD, customer, and third-party audits, demonstrating effective control of manufacturing processes, traceability, equipment, and personnel competency.
• Ensure machinery, fixtures, tooling, and production equipment are maintained, coordinating preventive maintenance to minimize unplanned downtime.
• Monitor production costs, overtime, consumable usage, scrap, rework, and efficiency, implementing measurable improvement actions.
• Lead daily/weekly production meetings and provide management with clear order-by-order status, risks, recovery actions, and delivery forecasts.
• Develop supervisors, machinists, welders, technicians, and production personnel through competency assessment, training, and performance management.
• Maintain strict HSE, housekeeping, and operational discipline throughout the factory.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in production management within the oil and gas sector.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and control complex manufacturing operations.
• Strong understanding of API requirements, Saudi Aramco requirements, and Quality Management Systems.
• Proven track record in production planning, shop-floor execution, and achieving committed delivery dates.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.

Application Process

Salary for this position will be discussed during the interview process.