Director of Manufacturing - Ruther Glen, VA
M.C. Dean
Caroline County, Virginia · Posted May 13, 2026
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About the job
Overview
About Modular Mission Critical ModularMission Critical™ is the manufacturing campus for M.C. Dean’s complex, modular product line for datacenters and critical infrastructure. Located just north of Richmond, VA, this site is growing fast serving customers worldwide. Important openings include assemblers for our production lines and engineers and designers for products and continuous improvement. Join M.C. Dean’s more than 9,000 employees around the world making an impact through innovations in power and technology.
Why Join Us? Our people are passionate about innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment for employees to build long-term careers.
Responsibilities
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Responsible for managing the manufacturing operations including Leadership and Mentoring in a Continuous Improvement Environment utilizing Lean Principles with a focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Innovation, Morale and Championing M.C. Dean, Inc. PreFab Core Values and Guiding Principles.
Qualifications
Minimum of sixteen (16)+ years experience with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering / related degree in a manufacturing supervisory/management function, or managing a smaller facility. Experience managing a job shop environment a plus.
Experience in working in a lean manufacturing environment.
Experience in leadership and development of manufacturing supervision, through training, coaching and mentoring, in managing people and in problem solving and continuous improvement.
Strong verbal, written and electronic communication skills.
We offer an excellent benefits package including:
A competitive salary
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
401k Retirement Plan
Military Reserve pay offset
Paid maternity leave
Abilities:
Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Responsible for managing the manufacturing operations including Leadership and Mentoring in a Continuous Improvement Environment utilizing Lean Principles with a focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Innovation, Morale and Championing M.C. Dean, Inc. PreFab Core Values and Guiding Principles.
Minimum of sixteen (16)+ years experience with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering / related degree in a manufacturing supervisory/management function, or managing a smaller facility. Experience managing a job shop environment a plus.
Experience in working in a lean manufacturing environment.
Experience in leadership and development of manufacturing supervision, through training, coaching and mentoring, in managing people and in problem solving and continuous improvement.
Strong verbal, written and electronic communication skills.
We offer an excellent benefits package including:
A competitive salary
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
401k Retirement Plan
Military Reserve pay offset
Paid maternity leave
Abilities:
Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Identify and understand the speech of another person.