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Production Control Manager roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires employers to document recruitment efforts before filing. Manufacturing, aerospace, and defense companies routinely sponsor this occupation. Understanding how your credentials align with DOL prevailing-wage requirements strengthens your sponsorship case.
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Grid Structures, a division of Southland Steel, manufactures steel poles and structures supporting electric utility and renewable energy infrastructure. Our Amite operation is focused on employee safety, reliable quality, on-time customer delivery, and efficient manufacturing flow.
Position Summary
Grid Structures seeks a hands-on Production Control Leader to develop and execute an efficient manufacturing schedule that protects customer promise dates, balances product mix with plant capacity, and improves overall manufacturing flow. This leader will directly lead the shop-floor Material Handling and Shipping teams, ensure jobs are ready for production, and actively pull work through the operation to meet customer commitments. This role will also develop finished-goods bundle and trailer-load plans to improve shipment efficiency.
Core Accountabilities
Protect Customer Promise Dates
- Translate customer promise dates and shipping priorities into an executable production schedule, with early visibility to risks and constraints.
- Identify risks to promised dates early; coordinate recovery plans and communicate changes promptly with Operations, and Project Management.
Own the Production Schedule and Product Mix
- Develop master and near-term production schedules that balance customer priorities, shop capacity, setups, labor, material readiness, and overall throughput.
- As scheduling and shipping processes mature, develop finished-goods bundle layouts and trailer-load plans based on customer priorities, product dimensions, weight, and cubic utilization.
- Rebalance the schedule as material, equipment, staffing, and priorities change; make tradeoffs visible and avoid unnecessary schedule churn.
Lead Shop-Floor Material Handling and Production Readiness
- Direct and develop shop-floor Material Handlers; establish clear standards for material identification, location, movement, staging, inventory accuracy, and production readiness.
- Verify required plate, components, drawings, routing, and other job inputs are available before releasing work; escalate shortages and discrepancies.
- Direct safe, timely material staging and movement to support the production schedule while reducing searching, waiting, excess handling, and WIP.
- Coordinate with Procurement to align incoming material availability with production needs.
Pull Work Through the Manufacturing Operation
- Track each job from cutting and forming through welding, inspection, finishing, and shipment; identify bottlenecks and drive completion against customer promise dates.
- Use daily production meetings and direct engagement with supervisors to advance priority work, remove barriers, and recover late orders.
- Manage work-in-process, queue sizes, and handoffs between departments to protect flow rather than simply maximizing individual machine utilization.
- Coordinate schedule decisions with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Project Management; partner directly with the Shipping team without compromising safety or quality.
- Confirm schedule changes and releases are reflected accurately in the appropriate production and planning systems.
Lead Shipping Execution and Team Accountability
- Direct the Shipping team to prioritize completed customer orders, verify shipment readiness, coordinate load sequencing, and escalate shipping constraints. Track customer promise-date performance, schedule attainment, material readiness, WIP, throughput, and on-time shipments.
- Establish clear daily priorities, visual controls, safe material-handling and shipping practices, cross-training, and accountability for both teams.
Required Experience and Capabilities
- Experience in production control, manufacturing scheduling, planning, or material management within an industrial operation.
- Ability to balance customer commitments, product mix, equipment capacity, and material availability in a practical production schedule.
- Strong working knowledge of management systems, production orders, routings, bills of material, inventory control, and Excel/data analysis.
- Ability to interpret shop capacity, material availability, lead times, and customer commitments to make sound scheduling decisions.
- Experience directly leading shop-floor teams, preferably material handling and/or shipping, and resolving execution problems across departments.
- Visible safety mindset, urgency, disciplined communication, customer focus, and the courage to escalate risks early.
Preferred Experience
- Utility steel pole, transmission/distribution structures, engineered-to-order products, or heavy steel fabrication.
- Utility pole shipping/load planning, trailer capacity and dimensional constraints, engineered-to-order fabrication, or scheduling through cutting, forming, welding, and finishing.
- Lean flow, pull systems, visual management, capacity planning, SIOP, and continuous improvement.
How Success Will Be Measured
Specific targets will be established with site leadership. Initial measures include customer promise-date performance, schedule attainment, material readiness, safe and accurate material movement, controlled WIP, throughput, and on-time shipping. As advanced load planning is introduced, measures will also include bundle readiness and trailer weight/cubic utilization.
Leadership Standard
We expect a visible, hands-on leader who listens, establishes clear priorities, follows through, and makes decisions in the best interest of the entire value stream. This leader owns the plan and helps the team execute it; problems are surfaced early, not explained after a customer commitment is missed. Leadership, Process, and Culture drive sustainable results.
Benefits and Employment Information
Grid Structures offers competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). We are an equal opportunity employer and maintain a drug-free workplace. Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment screening requirements.
Company Overview
Grid Structures, a division of Southland Steel, manufactures steel poles and structures supporting electric utility and renewable energy infrastructure. Our Amite operation is focused on employee safety, reliable quality, on-time customer delivery, and efficient manufacturing flow.
Position Summary
Grid Structures seeks a hands-on Production Control Leader to develop and execute an efficient manufacturing schedule that protects customer promise dates, balances product mix with plant capacity, and improves overall manufacturing flow. This leader will directly lead the shop-floor Material Handling and Shipping teams, ensure jobs are ready for production, and actively pull work through the operation to meet customer commitments. This role will also develop finished-goods bundle and trailer-load plans to improve shipment efficiency.
Core Accountabilities
Protect Customer Promise Dates
- Translate customer promise dates and shipping priorities into an executable production schedule, with early visibility to risks and constraints.
- Identify risks to promised dates early; coordinate recovery plans and communicate changes promptly with Operations, and Project Management.
Own the Production Schedule and Product Mix
- Develop master and near-term production schedules that balance customer priorities, shop capacity, setups, labor, material readiness, and overall throughput.
- As scheduling and shipping processes mature, develop finished-goods bundle layouts and trailer-load plans based on customer priorities, product dimensions, weight, and cubic utilization.
- Rebalance the schedule as material, equipment, staffing, and priorities change; make tradeoffs visible and avoid unnecessary schedule churn.
Lead Shop-Floor Material Handling and Production Readiness
- Direct and develop shop-floor Material Handlers; establish clear standards for material identification, location, movement, staging, inventory accuracy, and production readiness.
- Verify required plate, components, drawings, routing, and other job inputs are available before releasing work; escalate shortages and discrepancies.
- Direct safe, timely material staging and movement to support the production schedule while reducing searching, waiting, excess handling, and WIP.
- Coordinate with Procurement to align incoming material availability with production needs.
Pull Work Through the Manufacturing Operation
- Track each job from cutting and forming through welding, inspection, finishing, and shipment; identify bottlenecks and drive completion against customer promise dates.
- Use daily production meetings and direct engagement with supervisors to advance priority work, remove barriers, and recover late orders.
- Manage work-in-process, queue sizes, and handoffs between departments to protect flow rather than simply maximizing individual machine utilization.
- Coordinate schedule decisions with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Project Management; partner directly with the Shipping team without compromising safety or quality.
- Confirm schedule changes and releases are reflected accurately in the appropriate production and planning systems.
Lead Shipping Execution and Team Accountability
- Direct the Shipping team to prioritize completed customer orders, verify shipment readiness, coordinate load sequencing, and escalate shipping constraints. Track customer promise-date performance, schedule attainment, material readiness, WIP, throughput, and on-time shipments.
- Establish clear daily priorities, visual controls, safe material-handling and shipping practices, cross-training, and accountability for both teams.
Required Experience and Capabilities
- Experience in production control, manufacturing scheduling, planning, or material management within an industrial operation.
- Ability to balance customer commitments, product mix, equipment capacity, and material availability in a practical production schedule.
- Strong working knowledge of management systems, production orders, routings, bills of material, inventory control, and Excel/data analysis.
- Ability to interpret shop capacity, material availability, lead times, and customer commitments to make sound scheduling decisions.
- Experience directly leading shop-floor teams, preferably material handling and/or shipping, and resolving execution problems across departments.
- Visible safety mindset, urgency, disciplined communication, customer focus, and the courage to escalate risks early.
Preferred Experience
- Utility steel pole, transmission/distribution structures, engineered-to-order products, or heavy steel fabrication.
- Utility pole shipping/load planning, trailer capacity and dimensional constraints, engineered-to-order fabrication, or scheduling through cutting, forming, welding, and finishing.
- Lean flow, pull systems, visual management, capacity planning, SIOP, and continuous improvement.
How Success Will Be Measured
Specific targets will be established with site leadership. Initial measures include customer promise-date performance, schedule attainment, material readiness, safe and accurate material movement, controlled WIP, throughput, and on-time shipping. As advanced load planning is introduced, measures will also include bundle readiness and trailer weight/cubic utilization.
Leadership Standard
We expect a visible, hands-on leader who listens, establishes clear priorities, follows through, and makes decisions in the best interest of the entire value stream. This leader owns the plan and helps the team execute it; problems are surfaced early, not explained after a customer commitment is missed. Leadership, Process, and Culture drive sustainable results.
Benefits and Employment Information
Grid Structures offers competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). We are an equal opportunity employer and maintain a drug-free workplace. Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment screening requirements.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Production Control Manager
Benchmark your credentials against PERM requirements
PERM job requirements must reflect what the role genuinely needs, not what you specifically hold. Review DOL's Standard Occupational Classification for Production Control Managers and confirm your degree and experience align with the posted minimum requirements before applying.
Target manufacturers with active PERM filing history
Aerospace, automotive, and defense contractors file PERM applications for Production Control Managers far more often than general manufacturing firms. Search the DOL's PERM disclosure data to identify employers who have sponsored this specific occupation in the past three years.
Request EB-2 consideration if you hold an advanced degree
Many employers default to EB-3 for operations roles, but if you hold a master's degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, or a related field, you may qualify under EB-2. Raise this with the employer's immigration counsel before the I-140 petition is filed.
Use Migrate Mate to filter jobs by sponsorship history
Searching broadly wastes time on employers who have never filed a green card petition. Migrate Mate lets you filter Production Control Manager openings by verified sponsorship history, so you're only targeting companies that have completed the PERM process before.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
PERM requires your offered wage to meet the DOL prevailing wage for your work location and job zone. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm the Level I through Level IV wage tier your role will be classified under, since mismatches can delay or invalidate certification.
Negotiate PERM filing timing into your offer letter
Unlike H-1B visa, there's no annual filing window for PERM, but the process still takes 12 to 18 months before USCIS even receives the I-140. Ask your employer to commit to a PERM start date in writing so the sponsorship timeline is built into your employment agreement from day one.
Green Card Production Control Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Production Control Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Production Control Manager positions qualify for EB-3 as skilled workers requiring a bachelor's degree and substantial experience. If the role genuinely requires a master's degree or equivalent, EB-2 is available. The classification depends on the employer's documented minimum requirements in the PERM application, not your personal qualifications above that floor.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
The H-1B is a temporary, capped visa with an annual lottery, while EB-3 green card sponsorship has no annual cap concern for most countries and leads to permanent residency. PERM takes longer upfront, typically 12 to 18 months before the I-140 stage, but you're building toward a permanent immigration outcome rather than renewing status every three years.
How do I find Production Control Manager jobs that offer green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically to surface jobs with verified employment-based sponsorship history. You can filter by occupation and sponsorship type to find Production Control Manager roles where the employer has a documented track record of completing PERM and I-140 filings, rather than relying on vague job postings that mention 'visa sponsorship available.'
What does the PERM labor certification process require from my employer?
Your employer must conduct a formal recruitment campaign, post the role through DOL-prescribed channels, and document that no qualified U.S. worker was available. The job requirements filed in PERM must match the actual position. Any deviation between the PERM job description and your actual duties can create problems at the I-485 adjustment of status stage.
Can I change employers after my green card process has started?
Once your I-140 petition has been approved and your priority date is current or close, portability rules under AC21 allow you to change to a same or similar occupation without restarting the process. Production Control Manager roles typically port well to related operations or supply chain management positions, but your new employer must be sponsoring you in a comparable role.