Plant Manager

Title: Director of Operations

Shift: Day Shift

Pay: $160k-$200k (+/- depending on experience)

Location: Austintown, OH (based out of Austintown, OH)

Travel Requirements: 35%-40% travel between Virginia and Canada sites

Director of Operations Role:

The Director of Operations is responsible for managing the manufacturing and related operations of the facility in Ohio, Virginia, and Canada to promote and ensure a safe work environment; develop and implement Lean principles; achieve quality metrics; ensure on-time delivery and shipment goals are met; fair work practices are followed; regulatory and policy compliance requirements are met; continuous improvement goals, optimization of people, equipment, materials, and other assets are achieved. The Plant Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring short, medium, and long-range operational plans and processes that maximize the financial performance of the business.

Director of Operations Responsibilities:

Demonstrates company values and shares the organizational commitment to safety, quality, productivity, and a high-performance workforce through positive employee relations.

• Leads a behavior-based safety culture by setting a positive example and ensuring employees are engaged in all activities in a safe manner; monitoring, enforcing, and complying with environmental, health and safety (EHS) policies and regulations.

• Follows all environmental health and safety (EHS) policies, practices, protocols, and regulations. Proactively addresses any potential EHS issues and reports any unsafe conditions. Sets a positive example regarding EHS and a safety-first culture, collaborating with the EHS team.

• Maintains a clean and orderly (6S) work area and equipment to ensure a safe and productive work environment and quality products.

• Solicits employee feedback regarding safety; coordinating efforts with the EHS Manager to implement improvements to ensure a safe workplace; supports participation in the Safety Team and acts as a member.

• Ensures the ethical achievement of company goals related to customer satisfaction (Quality, On-Time Delivery, Responsiveness).

• Responsible for Plant’s EBIT contribution. Ensures overall plant performance, top line shipment targets are met while supporting profitable growth. Prepares and manages annual and long-range plans, to include safety, quality, customer service, shipments, variances, productivity improvement, capital investment, and inventory for the site. Analyzes variances, compiling, and studying costs and trends, and taking proactive measures to drive continuous performance improvements.

• Drives the creation and implementation of quality and continuous improvement initiatives, in collaboration with applicable management, which enable functional areas to meet or exceed plan.

• Maintains direct responsibility for the quality of all products manufactured.

• Establishes and attains operational goals and metrics(Key Performance Indicators – KPIs). Utilizes a weekly cadence to measure progress of all transformational activities including Productivity, Inventory, Lean, People, and Communications using an organized operating system.

• Manages cost to achieve EBITDA, including managing production related tooling and supplies levels to meet cost objectives.

• Monitors equipment and ensures equipment is maintained in good working order to minimize unplanned downtime and expense. Repairs or replaces plant equipment as needed, budgeting and obtaining approval for purchase as required.

• Monitors production schedule, attendance, and scheduled time off to ensure appropriate staffing levels, making necessary adjustments to maintain quality and delivery reliability with minimization of labor costs.

• Works as an effective leader by proactively communicating, collaborating with, and supporting supervisors/team leaders.

• Maintains excellent relationships with plant workforce. Builds a performance-driven culture through talent development in the organization that includes a strong succession plan.

• Mentors, coaches, and engages team; provides timely performance feedback. Drives employee
engagement programs with a strong focus on recognition. Employs progressive management practices to engage and develop employees, ensures performance management (including timely and effective formal and informal performance feedback), rewards and recognizes positive actions, promotes multi-directional communication, and addresses employee concerns in a timely fashion.

• In collaboration with Human Resources, screens, interviews, selects, and assists with the onboarding process of new hires.

• Manages processes related to human resources, such as training; coaching and corrective actions, scheduling, time keeping, pay and position changes; performance review processes and employee accountability; hiring and terminations; policy and procedure compliance, employee development, etc.

• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to effectively manage the business.
• Ensures company policies and procedures are always followed.

• May travel (including internationally) on an infrequent basis (approximately 10-15%).

General Responsibilities:

• Performs other responsibilities as assigned and/or as needed to support company objectives

• Meets on-site and other attendance requirements to effectively build positive relationships and interact with all employees

About you:

• 5 years of experience as a Director of Operations/Plant or Operations Manager in a made-to-order manufacturing (preferably machining) environment (with degree) or 10 years of experience (without degree), directly managing at least 15 employees

• Multi-site supervision

• Understanding of regulatory requirements for operating plants

• Root cause analysis and troubleshooting experience in operational environment

• MS Office and ERP (AX preferred) experience

• 10 years of experience working in manufacturing environment (preferably machining) practicing LEAN + Six Sigma concepts

• 4-year degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business (preferred), or a related discipline OR equivalent experience (see above requirement)

• Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively at all levels

• Excellent leadership skills to manage a diverse workforce fairly, consistently, professionally, and effectively, in line with company core values and culture goals

Benefits - all benefits start day 1!

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• PTO
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Paid Vacations
• Paid Holidays

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

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