McWane Ductile Ohio Poles Operations Manager

THE PERSON

Are you an ambitious customer-centric and process-oriented manufacturing operations leader who is committed to excellence and has a positive can-do approach to leadership Do you enjoy identifying areas of opportunity developing the necessary systems for improvement and clearing up the obstacles and roadblocks to success If you can effectively keep an eye on todays issues while anticipating and preparing for tomorrow and beyond we want to talk to you!

WHY McWane Poles

At McWane Poles we are anchored by the McWane Principles:

• • Safety: People First. Step Up.
  • Leadership: I Am Always on Stage. First Manage Myself.
  • Accountability: Lead Myself Well. Own it. Correct it.
  • Excellence: Always Working to be Better. Add Value.
  • Trust: The Speed of Trust. Build Dont Break.
  • Teamwork: Help Each Other Be Great. Win Together.
  • Communication: Clear Candid and Constructive.
  • Environment: Protect Our Communities. Keep it Clean
• 100-year-old privately-owned and financially stable company with a solid reputation in the industry and communities we serve
• Independently operated division of the larger McWane enterprise
• Dedicated to personal and professional growth and development for all employees including tuition reimbursement and other continuing education opportunities
• Loyalty and commitment to employees in a tight-knit family-oriented environment
• Pride in product workmanship with a collective desire to embrace challenges achieve more and drive the growth of the company
• Community service employee engagement and family involvement are highly valued and supported by activities sponsored throughout the year
• Culture focused on continuous improvement embracing change ensuring safety and celebrating successes!
• This is an excellent opportunity to make a direct impact on a rapidly growing company by developing and supporting the pathway to success!

Our ideal Manufacturing Operations Manager is:

• Collaborative approachable respectful and personable
• A driven persistent and resilient problem-solver
• Dedicated well-organized analytical and accountable
• Receptive open-minded innovative and flexible
• A supportive trustworthy and dependable servant leader

The Operations Manager will be required to work out of the Coshocton OH facility (this is not a remote position).

RESPONSIBILITIES

The job responsibilities of this Manufacturing Operations Manager include but are not limited to:

• Lead manage and hold direct reports accountable (3 supervisors 1 maintenance supervisor 1 engineer)
• Attend weekly meetings including quality safety maintenance and others as needed
• Facilitate shift changes promote collaboration and bridge gaps between teams and departments across production engineering and maintenance
• Manage and improve conversion cost; labor management hours / manning line maintenance component management inventory / purchasing
• Be a servant leader: provide tools and resources for success develop team members coordinate day-to-day operations to achieve goals foster team cohesion
• Promote quality production and own results: define and adhere to ISO 9001 processes collaborate with quality manager to implement processes take corrective action identify root causes conduct analysis develop and implement action plans
• Own safety procedures: use near miss tracking and non-routine hazards awareness to keep team members safe execute existing programs and ensure adherence in daily operations
• Design and implement systems and structures in operations safety and inventory Champion for continuous improvement
• Anticipate day-to-day production needs coordinate schedules to meet customer commitments prioritize unforeseen challenges and solve issues permanently
• Evaluate modify and solidify Operator Work Instructions (OWIs) to create consistency establish process discipline and increase efficiency and productivity

Qualifications :

Required:

• 5 years experience in manufacturing industry
• Experience managing a team of 15
• Experience working for a company with 100 employees
• Track record of demonstrated improvements / results
• 4-year degree or equivalent work experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred:

• 8 years experience as a manufacturing operations manager or similar role
• 5 years experience in manufacturing industry
• Stable long-term work history (5 years at one company)
• Experience working in a facility with 200 people
• Experience working a hard labor industry
• 4-year degree in engineering operations business or related field
• Masters degree in business administration

Desired:

• Experience working in heavy industrial industry
• Experience working in large product manufacturing
• Experience producing made-to-order products
• Experience implementing processes
• Experience communicating across multiple departments

Computer Skills: Computer literate; proficient with Microsoft Windows MS Office programs (Word Excel and PowerPoint) and email database management and spreadsheets.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation disability veteran or service member status marital status citizenship status (In IL - sex including same sex ancestry order of protection status physical or mental disability military status pregnancy unfavorable discharge status genetic information) (In IA - gender identity) (In CA- gender identity or expression and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time