With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.
PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.
In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.
Job DescriptionDirector of Operations & Plant Manager POSITION SUMMARY: The Director of Operations/Plant Manager at Wyman Gordon Houston plays a pivotal role in steering the operational success of the facility, reporting directly to the WG Houston VP. With a strong focus on heavy manufacturing within the aerospace industry, this role encompasses leadership responsibilities aimed at driving financial performance, implementing lean methodologies, ensuring safety initiatives, and fostering continuous improvement across all operational facets.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Short-Term Objectives
• Employ right to left thinking and drive the financials.
• Ensure daily tracking and adherence to budget, adjusting short term plans to accommodate revenue dynamics.
• Ensure specific profit improvement initiatives, both ongoing and new, including raw, WIP and finished inventory reduction, changeover time reduction and scrap/rework elimination,
• Ensure lean manufacturing initiatives, continuous improvement, and corrective action activities,
• Ensure plantwide commitment to successful launches of new product lines,
• Lead implementation of schedule-based production manning model to proactively predict, address and support direct labor requirements,
• Drive consistent use of structured problem-solving methods.
• Drive robust data gathering, analysis and distribution tools to support all result measurables,
• Drive visual factory and “6S” tools and expectations, in keeping with road map timing.
• Develop and consistently apply company rules and policies.
• Drive successful functioning safety program and accident reduction.
• Set and facilitate plantwide communication expectations, including daily, weekly, and monthly interactions.
• Long-Term Objectives
• Lead plant-wide development to better understand and effectively employ industry-standard concepts,
• Maintain a plant-wide customer-focused, continuous improvement paradigm
• Champion long-term, systematic continuous improvement of process capabilities and costs, while supporting zero defects, on-time delivery and cost competitiveness,
• Champion employee development

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Forging and Machining,
• Strong operations background (plant management, manufacturing supervision)
• Behavior based safety systems.
• Experience in union environments with strong negotiations and relations focus
• Tier 1 Automotive supplier, Metals manufacturing or Aerospace industry
• Passionate towards excellence and growth of the business and individuals within the manufacturing industry
• Strong self-awareness, including accurate self-assessment and high self confidence.
• Self-regulating with integrity, composure, flexibility, and innovation.
• Lead with Action-based and hands-on exposure to the workforce.

EDUCATION:

• Degree in engineering or technical field required.

EXPERIENCE:

• 10 or more years in successive leadership roles in a heavy manufacturing environment(s), with specific experience leading Aerospace industry plants
• Experience in accident reduction/elimination & 6s methodology and execution
• Demonstrated knowledge of structured problem solving and related tools, ISO expectations, basic statistical methods, and other industry-standard skills including kanban, TOC, SMED, error-proofing, etc.
• Comfort working top to bottom of organization, plant floor to boardroom.
• Demonstrated cultural change agent.
• Sound cross-functional knowledge and ability to operate with all functions/departments.
• P&L responsibility in at least one prior position
• Demonstrated capability in lean manufacturing techniques, JIT concepts and proven, measurable productivity improvements.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Lead/Support Objectives, Targets and Goals.

WORK CONDITIONS:

• Will be exposed to outside elements, requiring adaptability to varying weather conditions.
• Exposed to high noises levels, requiring the use of PPE
• Will require movement around the manufacturing floor to install, troubleshoot, and maintain PC hardware and software.

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.