This role is responsible for the general management and operations for US Manufacturing. Including the client’s flagship Mobile, AL manufacturing plant and senior leadership support to Ohio and Virginia operations. This includes achieving financial, production and business plan results. Reporting to this role in Mobile, AL is the production, production engineering, estimating, project management, drafting, safety, quality and purchasing teams. This role works collaboratively across the organization to ensure that operations are effective and efficient.
Our Client
For more than fifty years our client has been supplying engineered composite solutions into industrial facilities that process corrosive and often hazardous fluids. Hundreds of piping, tank, and vessel installations in more than 45 countries around the world are the best demonstration of their experience in providing composite solutions for corrosive fluid handling, storage, and infrastructure challenges. There are a number of locales as they’ve acquired a few companies in southern Ontario as well as their US sites too. The owners are a hugely successful private family capital corporation with amazing business smarts and very progressive in their desire for continual learning amongst all of the assets they own including this one!
What you will do
Oversees the day-to-day operations :
- Ensures the achievement of financial, production and business goals
- Reports on and manages to KPIs – (Productivity Index, Resource Utilization, Ontime delivery, % EBITDA)
- Evaluates and improves overall performance
- Strengthen the competitive position of the plant to enable growth through new business
- Strong coordination with the Field Services group
Provides leadership and coordinates the work of :
Production teamProduction EngineeringProject Management and EstimatingSafetyQuality AssurancePurchasingDraftingGeneral Managers of Ohio and Virginia operationsEnsures client expectations are met or exceeded in product quality, cost, and delivery
Collaborates with the sales team to meet client needsParticipate in key customer relationshipsEnsures compliance with all environmental, health and safety regulations and standard operating procedures; creates a safe and secure work environmentOversees and adheres with organizational programs and policies related to Quality Assurance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Environmental Health and SafetyCollaboratively works across the organization for maximum effectiveness and efficienciesOversees people management :
Employee hiring, training and development, providing guidance and coaching to supervisorsProvides coaching and feedback, manages the performance and development of team members; creates a culture of accountabilityFosters team member engagement and supports an environment of respect, trust, and high performanceManages and leads process improvement and enterprise initiatives
Sponsors and / or leads key enterprise initiativesDigitalization and automationIdentify and drive local process improvement initiativesSupport integration with RPS Operations
Identify and support opportunities for centralized, coordinated and / or shared resourcesSupport team building with Field Services Operations to ensure a harmonized product and servicing offering to clientsParticipate or lead other projects as requiredKey Relationships :
This role reports to the COO.Other relationships : Senior Leadership Team, Production Teams, all RPS in Mobile, AL, Clients, Vendors, SuppliersExpected Outcomes :
Meet Key Performance IndicatorsAchieve annual business plan goalsEnvironmental Conditions :
95% Office setting5% walking within a production / manufacturing environmentLimited exposure to chemicals for manufacturing processPhysical requirements :
Extended sitting and computer usageWalking in a production environment or job site, client locationWhat you will bring :
Engineering Degree, or applicable post-secondary educationProven experience in production / manufacturing leadership and managementDemonstrates thorough knowledge of working in a manufacturing environmentExperience working with composite materials in a production environment would be considered an asset.Strong leadership and supervisory skills with ability to create a high performing teamAbility to be strategic yet be hands on if / when necessary to ensure overall resultsEmbraces continuous improvement and innovation and demonstrates strong change management capabilityExcellent interpersonal and communication skillsDemonstrates systems thinking with ability to implement organizational wide processesDemonstrates good business acumen, managing financial results and internal controlsProactive, highly organized and solution orientedDemonstrates an ability to Get Things Done; action orientedAbility to influence, lead change effectively and embrace continuous improvement / innovationKnowledge of the corrosion market or heavy industrial customers is an assetGood computer skills : MS Office suite, CRM, ERP systems, ability to learn new software / technology / applications quickly and effectivelyMust have a valid passport with ability to travel within North America
