General Manager - Investment Casting Foundry

• Own full P&L responsibility for Franklin Precision Castings, including revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, working capital, and capital efficiency.
• Develop and execute business plans focused on market growth, customer development, operational performance, profitability improvement, and capability investment.
• Set and manage the annual operating budget in coordination with executive leadership and provide regular reporting on commercial, operational, financial, and people performance.
• Evaluate and execute capital investments with clear return expectations and follow-through on post-investment results.

• Lead commercial strategy for the site, including customer retention, account growth, new program qualification, and pricing discipline.
• Develop and maintain senior-level relationships with key customers across defense and industrial markets.
• Oversee strategic quoting, contract negotiation, and pricing decisions with a value-based approach that reflects the site’s technical capabilities.
• Drive new business opportunities through customer development, new program activity, adjacent applications, and alloy or process capabilities that support profitable growth.

• Lead site performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, throughput, and people development.
• Establish a consistent operating rhythm through daily management systems, KPI reviews, customer scorecard reviews, and corrective action discipline.
• Identify and remove constraints in casting, finishing, and related production processes to improve yield, throughput, and cost competitiveness.
• Champion Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement as daily operating disciplines.
• Ensure compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements and reinforce a safety-first culture across the site.

• Maintain and improve quality systems to meet customer, regulatory, and business requirements.
• Build a quality culture focused on first-time yield, root cause discipline, corrective action effectiveness, and consistent process control.
• Personally engage in customer quality reviews, source approval processes, major corrective action events, and quality-related customer concerns.
• Ensure quality system integrity is maintained during growth, production changes, or leadership transitions.

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable site leadership across engineering, quality, operations, sales, and finance.
• Build organizational depth by recruiting, onboarding, developing, and retaining strong talent at all levels.
• Manage performance with clarity by recognizing strong contributors, developing employees with potential, and addressing underperformance directly.
• Partner with HR and executive leadership on workforce planning, succession planning, compensation, and leadership development.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Business, Operations, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in a foundry, casting, precision manufacturing, or closely related industrial manufacturing environment.
• Foundry, casting, or other technically demanding manufacturing experience.
• Experience with full P&L ownership or direct accountability for financial, operational, and commercial performance.
• Demonstrated success improving business performance through revenue growth, operational improvement, margin improvement, or turnaround activity.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across operations, engineering, quality, sales, finance, and other business functions.
• Working knowledge of quality systems, process control, production discipline, and customer requirements in a precision manufacturing environment.
• Ability to lead from the floor to the executive level, with credibility in both technical and business discussions.
• Ability to work full-time from the Franklin, Pennsylvania facility.

• Direct investment casting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy, or a closely related technical field.
• MBA or graduate degree in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Experience serving aerospace, defense, industrial, or other technically demanding customer markets.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other structured continuous improvement methods.
• Experience with ERP-driven production scheduling, financial reporting, and job-shop or foundry operating environments.
• Track record of new program development, customer diversification, or profitable growth in a specialty manufacturing environment.

We offer competitive salary and an excellent benefit package that includes medical, vision, dental, life, AD&D, and 401k match.

Wall Colmonoy is an equal opportunity employer encouraging individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.