Foundry Manager

Foundry Production Manager

Lead a high-performance foundry focused on safety, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're an experienced manufacturing leader with foundry experience, this is an opportunity to lead a critical operation while driving safety, quality, productivity, and employee development. You'll oversee casting operations from melting through finishing while leading supervisors and production teams in achieving world-class operational performance. This is a hands-on leadership role where your decisions directly impact production, quality, efficiency, and profitability.

Why You'll Love Working Here?

• Lead a large-scale foundry operation
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Opportunity to influence plant performance and culture
• Collaborative leadership team
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Stable manufacturing environment

What You'll Lead

• Melting operations
• Molding
• Metal casting
• Finishing operations
• Production scheduling
• Quality improvement
• Safety initiatives
• Equipment utilization
• Workforce development

What You'll Do

• Lead daily and weekly production to meet customer demand
• Supervise and develop production supervisors and hourly employees
• Improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Reduce scrap and improve first-pass quality
• Monitor production KPIs, labor efficiency, and throughput
• Drive lean manufacturing initiatives including 5S, Kaizen, and continuous improvement
• Foster a culture focused on safety, accountability, and operational excellence
• Partner with Maintenance to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime
• Collaborate with Quality to identify root causes and implement corrective actions
• Manage raw material utilization and production efficiency
• Analyze production performance and communicate results to leadership

Qualifications

• Previous foundry manufacturing experience
• Manufacturing leadership experience managing production teams
• Strong knowledge of production planning and scheduling
• Experience improving productivity and operational performance
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Experience With

• Metal casting operations
• Furnace operations
• Sand systems
• Lean Manufacturing
• 5S
• Kaizen
• Six Sigma
• OEE improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Continuous Improvement
• Scrap reduction
• KPI management