General Manager

MUST HAVE METALLURGY EXPERIENCE!!!

We are seeking an experienced General Manager to lead all aspects of a heat treat manufacturing operation. This individual will be responsible for overseeing production, quality, maintenance, engineering, safety, customer satisfaction, and financial performance while driving operational excellence throughout the facility. The ideal candidate will have a strong manufacturing leadership background combined with a deep understanding of metallurgy, heat treatment processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for plant operations, including production, quality, maintenance, engineering, and logistics.
• Develop and execute strategies to improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and profitability.
• Oversee daily heat treat operations, ensuring customer requirements, production schedules, and quality standards are consistently met.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence methodologies.
• Establish and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) related to safety, quality, throughput, scrap, downtime, and profitability.
• Lead workforce planning, employee development, succession planning, and performance management initiatives.
• Partner with customers to address technical requirements, quality concerns, process improvements, and new business opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with all industry, customer, environmental, and safety regulations.
• Manage capital expenditure projects, equipment upgrades, and facility improvements.
• Collaborate with engineering and quality teams to optimize heat treat processes and metallurgical performance.
• Review financial performance, budgets, labor utilization, and operational costs to achieve business objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, safety, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of manufacturing leadership experience within a metal processing, heat treat, forging, casting, machining, or related industrial environment.
• 5+ years of experience in a senior leadership role with full P&L responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of metallurgy, heat treatment processes, material properties, and thermal processing equipment.
• Experience with processes such as carburizing, induction hardening, annealing, normalizing, tempering, vacuum heat treating, or related thermal treatment operations.
• Proven ability to lead large manufacturing teams and drive operational improvements.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, customer specifications, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Required Skills

• Degree or advanced training in Metallurgy or Materials Science.
• Experience serving automotive, aerospace, defense, heavy industrial, or metal manufacturing customers.
• Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience with NADCAP, CQI-9, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similar quality systems.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-shift manufacturing operations.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting, and capital investments.