General Manager

Key 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.

Required Qualification

• sBachelor'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 environmen
• t5+ years of experience in a senior leadership role with full P&L responsibilit
• yStrong knowledge of metallurgy, heat treatment processes, material properties, and thermal processing equipmen
• tExperience with processes such as carburizing, induction hardening, annealing, normalizing, tempering, vacuum heat treating, or related thermal treatment operation
• sProven ability to lead large manufacturing teams and drive operational improvement
• sStrong understanding of quality systems, customer specifications, and continuous improvement methodologie
• sExcellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skill

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Preferred Qualificatio

• nsDegree or advanced training in Metallurgy or Materials Scien
• ceExperience serving automotive, aerospace, defense, heavy industrial, or metal manufacturing custom
• erLean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma certificati
• onExperience with NADCAP, CQI-9, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similar quality syste
• msDemonstrated success leading multi-shift manufacturing operatio
• nsStrong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting, and capital investmen