Position Responsibilities:

As General Manager, your work will directly impact the growth and success of USA Insulation’s manufacturing facility. You will have overall responsibilities for safety, production, quality, logistics, maintenance, and financials. The General Manager will collaborate with departmental managers, the Brand President, and members of the executive team to work within budget and developed business plans while supporting the policies, goals, and objectives of the Company. Additionally, you will have responsibility for overseeing truck upfitting, including monitoring our build inventory, parts and equipment needs. You will be effective in your communication with our internal and external business partners and work effectively with current and new franchise owners to support their business. You will possess proven leadership skills, as well as a strong ability to solve problems and make sound decisions that encourage growth.

 Key Position Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership over the production of our proprietary liquid components, cost control management, brand protection and support, safety and compliance, inventory and logistics and franchise support.
• Work with our Production team to increase production and assets capacity while maintaining current quality standards.
• Responsible for meeting corporate expectations and goals in terms of meeting the plant’s profit targets, expenditures, cost containment, manufacturing/plant engineering improvements, environmental/health/safety goals, and quality enhancements, while maintaining operational cost effectiveness.
• Work in collaboration with the Quality Control Product Manager to oversee samples, tests, and recording.
• Oversee activities to comply with plant safety and environmental policies, to meet Quality Control requirements and to meet business demand.
• Assures prompt, accurate and complete reporting on all major aspects of plant operations to the Brand President and Executive team.
• Assist with preparations for day shift maintenance activities.
• Responsible for overall facility, general plant machinery, and property maintenance between 2 locations, ensuring our properties consistently meet standards.
• Conduct area housekeeping to meet plant standards. Safeguard the area of responsibility and improve housekeeping practices.
• Host and be responsible for cross functional events, such as new franchisee discovery days, technical training, product education along with welcoming new brands and guests to the facility.
• Evaluate safety, environmental and quality policies and suggest modifications as necessary.
• Follow plant EHS, EPA, OSHA policies as well as DOT regulations.
• Provide suggestions for area operational improvement.
• Participate in safety, health and environmental programs.

Core Competencies:

• Decision making, analytical problem solving, forecasting, budgeting, negotiating, communicating, and evaluating are skills used daily on the job as well as the supervision and development of managers.
• Accountable for understanding all requirements of each job reporting to this position, ensuring each person is performing all requirements of the job and providing adequate training and development as necessary.
• Knowledge of plant operations and handling hazardous raw material is required along with Air Quality Regulation and/or EPCRA Compliance experience.

Required education, knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• At least 5 years’ experience in plant operations/ leading a manufacturing facility required.
• Good working familiarity handling hazardous materials.
• Good understanding of plant procedures relating to OSHA, EHS, EPA and other regulations that require compliance for plant operations.
• Training in Emergency Response, First Aid, Hazardous Waste handling and OSHA regulations.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involving strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Ability to interact with all levels of plant organization.
• Works well in a team environment.
• Good mechanical aptitude and equipment troubleshooting abilities.
• Excellent computer and analysis skills.

The General Manager reports to the Brand President providing service across multiple states and communities, and thus may require some travel.

WORKING AT THRESHOLD BRANDS

Threshold Brands is a private equity sponsored franchisor with over 500 franchise locations generating sales in excess of $200 million annually. All of our brands provide services for the homeowner. This is an exciting opportunity to work at a company that genuinely cares about its employees, franchisees, and customers! A company that believes in work-life balance, that it is okay to have fun on the job, and that invests in its employees by providing challenging opportunities and tools to deliver excellence! If these beliefs ring true to you, we invite you to read on.

What do we do? We help entrepreneurs achieve their lifelong dream of success through business ownership. As a multi-brand franchisor, we plan to deliver multiple home services through individually owned and operated franchisee throughout the United States and Canada. We help our brands deliver superior customer service by providing a high touch National Contact Center, cutting-edge technology, fun and upbeat marketing and business coaching that adds real value.

In a nutshell, our vision is to be a franchisee-friendly company, empowering entrepreneurs to deliver exceptional services to their communities. 

What are our roots? It all began in August 2020, when our flagship franchise, MaidPro, partnered with The Riverside Company (a private equity sponsor). Since then, we’ve been moving at a rapid speed growing both organically and through acquisitions. Today, we are 11 brands strong, supporting not only MaidPro but also Men in Kilts, Patio Patrol (formally FlyFoe), Pestmaster, Mold Medics. Miracle Method, USA Insulation, Plumbing Paramedics, Heating Paramedics, Sir Grout and Granite Garage Floors. Our strategy is to keep adding great-performing brands to our portfolio, so we’re not slowing down. We’re headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, but really, we’re all over the map, with more than 400 franchise locations across North America.

COMPANY CULTURE

Who are we? We are a collection of entrepreneurs, out-of-the-box thinkers, hospitality minded innovators. We thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy environment and we are steadfastly committed to adding value to everything we do. 

Who do we want on our team? We look for people who are natural learners, passionate about their careers and love to help businesses grow.

Why work here? We provide a fun place to work where people are nice, learning is continuous, individuality is respected, and your cutting-edge ideas are welcomed. At the same time, we’re straight shooters. We support each other but we also challenge each other. You will be challenged every day, but it will be the best job you ever had.

BENEFITS

We provide a fun place to work where people are respected, learning is continuous, and cutting-edge ideas are always welcome. Competitive employee-focused benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision and other ancillary benefits 
• PTO
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k Safe Harbor
• Collaborative, fun company environment and culture