Hot Side Plant Manager

*Specific Company information will be shared with Qualified Applicants. This position is located in Bessemer, AL, just outside of Birmingham, AL. This manufacturing location is part of a large privately owned company with 16K employees.

Why Join Our Team?

Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? Our company has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.

What We Offer:

• Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
• Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
• Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Hot Side Manager for our plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The ideal candidate will be responsible for supporting and ensuring that pipe and cores are manufactured according to manufacturing and quality specifications and in a cost effective and efficient manner.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and directing the production of pipe products with direct management responsibilities over Casting Department and Core Rooms.
• Assures that all work activities are performed in a safe and efficient manner and assures optimum production with maximum productivity, highest quality, and lowest costs. Uses RCA thinking where there are gaps to the target process condition.
• Monitors, reviews, and evaluates daily, weekly and monthly production, cost, and material usage data, identifies problems, and implements corrective actions.
• Coordinates scheduling activities with the Scheduling Department.
• Directs, trains, counsels and advises subordinates in the solving of problems, work assignments and action to be taken.
• Answer grievances and hold grievances meetings as needed.
• This position will observe confidentiality of all customer and company information.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations regarding new processes, equipment, products and services.
• Ensures that all work activities are performed in a safe and efficient manner and ensures optimum production with maximum productivity, highest quality, and lowest costs.
• Uses RCA thinking where there are gaps to the target process condition.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Plant Management.

Skills and Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 -8 years of experience with the knowledge and understanding of ductile iron pipe making processes such as casting, melting, or annealing, as well as 3-5 of those years being in supervisory or managerial positions preferred.
• Must have experience in ferrous or non-ferrous melting and casting operations.
• Experience with metallurgy for melting and casting processes preferred.
• A BS degree in an applicable field, Engineering, Management, Metallurgical, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent is preferred (not required)
• Experience in lean manufacturing concepts such as 5S, continuous improvement, process standardization.
• Experience with Cupola operation preferred.
• Some formal training and experience in a problem-solving protocol is recommended.
• Knowledge of refractory materials.
• Experience with KPI tracking.

Environment:

• The employee will be working in a plant environment with limited business travel, as well as requiring some work in the plant, thus exposing the employee to Foundry operations. The employee will be exposed (very briefly) to the following working conditions: Extreme Heat and Cold, Noise, Vibration, Oils, and Atmospheric Conditions such as Dust, Fumes, and Metallic Particles.
• The employee will be required to perform the following actions (from time to time): Standing, Walking, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Reaching, Talking, Seeing, Hearing, and Sitting. The majority of the actions will be sitting.
• Performs other duties as assigned.