What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Manager position at Guardian Industries?
Your Job
Guardian Glass is looking for an Operations Manager to join our team in Richburg, SC!
As an Operations Manager, you’ll become a key member of our dynamic plant leadership team, where you’ll have the unique opportunity to drive impactful change across Safety, Compliance, Quality, and Customer Service. In this critical role, you’ll not only guide and inspire the operations team, but you’ll champion a culture of continuous improvement—shaping the future of our organization. If you’re passionate about making a lasting difference and leading teams to achieve their full potential, this is your chance to become a driving force behind our success.
What You Will Do
- Lead efforts to advance our company culture and business transformation
- Develop and lead a team focused on safely operating plant assets with high-quality standards
- Coach and mentor direct reports to harness their full potential, ensuring they make the greatest possible contributions to the organization
- Create an open, empowering environment that places operators at the center, facilitating collaboration and continuous improvement
- Connect the team to the company vision and implement business priorities ensuring everyone is aligned and committed
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Management experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience coaching, mentoring and developing capability in leaders
- Experience leading cultural transformation
What Will Put You Ahead
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or related STEM degree
- Experience supervising supervisors
- Experience working in a 24/7 manufacturing facility
This role is not eligible for sponsorship.
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Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).