Director of Operations (Albany, OR) at Selmet, Inc. in Albany, Oregon

Job Description:

Director of Operations
If you would love to be part of a company that is poised for substantial growth with opportunities for advancement then working for CPP and its subsidiaries may be the right fit for you! We have multiple facilities in Albany, OR and are a world class supplier of titanium components and castings for the aerospace industry. If you are selected to join our team you will enjoy benefits such as quarterly bonus, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), company paid life insurance, and other great benefits!

Summary:
Reporting to the VP/GM, Director of Operations will manage and provide direction for Titanium investment casting operation in Albany, OR. Directly manage all manufacturing and operations staffing. Interface extensively with executive, senior, and site management and other CPP operations. Anticipates what needs to be done and proactively designs and delivers workable solutions and strategies to ensure production meets and exceeds all financial and operational goals.

Job Responsibilities:
SAFETY

• Responsible for ensuring operations supervisor adherence to the completion of Accident Investigation forms.
• Attend all accident investigations and be responsible to implementation of safety countermeasures and doing root cause analysis to determine appropriate safety changes that are needed to improve plant safety.
• Responsible for oversight of safety training program.
• Responsible to adhere to all site safety policies and procedures.
• Build and maintain a positive safety culture; coach and model safe behaviors.
• Champion safety practices at the site.

QUALITY

• Responsible to build and improve a process that creates a quality product.
• Responsible to ensure standardized work is in place for all processes and adherence to quality process.
• Responsible for prevention of defects and scraps.
• Build own technical knowledge and that of the operations team in the CPP toolbox.
• Lead, support and plan improvements.
• Establish training plan and targets for critical jobs.
• Provide and oversee training including training and cross training plans.
• Apply and coach continuous improvement.

PRODUCTIVITY

• Identify and drive capacity and throughput initiatives both internally and externally to support growth.
• Responsible for site production goals, metrics, and driving quarter over quarter improvement.
• Responsible to implement continuous improvement efforts.
• Collaborate with maintenance department to implement preventive maintenance on critical equipment.
• Responsible for resource planning in preparation for new products
• Create an environment which supports idea generation through Continuous Improvement

COST

• Support annual fiscal profit plan, budgets and reports as well as review monthly actual performance and provide gap analysis to operational goals.
• Develop and implement strategic and tactical operational and financial plans and develop/implement/analyze key performance indicators of plan achievement.
• Propose equipment needs for capital project implementations and may also participate in project implementation.
• Ensure problems are correctly identified and cost-effective solutions are implemented.
• Initiate improvements to save material and energy costs.
• Drive quarter over quarter variable cost improvements

STAFFING

• Determine appropriate staffing levels for manufacturing areas.
• Actively engage the operations workforce with a focus on employee retention.
• Accountable for development of site supervisors and manufacturing managers.
• Responsible for fostering a well-trained workforce with an emphasis on continuous improvement.
• Perform performance management review for operations supervisors and manufacturing managers including the establishment of goals and objective that correspond to site objectives.

TEAM BUILDING

• Ensure compliance with HR Policies and practices.
• Establish and direct site policies and practices.
• Responsible for discipline issues including attendance, employee relations, and violations of company policies.

MISC

• Manage and report on business performance through standard financial reporting tools & methods.
• Ability to work at the Selmet, Inc. facility in Albany, Oregon.
• Ability to work hours in addition to the regular work week, including evenings and weekends as needed.
• Regular and reliable attendance and punctuality
• Various other duties assigned by GM/VP or President, Titanium as appropriate.

A Successful Candidate has the following qualifications:

• Ability to facilitate completion of work tasks by people that do not report to you.
• Ability to keep accurate records regarding the level of completion by employee.
• Transparent and accurate communication of project status

Other Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree; or four to ten years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Six sigma experience desirable.
• Experience: Manufacturing experience in a foundry or investment casting preferred.
• Other Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  
  
  • Language Skills - Ability to read, understand and comprehend document such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, etc. Ability to carry out instruction in written, oral or diagram form.
  • Excellent team and communication skills; able to positively interact with other employees, engineers and leadership. Ability to review plant performance with Executive Management. Review progress with Continuous Improvement and engineers to solve issues.
  • Mathematical Skills - ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Reasoning Ability - Ability to deal with problems involving multiple variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills - Knowledgeable of Microsoft Office and Manufacturing software. Knowledge of computers.

Working Conditions:

• Working Environment: Indoor working environment within various areas of a foundry facility/office environment
• Physical Demands: Sitting/standing, using a computer screen, keyboard and mouse for extended periods of time, ability to lift up to 40lbs, walking.
• Travel Requirements: Varies (not to exceed 10%)
• Required PPE: PPE varies throughout the plant, check with area Supervisor to ensure proper PPE is being used
• Safety Glasses: Needed in all areas of the plant
• Steel toe shoes: Needed in all areas of the plant

Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) is an industry-leading manufacturer of highly-engineered
components and sub-assemblies, supplying the commercial aerospace, military and industrial markets with small-to-large "function critical" products. CPP provides its customers with a "total solution" source, taking them from concept to finished product with one of the broadest and most diverse product offerings in the industry. More information about our company can be found at: http://www.cppcorp.com/

U.S. person status is required for this position in order to comply with the Arms Export Control and Export Administration Act. U.S. persons are U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

CPP Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits, hires, trains, and promotes employees in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or other legally protected status.

This is a management position
This is a full time position

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