Foundry Manager

Foundry Manager

Department: Manufacturing - Foundry

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Columbia, PA - Plant

Description

ASC Engineered Solutions is looking for a Foundry Manager for our Columbia PA foundry facility. The Foundry Manager will oversee all daily operations for our Green Sand Molding & Ductile, Cast, and Malleable Iron facility. This individual will lead a safety focused environment to build the foundation for future growth within the site.

How You Will Help

• Direct a team of 200 employees in a fast paced green sand molding foundry environment operating across 3 shifts to achieve financial and production results.
• Manage departmental expenses to maintain established budgets.
• Support and drive a positive safety culture that ensures safety of all employees to include timely resolve of issues, implementation of policies, procedures, and methods to accurately oversee the safety program.
• Identify and drive cost savings activity across all areas of responsibility.
• Develop and execute operations plans to direct Melting and Foundry operations that aligns and supports the financial goals of the plant.
• Maintain KPI's through process stability and control across multiple departments.
• Work cross-functionally with supporting departments to insure feasibility, organization and implementation of the ideas.
• Direct required activity to ensure good communication, quick reaction to problems and address employee issues promptly on all shifts.

What you Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree required, preferred discipline in Metallurgy, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or 5 years of green sand molding and iron foundry experience required.
• Requires strong leadership and business management skills including analysis, budgeting, strategic planning, communication, interpersonal skills, team-building and people management skills.
• Information systems literacy (in particular linked to production, MRP, MPS, Scheduling)
• Experience with Union environment.
• Ability to create and drive accountability within the team and lead by example.
• Strong Continuous Improvement experience.
• Must be customer-oriented and bottom line driven.