Plant Manager - American Hydro

Steeped in a tradition of hydropower, American Hydro is a leading supplier and installer of large equipment for the hydro electric industry, specializing in design, engineering, precision CNC manufacture, upgrades and servicing of high-performance, hydro-turbines and large pumps.

We are currently looking for a Plant Manager to add to our team located at our York, PA facility. We are a tight-knit group that takes a great deal of pride in what we produce. If you are a detail-oriented, hardworking Mechanical Engineer who is looking for a place to call home, we invite you to apply for this opening.

The Plant Manager will be responsible for overseeing the daily production activities, ensuring safety and quality standards are met, execution of scheduled production activities, optimizing processes for efficiency, and managing a team of skilled production staff. This role requires a strong background in custom, engineered to order manufacturing, excellent leadership and communications skills, and a proactive approach to driving operational excellence.

Accountabilities:

• Manage and coordinate all production activities in the Fabrication Shop, Machine Shop and Production Control departments to optimize execution, production efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, safety regulations, and customer specifications.
• Supervise and develop team members to maintain high performance levels.
• Building a collaborative environment with engineering teams to address technical issues and to improve product design and manufacturability.

Essential Functions:

• Works with Safety Manager to maintain a safe working environment and promotes a zero-accident expectation to team members.
• Directs all production operations working thru Superintendents and Supervisors to accomplish business KPI’s, team member development and performance evaluations.
• Manage performance management systems, production plans, and performance criteria and analyzing data to create and implement improvement plans.
• Meets production goals relative to schedule adherence, operating efficiencies, and labor utilization.
• Monitor project schedules, coordinate cross functional reviews to achieve on-time delivery and schedule recovery efforts.
• Encourages collaborative problem solving.
• Contributes to annual budget preparation and monitors expenditures.
• Forecasts production output and publishes forecasted backlog and pipeline to manage capacity.
• Implements effective communication plans to keep alignment between direct and indirect team members on business and customer goals.
• Ensures effective team member engagement and relations.  Makes employment decisions and resolves team member issues or concerns.
• Assess talent and manage the hiring pipeline for the production team.  Able to on-board, mentor and oversee training for growing skilled trades team members.
• Report on key performance indicators, issues or needs and provides regular updates to VP of Operations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written). Must possess strong training/facilitation skills.
• Familiarity with operational excellence principles, quality management systems and the ability to lead a team thru resistance to organizational changes.
• Must be able to prioritize based on business needs and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Possess a dedicated and lead by example personality.
• Ability to present ideas on the plant floor and training room using Power Point.
• Possess the ability to lead a team thru resistance to organizational changes.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related technical field
• Minimum of 10 years proven experience in operations management, preferably in a custom heavy manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supervising manufacturing shop line managers required

Environment and Working Conditions

• Work is conducted in an office and an indoor fabrication and machine shop environment.
• Exposure to loud noises (examples: metal can manufacture department, large earth-moving equipment)

Travel Requirements (percent)

• Up to 10%, travel is not required but may be necessary to visit vendors or benchmark other factories.

The benefits of joining our team

Because we seek to hire the best people, we work hard to provide benefits that make their lives better, so we offer a comprehensive benefit program which features:

• health coverage for you and your family through medical, dental and vision plans
• a 401(k) plan in with a generous company match
• financial protection through disability, life, and accidental death & dismemberment insurance plans
• tax advantages through flexible spending accounts that allow you to pay for specific health-care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars
• a generous paid time off program in which the benefits increase along with your tenure with the company

When you join our team, you do more than simply switch companies to progress your career. You become part of our family, a group of talented women and men who drive business success.

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Enprotech Corp and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit and business need.