Operations Manager

Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company's primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com. Follow @howmet: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Howmet Engine Systems is currently seeking an experienced Operations professional to join our team in Hampton, Virginia. Are you an empowered Lead Team Partner with the drive to transform ideas into sustainable value? We are seeking individuals who have a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a manufacturing environment, as well as the passion to put that experience to work to lead activities and support plant/location team to achieve manufacturing excellence. Our organization is dedicated to rapid, profitable growth through operational excellence and career development. If you are an energetic professional that wants to be a part of a dynamic team we encourage you to apply.

Profile: Our Operations Manager will partner with the Plant Leadership Team to translate business strategy into actions that drive business results for one of our facilities. The primary purpose of the Operations Manager position is to lead the manufacturing organization to safely deliver or exceed the financial plan. He/she will be measured on both financial and non-financial indicators directly related to safety, profitability, quality, on-time delivery, and employee engagement.

Essential Functions: The Operations Manager position with Howmet Engine Systems includes both creation of strategic vision and tactical management and execution, examples include but are not limited to:

• Ensure a culture is in place that puts the safety and welfare of our employees ahead of all other goals. Leading and lagging EHS indicators need to be managed and linked to actions that will reduce risk in the workplace.
• Lead manufacturing operating plans in accordance with company policies, goals and objectives. Assessing process capability, improving process control and instilling a culture of accountability will be a primary goal for this position.
• Execute the vision for the organization by formulating and guiding the implementation of long-range and short-term plans, policies and programs associated with assigned business unit product offerings, within the broad framework of operating unit and corporate strategy and under the direction of senior management to achieve approved objectives.
• Leads a multi-disciplined plant team in meeting monthly forecasts and all appropriate business metrics in a continuous improvement spirit.
• Manages an effective team including hiring, motivating, evaluating, developing and counseling with career development.
• Develops and executes lean and flexible production systems based on Continuous Improvement principals, specifically TPM techniques across all manufacturing operations to lower plant breakeven point.
• Implement quarter-over-quarter improvement strategies to increase efficiency, spend performance, customer delivery and safety record.
• Lead the implementation of tactics to achieve improvement in on-time delivery, yield improvement, scrap reduction, and productivity.
• Executes plans for quality and process excellence that ensures consistent quality assurance and process excellence procedures, controls and feedback.
• Adheres to operational budgets and coordinates capital plans, appropriation requests, and project follow up. Ensures that effective systems, procedures and financial controls are established and maintained for Plant operations.
• Supports the development and maintenance of long-range operational forecasts regarding volume, financial requirements, human resource needs, organizational plans, etc., and monitors the projected effects of these forecasts on revenues, and the gross profit.
• Maintains an awareness of, and exercises sound business judgment in such areas as market conditions, competitive activities, general economic conditions and related matters.
• Champions a clear channel of communication and coordination between functional counterparts in the business - engineering, finance, manufacturing, operations, quality, procurement and human resources. Responsible for cross-functional coordination and specification of effective processes and standards for support departments.
• Sets a high standard for ethics and compliance, ensuring business processes adhere to our business conduct policies and procedures.
• Interfaces with union plant committee; maintains compliance with collective bargaining agreement.
• Lead by example that safety is a way of life and a passion for an injury-free workplace.

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Safety Mindset - Lead by example, showing that safety is a way of life and displaying a passion for achieving an injury-free workplace.
• Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
• Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
• Disciplined Execution - Job requires holding the Manufacturing team accountable through daily execution to the plan. When required, he/she will need to be able to dive into details to ensure operational success.
• Strong financial literacy - Job requires the ability to drive P&L through operational performance.
• Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Customer Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Science degree from an accredited institution.
• 10 years minimum experience in plant operational leadership
• 5 years minimum experience in aerospace and/or automotive manufacturing.
• 3 years budget responsibility and management.
• Must be able to provide documentation in the original form establishing both your identity and your employment eligibility in the U.S.
• This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully attain access to such items.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years P&L ownership and management