Casting Plant Leader: Drive Safe, Efficient Production

Direct Wire; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Direct Wire is seeking a Plant Manager for the D3 Upcast facility in Lancaster County, USA. You will lead end-to-end operations, from melting through finishing, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery while optimizing costs and equipment utilization.

You will drive continuous improvement, supervise a cross-functional team, coordinate with maintenance, engineering, and planning, and uphold company standards and policies across the plant.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, management, or a related field preferred.
• Several years of manufacturing, production, or operations management experience required.
• Management experience within an industrial or manufacturing environment required.
• Proven knowledge of casting, metal processing, and downstream manufacturing preferred.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing equipment, production processes, safety practices, and quality standards.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead teams, establish accountability, and develop employees.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and build strong working relationships.
• Ability to represent the company professionally both within and outside of the organization.
• Ability to be on call 24/7 in case of emergencies
• Valid Drivers license with reliable personal vehicle

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate all plant operations to ensure a safe, efficient, and productive operating environment.
• Oversee metal flow throughout the Cast House based on production requirements and customer demand.
• Maintain responsibility for product flow from the furnaces through casting and finishing processes.
• Lead the operation of the vertical casting units, inline casting units, continuous rod caster, furnaces, and inspection operations.
• Ensure the plant consistently produces and delivers quality products that meet customer requirements while minimizing costs and waste.
• Establish, monitor, and track plant performance measures related to safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, delivery, and employee performance.
• Use continuous improvement methods to identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce downtime and waste, improve quality, and strengthen plant safety.
• Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to troubleshoot equipment issues and improve equipment reliability.
• Coordinate with production planning, shipping, quality, engineering, and other departments to ensure production requirements and customer orders are fulfilled completely and on time.
• Ensure all casting, inspection, and production procedures are followed and remain aligned with quality system requirements.
• Lead safety advocacy by identifying, documenting, correcting, and preventing safety issues throughout the facility.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, EHS requirements, quality standards, and applicable regulations.
• Support the hiring, onboarding, training, and development of plant personnel while maintaining a trained and motivated workforce.
• Enable, coach, and guide employees and supervisors to effectively identify and solve problems.
• Establish clear expectations and hold employees accountable for performance, safety, quality, attendance, and productivity.
• Handle labor relations in accordance with Direct Wire policy, including grievances and disciplinary matters, in partnership with Human Resources.
• Execute company disciplinary procedures in collaboration with Human Resources.
• Participate in quality audits and ensure corrective actions are completed as needed.
• Maintain strong working relationships with engineering, maintenance, quality, production planning, shipping, scrap coordination, and other plant and company leaders.
• Work with facility partners to address building, equipment, and infrastructure issues that may affect plant operations.
• Review production records and operating results to identify issues, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist teams with establishing and tracking goals for plant performance measures.
• Maintain a positive team environment and high employee morale.
• Represent the company professionally with employees, customers, vendors, and other business partners.
• Embrace and promote Direct Wire’s core values: Be a Great Person, Serve Your Customers Well, Do Great Work, and Be a Great Teammate.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Manufacturing knowledge

Safety practices

Quality standards

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Team building

Decision-making

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Direct Wire is seeking a Plant Manager for the D3 Upcast facility in Lancaster County, USA. You will lead end-to-end operations, from melting through finishing, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery while optimizing costs and equipment utilization.

You will drive continuous improvement, supervise a cross-functional team, coordinate with maintenance, engineering, and planning, and uphold company standards and policies across the plant.