Director - Manufacturing

ELANTAS North America, LLC; Tamaqua (Schuylkill County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

ECKART America seeks a Director of Manufacturing to lead a multi-site network, ensuring safe, reliable, and competitive operations. You will drive site execution, standardized processes and asset performance while aligning with enterprise strategy and customer demand.

This is a senior role responsible for profitability and overall operating performance. The role requires advanced leadership across Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS & Process Safety, and Manufacturing Technology, with a

Qualifications

• Progressive senior leadership experience in complex, multi-site manufacturing.
• Accountability for safety, environmental compliance, operations and maintenance.
• Experience leading through leaders in union or employee-represented environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Site Operations, Plant Engineering, Maintenance & Reliability, EHS & Process Safety.
• Deliver safe, reliable and competitive manufacturing across multiple sites.
• Drive standardized operating systems, asset capability and performance metrics.
• Align execution with enterprise strategy, customer demand and network decisions.
• Support profitability and enterprise performance as part of the leadership team.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations Management, or related field

Graduate degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline

Job description

Your responsibilities

The Director - Manufacturing is the senior leader accountable for safely, reliably and competitively running ECKART America’s multi-site manufacturing network. The role leads Site Operations, Plant Engineering, Maintenance & Reliability, EHS & Process Safety, and Manufacturing Technology & Automation. The Director converts enterprise strategy, customer demand and approved network decisions into disciplined site execution, stable processes, capable assets and measurable operating performance. The role establishes one operating system across sites; develops accountable leaders; and delivers safety, environmental compliance, manufacturing conformance to approved standards, service, throughput, reliability, cost, productivity and controllable operating-performance objectives. As a member of the ECKART America leadership team, the Director shares responsibility for entity-level profitability and enterprise performance.

Your profile

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations Management, or a related technical or business field.
• Preferred: Graduate degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Progressive senior leadership experience in complex, regulated, multi-site manufacturing, including accountability for safety, environmental compliance, operations, maintenance/reliability, engineering interfaces, budgets, employee engagement, talent development and organizational performance.
• Demonstrated success leading through other leaders, operating in a union or employee-represented environment where applicable, implementing Lean/Six Sigma or equivalent operating systems, and working across regional and global matrices.
• Demonstrated ability to stabilize operations while executing network changes, automation, complex capital programs, standardization and organizational change without compromising safety, manufacturing conformance or customer commitments.

Contact Person

Michelle AugustineHR TeamPhone: ([phone]