Executive President, Manufacturing Growth & Scale

Grid Structures; Amite City (LA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Grid Structures in Amite, Louisiana is seeking a President to lead the next phase of growth of our utility infrastructure manufacturing business. The President will own P&L, define strategy, and build leadership across sales, engineering, manufacturing, and operations.

This is a hands-on operating role, not an engineering leadership position, requiring a track record of scaling manufacturing businesses and strong financial leadership to drive profitability and sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience within manufacturing, steel fabrication, utility infrastructure, construction products, industrial manufacturing, or a closely related industry.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience with increasing responsibility for business and operational performance.
• Demonstrated P&L responsibility for a significant manufacturing or construction-related business or business unit.
• Direct experience leading manufacturing operations with accountability for production, labor, scheduling, safety, quality, delivery, and profitability.
• Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing management teams.
• Demonstrated track record of improving operational performance and scaling a business or manufacturing operation.
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of manufacturing economics, working capital, capital investment, and profitability.
• Ability and willingness to work full-time from Grid Structures' operations in Amite, Louisiana.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall performance, growth, and profitability of Grid Structures.
• Maintain full accountability for revenue, gross profit, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, and operational results.
• Develop and execute annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and long-term growth initiatives.
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability throughout the organization.
• Drive disciplined decision-making around capital investment, staffing, capacity, and growth.
• Lead manufacturing operations with responsibility for safety, productivity, quality, delivery, labor, cost, and overall operational performance.
• Ensure manufacturing capacity, workforce, equipment, and operating systems support current requirements and future growth.
• Drive measurable improvements in throughput, efficiency, automation, utilization, and manufacturing performance.
• Establish scalable and repeatable operating processes.
• Build the operational structure necessary to support future facility expansion and multi-location manufacturing.
• Partner with the commercial organization to drive profitable revenue and backlog growth.
• Strengthen relationships with utilities, EPC contractors, municipalities, cooperatives, infrastructure owners, and other strategic customers.
• Participate directly in major customer relationships, strategic pursuits, and commercial opportunities.
• Ensure alignment between sales commitments, engineering, project execution, manufacturing capacity, and customer delivery requirements.
• Support expansion into new customers, markets, products, and geographic regions.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing management team.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, performance expectations, and accountability across the organization.
• Develop future leaders and establish succession plans for critical positions.
• Create an organization capable of operating effectively as the company increases in size and complexity.
• Foster a culture centered on safety, accountability, execution, continuous improvement, and customer performance.
• Help lead Grid Structures through its next phase of significant growth.
• Build the organizational systems and operating capabilities necessary to scale toward $200M+ in annual revenue.
• Evaluate opportunities for facility expansion, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and new market development.
• Develop an operating model capable of supporting multiple manufacturing locations.
• Support the long-term development of Grid Structures into a leading national utility infrastructure manufacturing platform.

Skills

Leadership

P&L ownership

Scaling experience

Financial acumen

Strategic planning

People development

Operational excellence

Amite, LA familiarity

Job description

Grid Structures in Amite, Louisiana is seeking a President to lead the next phase of growth of our utility infrastructure manufacturing business. The President will own P&L, define strategy, and build leadership across sales, engineering, manufacturing, and operations.

This is a hands-on operating role, not an engineering leadership position, requiring a track record of scaling manufacturing businesses and strong financial leadership to drive profitability and sustainable growth.