Factory Director Senior Leader - Greenfield site

Hitachi, Ltd.; South Boston (VA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks a Factory Director Senior Leader for its new Virginia plant in South Boston. The role, with relocation offered, oversees health, safety, production, engineering, and project management across the manufacturing unit, ensuring safety, quality, on-time delivery, inventory control, and cost management.

Candidates should have an engineering/technical degree with MBA preferred, about 16 years of experience and at least 7 years in leadership, plus lean and transformer industry

Qualifications

• Engineering/technical undergraduate degree; MBA preferred.
• 16 years total experience with at least 7 years in leadership.
• Transformer experience preferred.
• Strategic development experience.
• Operations in a multi- factory structure.
• Experience leading in a lean management system.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall manufacturing operations of the organization and staff.
• Implements continuous improvement methodologies to increase productivity and reduce costs.
• Provide a safe and healthy environment and ensure compliance with health and safety directives.
• Develops and executes plans to reduce costs, increase revenue, and deliver on-time products with high yields.
• Demonstrate unquestionable business ethics and conduct.

Skills

Leadership experience

Transformer experience

Strategic development

Lean management

Multi-plant operations

US work authorization

Education

Engineering degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Job Description

Description

We are currently seeking a Factory Director Senior Leader for our NEW Virginia, city of South Boston manufacturing plant. The role will be located in Virginia in city of South Boston and full relocation will be offered. The location is 90 minutes from Raleigh/Durham. The role is a $500MM greenfield project, with construction starting later this month. This new plant will be adjacent to other operating plants and form a large manufacturing campus. The role manages all aspects related to operations of a manufacturing unit including the full scope ofHealth, Safety & Environment,Production, Engineering, Project Management andProduction Scheduling. Accountable forsafety, quality,on time delivery, inventory, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Manageoverallmanufacturingoperationsof the organization anda staffinvolved inthe operations of the factory,including SEOP process.
• Implements continuous improvement methodologies to increase productivity and reduce costsfollowing the Integrated Transformer Management(ITM)System.
• Provide a safe and healthy environment for employees.Ensures compliance with Group health,safetyand environmental directives and that regulations are implemented, whilemonitoringand reporting progress and results. Assesses risks and safety hazards and implements plans to ensure people and equipment safety. Instills in work culture (ITM) philosophy of how we operate
• Develops and executes plans to reduce non-value-addedcosts, increase revenue, and delight customers by delivering products on time with high factory and supplier yields and decreasing product field failure rates. Ensures thatITM maturity developmenttraining and methods are implemented into the organization.
• Demonstrate unquestionable business ethics and conduct.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Engineering//technical undergraduate degree,MBA Preferred
• Overall16 years of experience with minimum of 7 years leadership experience. Transformer experience preferred.
• Strategic development experience
• Operations experiencein a multi- Focused Factory structure
• Experience leading in a lean management system(or lean operating system or similar)
• Target base compensation: $200 - 230K plus incentive and allowances
• Must have US work authorization, no sponsorship provided.

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