Finishing Area Manager

Metallus Inc.; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Metallus Inc. is seeking a Finishing Area Manager for the Gambrinus Steel Plant in Canton, OH. You will lead daily operations for finishing assets, drive Lean initiatives, and ensure safety and quality standards.

The role requires coordinating with salary and hourly staff, managing budgets, and aligning production with customer specifications. Relocation is not offered; you will oversee safety, training, and continuous improvement in a high-stakes manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED plus 12 years in operations, maintenance management, or manufacturing.
• Preferred: Associate's degree in Engineering or Operations Management with 9+ years of experience.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Operations Management with 7+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations and safety for finishing assets.
• Drive continuous improvement using LEAN and DMAIC methods.
• Manage budgeting, incentive plans, and contract issues.
• Ensure product meets customer requirements (identity, grade, size, length).
• Develop training and succession plans for salary and hourly staff.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate's degree in Engineering / Operations Management

Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Operations Management

Job description

Joining the Metallus team means becoming part of a legacy that dates back over a century. We are an industry leader, manufacturing the cleanest steel in the world for companies in the industrial, aerospace and defense, automotive, and energy markets.

Relocation will not be offered for this position.

Purpose

The Finishing Area Manager provides managerial leadership for production through all cold finishing assets at the Gambrinus Steel Plant. This position leads efforts in Safety, Customer Satisfaction for Quality/Delivery, Operating Budget planning/compliance, Incentive Plans, and Bargaining Unit Contract issues. Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations; initiating and driving continuous improvement and LEAN principles to the process and equipment; providing feedback and direction on product issues, improvement, and solutions for Production Supervisors, Professionals, and Hourly Personnel; and providing knowledge, training, managerial expertise, and professional development to salary and hourly associates. The role is responsible for ensuring product meets customer requirements including identity, grade, size, length, and other specifications; ensuring risks associated with maintenance activities are identified and managed; ensuring associates know and follow safety rules, policies, and compliance regulations; and ensuring compliance with applicable environmental regulations as well as plant and company policies. Additional responsibilities include managing maintenance resources to optimize equipment availability in conjunction with operations; evaluating asset criticality and operating conditions for the process; managing maintenance spending to optimize asset life cycle costs while considering the impact of lost production; continuously evaluating equipment, processes, training, technology, and practices to improve throughput; supporting and identifying opportunities for reliability-based processes to optimize asset availability and life cycle cost; utilizing FMEA analysis and DMAIC project planning to achieve manufacturing excellence; managing work planning, scheduling, and execution activities using best practices; ensuring required employee training is completed; evaluating the performance and skills of individuals and groups to identify opportunities for enhanced training; and developing and managing contingency and succession plans for key roles within the department.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment where the associates recognize the importance of maintaining a safe work environment (behavior based).
• Monitor practices and procedures to achieve and exceed the business objective for OSHA recordables and lost time incident rates.
• Assist in developing and monitor continuous updates of AMEAs from safety audits and occurrences. Include plans to mitigate or eliminate risk with action items, and re-evaluate to ensure risks are at an acceptable level. Review monthly and update annually as a minimum.
• Ensure each operations function is completed with high quality and reliability.
• Maintain and document the specific processes that most affect product quality, and maintain the quality system to assure high quality product reaches the customer.
• Conduct investigations to correct quality related problems, and communicate potential issues to upstream operations.
• Review standards and update annually as a minimum.
• Ensure compliance to standard work and best practice settings.
• Perform effective safety, communications, controls, and scheduling to enable continuously improving operations. Manage workforce and equipment to achieve optimal production levels while minimizing costs.
• Ensure objectives, performance measures, and goals are communicated throughout the organization.
• Plan and coordinate with Demand Planning, opportunity advancement, and your operations personnel to ensure correct staffing and inventory levels are maintained to meet customer on time delivery.
• Assist Unit Manager in developing an annual business and capital plan.
• Monitor compliance to the plan, and develop countermeasures when deviations occur.
• Utilize the operations personnel to maximize all resources in a cost effective manner.
• Continuously evaluate all aspects of the process and equipment searching for ways to continuously improve through training, technology, equipment, and practices.
• Drive development of systems to ensure sustainability.
• Training of Salary and Operative Associates to be in compliance with OSHA and Steel Business Position Requirements. Develop and oversee professional development plans for salary Supervisors and Salary Maintenance personnel.
• Interface with other operations including upstream GSP, HSP, and FSP as well as Shipping and Material Movement.
• Monitor and develop incentive plans with Process Improvement that will drive effective performance behaviors in quality, productivity, and on time delivery.
• Represent Metallus in issues and grievances in a consistent, fair, and uniform application of the contract.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED with at least 12 years of experience in operations, maintenance management, or a manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related with at least 9 years of experience in operations, maintenance management, or a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related with at least 7 years of experience in operations, maintenance management, or a manufacturing environment.

The company prohibits harassment or discrimination against any employee on the basis of any status protected by law, including, but not limited to, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, sex or veteran status.