Foundry Plant Manager

Samuel, Son & Co.; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Samuel, Son & Co. in Riverside, CA is seeking an experienced plant operations leader to drive safety, quality, and productivity across the manufacturing floor.

You will manage production scheduling, budgeting, and capital projects while coaching supervisors and advancing the leadership pipeline. This role requires 5+ years in plant operations, a strong financial mindset, and proven ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field, or 5-10 years of equivalent experience.
• Leadership and strategic planning experience.
• Experience directing plant operations and budgets.
• Strong financial literacy and cost control.
• Ability to lead and develop supervisors.
• Ability to drive safety, quality, productivity metrics.
• Experience with ERP and manufacturing processes.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Foster safety culture prioritizing employee welfare.
• Use ERP to drive scheduling, inventory accuracy, and cost reporting.
• Plan and execute capital and CI projects with scope, budget, and milestones.
• Develop plant leadership via coaching and development plans.
• Own P&L, budget, standard cost, variance analysis, and capital planning.
• Recruit, hire, train, and uphold Samuel culture.
• Ensure ethics and compliance with policies.
• Lead quality and process excellence; ensure QA procedures.
• Lead improvements in on-time delivery, yield, scrap, and productivity.
• Monitor KPIs and take action when targets unmet.
• Hands-on floor support.
• Lead team to meet monthly/quarterly/annual goals.
• Drive training programs and certifications.
• Collaborate with managers across functions.
• Promote engaged workforce.
• Deploy team-based problem solving (DMAIC etc.).
• Ensure adherence to Sierra Aluminum policies.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Leadership

Administration & Management

Disciplined Execution

Financial Literacy

Integrity

Stress Tolerance

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Time Management

Problem Sensitivity

Dependability

Production & Processing

Customer Service

Experience 5+ years

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or related field

Tools

ERP systems (SAP, MS Dynamics 365)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure a culture is in place that puts the safety and welfare of our employees ahead of all other goals.
• Leverage the ERP system (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or equivalent) to drive production scheduling, inventory accuracy, work order execution, BOM and routing integrity, and cost reporting; ensure transactions are completed accurately and on time at the shop floor level.
• Plan and execute capital and continuous improvement projects from concept through commissioning defining scope, schedule, budget, and resources, managing contractors and cross-functional stakeholders, and reporting progress against milestones and deliverables.
• Develop the plant leadership pipeline by coaching supervisors and leads, delivering structured performance feedback, building individual development plans, and driving cross-training and succession planning across the operation.
• Owns plant P&L, including building and managing the annual operating budget, forecasting, standard cost and variance analysis, and capital planning, driving margin improvement against committed targets
• Establish and maintain a high-quality work force through recruiting, hiring, training, evaluating, and ensuring accountability to enable the Samuel culture.
• Sets a high standard for ethics and compliance, ensuring business processes adhere to our business conduct policies and procedures.
• Executes plans for quality and process excellence that ensures consistent quality assurance and process excellence procedures, controls, and feedback.
• Lead the implementation of tactics to achieve improvement in on‑time delivery, yield improvement, scrap reduction, and productivity.
• Monitor KPIs to ensure that safety, quality, productivity, and costs metrics are being met, put action plan in place when metrics are not met.
• Hands On and floor presence to support front line supervisors and leads.
• Leads team to achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual performance goals.
• Drive and support employees training programs and job certifications across production teams.
• Works with managers across all functional lines to accomplish organizational objectives.
• Exhibits and promotes behaviors on the plant floor that leads to an engaged work force.
• Deploy and lead team-based problem‑solving groups using modern methods (DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Brainstorming, etc.) to eliminate productivity and quality issues.
• Ensure that all employees know and adhere to the Sierra Aluminum policy and requirements.
• Other duties as required.

Education

• Bachelors of Science degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Business or related field or 5-10 years equivalent experience on the role.

Qualifications

• Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
• Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Disciplined Execution — Job requires holding the Operations team accountable through daily execution to the plan. When required, he/she will need to be able to dive into details to ensure operational success.
• Strong financial literacy.
• Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
• Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Customer Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• 5 years minimum experience in plant operational management and/or an equivalent large segment of a business.

Working Conditions

• This position works in a manufacturing environment.
• Work is performed in a manufacturing environment in all weather conditions.
• Lift up to 25 lbs. regularly, up to 50 lbs. frequently and up to 75 lbs. occasionally
• Bend, twist, climb, squat, kneel throughout shift Able to work in extreme heat or cold conditions.
• Ability to function successfully in a fast‑paced, changing work environment.
• Must be able to handle both large pieces and small pieces of aluminum extrusions.

The annual base salary range for this position is $135,000 - $162,000. If you are hired, your annual base pay will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base pay range for the role.
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