Manufacturing Ops Specialist: Lead Safety & Efficiency

Armstrong World Industries; Marietta (PA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Personal development

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Armstrong World Industries in Marietta, PA is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Specialist to lead day-to-day operations and liaison between hourly workforce and salaried teams. You will drive safety, efficiency, and accuracy in the wet end area of the board mill, reporting to the Boardmill Value Stream Manager.

The role emphasizes leading safety, improving production performance, and coaching staff to operate with discipline and teamwork in a large company with a local focus.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma plus 5+ years of manufacturing experience or bachelor's degree in technical field.
• Knowledge and practical experience applying Lean Manufacturing or process improvement principles to enable organizational transformation.
• Proven ability to implement and audit systems to drive the utilization of technical and support systems to achieve manufacturing results.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation).

Responsibilities

• Lead leadership decisions to ensure SQDC metrics are met in the dry end of the boardmill.
• Motivate and empower employees to promote cross functional collaboration.
• Influence setting value stream priorities based on plant priorities.
• Coordinate maintenance activities that promote reliability for the operation.
• Plan, prevent, and prepare for success to keep the value stream tracking towards weekly/monthly metrics.
• Leverage internal and external resources to complete work effectively.
• Identify opportunities for change and implement improvements.
• Assist with troubleshooting of day-to-day operations of the wet end in the boardmill and identify root causes for countermeasures.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Excellent communication

Supervisory experience

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering, business, or related field

Job description

Armstrong World Industries in Marietta, PA is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Specialist to lead day-to-day operations and liaison between hourly workforce and salaried teams. You will drive safety, efficiency, and accuracy in the wet end area of the board mill, reporting to the Boardmill Value Stream Manager.

The role emphasizes leading safety, improving production performance, and coaching staff to operate with discipline and teamwork in a large company with a local focus.