Operations Department Manager

Koch; Alabama; On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Glass is seeking an Operations Department Manager to join our Geneva, NY team. You will drive safety and operational excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, coordinating with peer managers, process engineers, technicians, and supervisors to advance our principle-based culture.

You will lead a 24/7/365 manufacturing operation, ensure environmental compliance, and foster strong customer partnerships to deliver quality product on time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or other STEM field.
• Experience in glass/ceramic process knowledge is a plus.
• Proven mentoring and developing future leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 24/7/365 large-scale manufacturing process.
• Own safety excellence and environmental compliance of people and processes.
• Foster strong customer partnerships to ensure quality products are delivered on time and in full.
• Work with and through team members to achieve reliable, stable plant operations.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute profitable opportunities to improve plant efficiency.
• Recruit, challenge and develop the future leaders of the plant and company.

Skills

Safety leadership

Operational excellence

Team mentorship

Data analysis

Process control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or STEM

Job description

Location(s): Geneva, New York

Company: Guardian Glass

Career Field: Operations & Manufacturing

Job Number: 194533

Your Job

Guardian Glass is seeking an Operations Department Manager to join our team in Geneva, NY.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving safety and operational excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. To be successful, you must be comfortable with complex operations while working across all levels of the organization to drive vision, strategy, and execution. You will work with peer managers, outside resources, process engineers, technicians, and supervisors to promote our One Team mentality while advancing our principle-based culture.

Our Team

You will join a collaborative operations team that partners closely with maintenance, quality, engineering, development, and technical resources to improve process performance. We value ownership, open communication, disciplined problem-solving, and knowledge sharing to help sustain safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

What You Will Do

• Lead a 24/7/365 large scale manufacturing process including people, equipment and administration.
• Own and drive safety excellence and environmental compliance of people and processes.
• Foster strong customer partnerships to ensure quality product is delivered on time and in full.
• Work with and through team members to achieve reliable, stable, and predictable plant operations.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute on the most profitable opportunities that drive plant efficiency, increase throughput, and add capabilities.
• Recruit, challenge and develop the future leaders of the plant and company.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Management experience in a manufacturing plant environment.
• Demonstrated ability aligning a team to safety, quality, culture, and productivity visions.
• Proven track-record of mentoring and developing future leaders.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or other STEM related field
• Glass or Ceramic Process and Production Knowledge: furnace/combustion, glass forming and annealing theory.
• Thin Film Optical Process and Production Knowledge: Sputtering, vacuum processes, and equipment
• Experience using data analysis and process control systems

This role is not open to sponsorship now or in the future.

For this role we anticipate paying $105,000-$125,000 per year.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.