Plant Operations Lead — Growth & Scale-Up

Auris Noble, LLC; Warren (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Auris Noble LLC is seeking a hands-on operational leader to run an assigned production area, oversee safety, quality, and delivery, and drive performance improvements. The role includes coordinating cross-functional teams and advancing growth programs such as process scale-up, equipment installation, and factory optimization.

The ideal candidate has a strong engineering/technical background, 10+ years of related manufacturing experience, and proven leadership in fast-moving plant environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, operations management, or related field.
• 10+ years of chemical, metals, advanced materials, or comparable manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading production or technical teams with safety and quality focus.
• Experience with startup, commissioning, process scale-up, troubleshooting, and operation of industrial equipment.
• Ability to lead in both structured project settings and fast-moving plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations for an assigned plant area, production line, or technical workstream and maintain visible presence in the operating area.
• Set priorities and coordinate operators, technicians, engineers, chemists, maintenance personnel, quality staff, and contractors.
• Own area performance for safety, environmental compliance, production schedule, throughput, recovery, yield, purity, scrap, downtime, housekeeping, and cost.
• Develop staffing, shift, training, qualification, material, and equipment-readiness plans required to meet production and project targets.
• Lead daily or weekly operating meetings, assign actions, remove constraints, manage risks, and escalate decisions when needed.
• Participate in requirements definition, equipment specification, vendor review, installation, startup, commissioning, and qualification of new or modified systems.
• Ensure completion and use of SOPs, batch records, work instructions, preventive-maintenance plans, inspection records, and operating logs.
• Lead pilot and production campaigns, coordinate upstream and downstream work, review mass balances and analytical results, and freeze operating parameters for production release.
• Partner with ESH and quality personnel on hazard reviews, management of change, incident investigation, corrective action, audits, and process-quality objectives.
• Develop frontline employees through coaching, performance feedback, cross-training, and consistent accountability.
• Provide concise technical and operational status, schedule, risk, production, and quality information for program reports and leadership reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Safety compliance

Project planning

Team building

Vendor coordination

Continuous improvement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, operations management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Auris Noble LLC is seeking a hands-on operational leader to run an assigned production area, oversee safety, quality, and delivery, and drive performance improvements. The role includes coordinating cross-functional teams and advancing growth programs such as process scale-up, equipment installation, and factory optimization.

The ideal candidate has a strong engineering/technical background, 10+ years of related manufacturing experience, and proven leadership in fast-moving plant environments.