Senior Manager Operations - Metal

New Castle Building Products, Inc.; Mountainside (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Car allowance for travel

Paid vacation & holidays

401(k) plan with employer match

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Job summary

New Castle Metal is seeking a Senior Manager of Operations to guide production, safety, and process systems across the facility. You will own equipment uptime, lead vendor relationships, and drive capital decisions to optimize performance.

You will develop SOPs, maintain quality management for finished products, audit fabrication processes, and oversee production planning and inventory control to minimize bottlenecks and maximize efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Oversee equipment uptime and PM schedules; lead vendor relationships and procurement decisions.
• Develop and enforce SOPs for receiving, delivery, transfers, returns, and cycle counts; ensure QA across finished fabrication.
• Manage production planning, inventory controls, and bottleneck resolution to improve throughput.
• Lead employee relations, recruiting, onboarding, coaching, and offboarding for operations staff.
• Champion safety initiatives, perform root-cause analysis of incidents, and conduct weekly safety training and risk-control activities.

Job description

New Castle Metal is your premier local fabricator of exterior architectural metals for commercial, industrial and residential projects. Guided by our seven core values—Caring, Urgency, Teamwork, Honesty, Accountability, Flexibility, and Passion—we aim to create exceptional experiences for both our customers and employees. If you share these values and want to grow in a dynamic, supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you.

We are currently seeking a Senior Manager of Operations. This role serves as an operational leader responsible for overseeing processes, safety, and technical systems across New Castle Metal.

Key Responsibilities

Equipment Management

• Manage all machinery & equipment uptime, upkeep, & PM schedules (NewTech Machinery, Cidan, Trumpf, Rollformer, Cincinnati).
• Act as the primary lead with equipment vendor relationships, and problem/conflict resolution.
• Active role in equipment procurement and divestments.
• System owner of MaintainX (Asset Management software).

Standard Operating Procedures & Quality Management

• Create, implement, and conduct training on SOP’s covering: receiving, customer pickups, customer deliveries, transfers, returns, and cycle counts.
• Maintain Quality Management across the company for all finished fabricated products.
• Ensure quality assurance is adhered to, and corrective actions are implemented as necessary.
• Perform Audits and record keeping of fabrication performance.
• Oversight of the production planning process and put forth solutions for bottlenecks.
• Support inventory management: purchasing, levels, overstock, write-offs.

Employee Relations & Management

• Manage employee relations matters as they arise within the operational teams.
• Active participation in recruiting/onboarding, coaching/mentoring, and offboarding for all operational and production employees.

Safety Leadership

• Lead safety across the operation and minimize OSHA recordable metrics.
• Perform incident investigation root cause analysis and implement corrective actions as necessary.
• Prepare and provide weekly safety training for internal release.
• Participate in Captive insurance risk control workshops.
• Spearhead 5-S and Lean initiatives to optimize facility cleanliness and organization.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Car allowance for travel
• Paid vacation & holidays
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance plans

Wage Range: $85-115K plus additional benefits. In compliance with applicable law, this range is a good faith estimate based on potential employee qualifications, operational needs and other considerations permitted by law