Senior Operations Leader | Lean, Quality & Safety

New Castle Building Products; City of White Plains (NY); 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, a premier local fabricator of exterior architectural metals, seeks a Senior Manager of Operations to lead equipment, SOPs, quality, safety, and production planning across our facilities. The role focuses on uptime, process improvements, and staff leadership to ensure on-time delivery and quality excellence.

Join a values-driven team dedicated to continuous improvement, with a strong emphasis on safety, training, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Manage all machinery uptime, upkeep, and PM schedules with suppliers (NewTech Machinery, Cidan, Trumpf, Rollformer, Cincinnati).
• Lead equipment vendor relationships and resolve problems/conflicts.
• Procurement and divestment of equipment.
• System owner of MaintainX (Asset Management software).
• Create and train SOPs for receiving, customer pickups, deliveries, transfers, returns, and cycle counts.
• Maintain quality management across finished fabricated products and ensure corrective actions.
• Perform audits and record keeping of fabrication performance.
• Oversee production planning and address bottlenecks with solutions.
• Support inventory management: purchasing, levels, write-offs, and overstock.
• Manage employee relations and participate in recruiting/onboarding, coaching/mentoring, and offboarding for operational staff.
• Lead safety across the operation, minimize OSHA metrics, investigate incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Provide weekly safety training and participate in risk-control workshops.
• Spearhead 5-S and Lean initiatives to optimize facility cleanliness and organization.

Job description

New Castle Metal, a premier local fabricator of exterior architectural metals, seeks a Senior Manager of Operations to lead equipment, SOPs, quality, safety, and production planning across our facilities. The role focuses on uptime, process improvements, and staff leadership to ensure on-time delivery and quality excellence.

Join a values-driven team dedicated to continuous improvement, with a strong emphasis on safety, training, and operational excellence.