Plant Manager

At PCC Tilton, we believe that the safe air travel is essential as it ensures our family and friends return home safely each and every day.  We support this mission by manufacturing highly complex investment castings utilizing proprietary technology for use throughout the aerospace industry.  Our highly skilled team members make vision a reality.  

Team Tilton is proud to be PCC Structurals’ only aluminum casting facility.  The products that we manufacture support over 70 platforms within commercial and military aerospace.  Simply put, the PCC Tilton team has a critical part in how the world gets back to normal.  

Our commitment to our employees and customers helps to ensure that missions within commercial and military aerospace are accomplished safely and successfully every day.  If you are looking for an opportunity to support aerospace missions, a career at PCC Tilton may be right for you! 

The Plant Manager has a pivotal role in leading Team Tilton with responsibility for the manufacturing, maintenance, safety, and process engineering teams.  Reporting to the General Manager, the Plant Manager will provide operational leadership across the Tilton and Franklin sites, be responsible for all facilities activities including capital projects, continue to drive the safety culture, and manage significant process engineering improvement efforts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
•    Provide the leadership for development and implementation of effective systems for improving internal and external quality, cost improvements, and on-time delivery to the customer requirements.
•    Coordinate production with required schedules to meet customer requirements.  Control flow of product, materials and utilization of labor throughout organization.
•    Identify and execute critical capital project improvements for both Tilton and Franklin facilities.
•    Drive the safety culture through collaboration with EHS leader to be world class in safety and environmental compliance.
•    Manage process engineering improvements, with priority on redesigning the existing wax gating process and implementing automation in the foundry.
•    Effectively develop and coach supervisors and employees on all shifts with emphasis on building a winning team.
•    Coordinate department priorities and effectively communicate daily with engineering, quality, production control, finance, human resources, production and vendors.
•    Effectively collaborate with manufacturing engineers to achieve scrap, cost and safety requirements.
•    Manage, direct and coordinate all activities related to the area to maximize productivity and minimize cost while achieving safety, quality and throughput targets.
•    Review and plan for daily/weekly quarterly labor, equipment, and supply requirements to achieve the departmental throughput while meeting and exceeding the productivity targets.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Engineering or related field.
•    5 to 7 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience and responsibility in a machining or foundry environment helpful.
•    Experience with strategic planning and analytical problem solving skills with the ability to implement world class manufacturing techniques, develop accountabilities and measurements.
•    Working knowledge of the investment casting and associated processes preferred.
•    In depth knowledge and experience in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies required.
•    Financial and budgeting skills including capital and improvement planning.
•    Must have demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations and priorities.
•    Requires that the incumbent be highly organized, self-motivated and one who can work independently, as well as work effectively, in a collaborative team environment.
•    In depth knowledge of ERP systems.
•    Must have demonstrated abilities to lead people and get results through others, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•    Demonstrated ability to develop, execute and deliver results in conformance with targets.