Operations Manager - Oldcastle Infrastructure : Job Details

Job ID: 504510

Exempt

Oldcastle Infrastructure™, a CRH company, is the leading provider of utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're more than just a manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, or plastic products. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more. With our network of more than 80 manufacturing facilities and more than 4,000 employees, we're leading the industry with innovation and a safety-first mindset.

Job Summary

The Operations Manager is a key leadership position for Oldcastle Infrastructure. This role will report to the Nampa Site Manager and will optimize our value stream, ensuring engineering and manufacturing excellence while optimizing our value stream for our customers. This position typically has 3-5 direct reports (Plant/Production Managers, Transportation, Maintenance, Warehouse). Coaching and developing talent is critical to success in this role. In this role, you will ensure our customer demands are met or exceeded by ensuring cost effective and operationally sound manufacturing of our products. You will lead an operations team, coaching them to collaborate effectively to reduce costs and optimize production. This role ensures all production, projects, initiatives, and processes are in alignment with Oldcastle operational excellence strategic objectives. You will be accountable to the overall operational budget and costs. This role will oversee 2 manufacturing locations located in the Nampa, Idaho area.

Job Responsibilities

• Development of strategy and long-term improvement plans for manufacturing plants to include automation and equipment improvements
• P&L analytical capabilities
• Freight and transportation logistics
• Capex purchasing, installations and payback tracking
• Major project management / large capex evaluation and management
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies
• Efficient manufacturing processes

Job Requirements

• Bachelors Degree preferred
• 5+ years of managerial experience
• Strategic long term plan (5-year) by plant for automation and other equipment.
• Operational Excellence initiatives
• Manufacturing Productivity
• Controlling input (materials, etc.), labor and freight costs
• Optimizing lead times
• Man Hours/Ton; OPC management
• 20% YOY reduction of MH/T for like product lines
• Customer Service level (OTD and fill rate)
• First pass yield
• Overtime %
• 30% YOY Increase in turns per truck
• Training programs for leads implemented

Critical Leadership Competencies

• Leadership Maturity
• Leadership Communication
• Organizational Savvy
• Deliberative Decision Making
• Decisiveness
• Strategic Thinking
• Leading Change
• Strategic Talent Management

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• A diverse and inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of large international organization.

If you're up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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