<p>Director of Foundry Operations</p> <p>Department: Manufacturing - Foundry</p> <p>Employment Type: Full Time</p> <p>Location: Columbia, PA - Plant</p> <p>Description</p> <p>ASC Engineered Solutions is looking for a Director of Foundry Operations for our Columbia PA foundry facility. The Director of Foundry Operations will oversee all daily operations for our Green Sand Molding & Ductile, Cast, and Malleable Iron facility. This individual will lead a safety focused environment to build the foundation for future growth within the site.</p> <p>How You Will Help</p> <ul> <li>Direct a team of 200 employees in a fast paced green sand molding foundry environment operating across 3 shifts to achieve financial and production results. </li><li>Manage departmental expenses to maintain established budgets. </li><li>Support and drive a positive safety culture that ensures safety of all employees to include timely resolve of issues, implementation of policies, procedures, and methods to accurately oversee the safety program. </li><li>Identify and drive cost savings activity across all areas of responsibility. </li><li>Develop and execute operations plans to direct Melting and Foundry operations that aligns and supports the financial goals of the plant. </li><li>Maintain KPI's through process stability and control across multiple departments. </li><li>Work cross-functionally with supporting departments to insure feasibility, organization and implementation of the ideas. </li><li>Direct required activity to ensure good communication, quick reaction to problems and address employee issues promptly on all shifts. </li></ul> <p>What You Will Bring</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree required, preferred discipline in Metallurgy, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or </li><li>5 years of green sand molding and iron foundry experience required. </li><li>Requires strong leadership and business management skills including analysis, budgeting, strategic planning, communication, interpersonal skills, team-building and people management skills. </li><li>Information systems literacy (in particular linked to production, MRP, MPS, Scheduling) </li><li>Experience with Union environment. </li><li>Ability to create and drive accountability within the team and lead by example. </li><li>Strong Continuous Improvement experience. </li><li>Must be customer-oriented and bottom line driven. </li></ul>