Continuous Improvement​/Operations Director

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Salary: $160,000 - $180,000 per year

A bit about us:

Highly respected manufacturer specializing in engineered stainless steel solutions for demanding industrial applications. Our work requires strong manufacturing discipline, technical precision, safety, quality, and continuous improvement across every part of the operation. As the business continues to grow, we are focused on strengthening our operating model, increasing installed capacity utilization, improving production flow, advancing automation, and building a scalable manufacturing environment that supports long-term growth.

Why join us?

This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for someone who wants to make a direct impact on the performance and future direction of a manufacturing operation. The Continuous Improvement / Operations Director will have full accountability for plant operations, including production, maintenance, EHS, production control, and continuous improvement. This person will help shape the company's operating model, lead lean transformation, improve capacity utilization, support digital manufacturing initiatives, and drive measurable results across safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and growth.

It is a strong fit for a hands-on operations leader who enjoys being on the shop floor, building teams, improving systems, and connecting strategy to execution.

Job Details

The Continuous Improvement / Operations Director is responsible for leading and optimizing all plant operations with full accountability for continuous improvement, production, maintenance, EHS, and production control. This role drives the development and execution of operational strategies that align with the company's financial objectives, strategic plan, annual operating plan, and long-term growth targets.

This leader will partner closely with the Executive Team to establish performance metrics, operating standards, and management systems that improve operational efficiency, production capability, installed capacity utilization, and scalability. The role requires a strong manufacturing leader who can balance strategy, execution, shop-floor leadership, cost performance, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Operations & Performance Leadership

Establish, in partnership with the Executive Team, enterprise-wide quantitative and qualitative performance metrics, standards, and management systems across SQDCIG: safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and growth.

Own and drive Strategy Deployment and Annual Operating Plan execution, ensuring continuous improvement priorities are aligned to financial objectives, growth targets, and installed capacity utilization.

Define and continuously improve the operating model to ensure production capability, demand planning, capacity, and business growth strategy are aligned.

Build scalable systems that allow the organization to evaluate operational efficiency, effectiveness, and long-term manufacturing performance.

End-to-End Plant Operations Oversight

Provide full leadership and accountability for manufacturing, maintenance, EHS, production control, and continuous improvement functions.

Ensure cross-functional alignment across departments and drive achievement of both departmental and enterprise-level goals.

Lead the integration of operations with engineering, supply chain, and commercial teams to create a seamless front-to-back value stream.

Improve process flow, production reliability, cost effectiveness, and operational responsiveness across the plant.

Production Control, Scheduling & Throughput

Establish governance for production control systems, including scheduling, SIOP alignment, capacity planning, and throughput optimization.

Ensure production schedules are aligned with demand planning, available labor, equipment capacity, materials, and customer delivery commitments.

Identify constraints within the operation and implement systems to improve flow, reduce delays, and increase schedule reliability.

Drive accountability around production performance, lead time, on-time delivery, and resource utilization.

Installed Capacity & Asset Optimization

Establish a formal installed capacity model that includes labor, equipment, automation, facility constraints, and operational bottlenecks.

Use capacity modeling, bottleneck analysis, and Theory of Constraints principles to improve asset utilization and support data-driven decision-making.

Lead capital planning and prioritization, ensuring investments in equipment, automation, and facility expansion are tied to ROI and operational performance.

Oversee the Total Productive Maintenance strategy to maximize uptime, extend asset life, improve equipment reliability, and reduce total cost of ownership.

EHS & Operational Risk Management

Own and continuously evolve the Environmental, Health & Safety strategy to ensure regulatory…