Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field; Master's preferred.
Over 10 years of progressive management experience.
Minimum 5 years of technical manufacturing knowledge.
Six Sigma certification is a plus.
Strong understanding of P&L.
Responsibilities
Manage daily operations across multiple facilities, focusing on continuous improvement.
Evaluate organizational performance and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
Collaborate with executive leadership to set organizational goals.
Foster a performance-oriented culture within the team.
Adjust plant activities to meet key performance metrics and customer satisfaction.
Enhance processes for supply chain synergies and inventory management.
Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives.
Benefits
Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
Supportive company culture emphasizing operational excellence.
Engagement in transformational leadership initiatives.
Full Job Description
The Director of Operation's duties, roles and responsibilities are dynamic. The Director of Operations is responsible for optimizing operation costs, ensuring safety, financial performance, and achieving quality, specifically for our North American Rail facilities. This role supports the team, coaches, and promotes individual staff development, and acts as a company representative internally and externally, and works closely with Corporate shared services to ensure processes and procedures that are consistent with LB Foster's principles. Other responsibilities include managing daily operations, planning how both material and human resources are to be utilized, and leading transformational change.
Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
Managing the day-to-day operations of the business focusing the company on the fundamentals of sound business methodologies and continuous improvement for multiple facilities and yards, including Niles, Pueblo, Columbia City and Burnaby.
Evaluate the performance of the organization in meeting objectives and determine where costs can be reduced, what can be improved and what should be changed.
Work with executive leadership to establish and provide direction for short and long range organizational goals and objectives.
Driving and continuing to build and nurture an aggressive performance-oriented culture.
Strategically adjusts plant activities, policies, and practices to meet or exceed key performance metrics and customer satisfaction goals.
Continue to upgrade company processes and procedures to reach supply chain synergies between the various plants, including inventory management.
Directing operational excellence through "continuous improvement" activities in engineering, procurement, and production management, with the aim to drive additional lean manufacturing initiatives and cut production costs.
Interacting with plant leadership, accounting, and the SVP - Rail by providing timely financial and operating reporting.
Continuing to develop, mentor, and build a first-class team as the business expands its geographic footprint and drive a cultural shift in the company towards operational excellence.
Experience, Education, & License Requirements:
A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related required. Master's Degree is a plus.
10 plus years of professional experience with demonstrated progressive levels of management experience
5 plus years of technical manufacturing knowledge required
Six Sigma certification a plus
Skills & Abilities:
Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills.
Strong organizational, decision making, negotiating, problem solving and interpersonal skills
High-ethical standards demonstrated by the individual's reputation for high integrity in business and the ability to set that tone for the entire business.
Strong understanding of P&L.
Can lead effectively by driving objectives and results while maintaining the "people first" culture and engaging others.
The ability to demonstrate knowledge of Lean principles, Six-sigma and manufacturing best practices
Competencies:
Timely Decision Making
Planning
Problem Solving
Directs Others
Transformational Leadership
Manages Diversity
Managerial Courage
Drive for Results
Global Business Acumen
Developing Direct Reports
Motivating Others
Managing Vision and Purpose
Innovation Management
About LB Foster
LB Foster is a manufacturing company that produces a range of industrial products, including rail products, construction products, and tubular products. The company was founded in 1902 and has since grown to operate in over 20 countries. LB Foster's rail products division is a leading supplier of rail infrastructure products in North America. The company's construction products division produces a range of products for the construction industry, including precast concrete products and steel piling. LB Foster's tubular products division produces pipes and other products for the energy industry.
