Manufacturing Manager

Manufacturing Manager
**_ The Company_**:
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS), with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow.

Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. They are the driving force behind our superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. Our commitment to our people and their professional development is a recipe for success that has fueled our growth for over 100 years, as one of today’s leading international suppliers of plumbing and water delivery solutions.

If you’re ready to join a company where what you do makes a difference and you have pride in the work you are doing, talk to us about joining the Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation family

**Company Description**:
**Business Unit**:
Filamat Composites Inc. is part of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, a large organization with worldwide expertise in storm water treatment and wastewater pre-treatment solutions. Filamat manufactures fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) products and custom-engineered composite solutions in the fields of storm water, municipal water & wastewater, mining and solvent extraction, chemical processing, air treatment and pulp and paper. Filamat is committed to the delivery of our customer’s products with exceptional service and quality. Our World Class methods will deliver superior value and inspire excellence in our relationships with customers, employees, suppliers and stakeholders.
- Responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating all manufacturing operations of production, shipping/receiving, machinery, processing, and packaging departments.
- Develops priorities based on production introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials.
- Makes recommendations to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency of operations.
- Creates schedules and staffing requirements based on determined priorities.
- Establishes manufacturing and quality control standards and develops budget controls and plans.
- Coaching & mentoring of direct reports (Production Supervisors & others as required)
- Makes recommendations to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency of operations
- Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Partner with the Plant & Engineering Manager to drive continuous improvement initiatives (Zurn Elkay Business System (ZEBS)) on the plant floor
- Provide key input to the facility capital planning, capital appropriations request, & implementation processes
- Close interaction with plant team including Operations, Quality, Materials, and Safety
- Supports the annual budget process for the facility fiscal budget; estimates staffing, and capital equipment needs based upon recent trends and planned activities; monitors expenditures after budget adoption; approves requisitions for purchase of materials or supplies
- Participates in the interviewing and hiring of new staff; prioritizes, assigns and reviews work, approves time off for payroll purposes, and prepares employee performance evaluations
- Work with but not limited to Customer Care, Procurement, Production, Quality, and Outside Processing to help meet On Time Delivery and Inventory Availability objectives.
- Deliver orders to production floor and expedites to various departments when needed to help meet customer demand.
- Assist floor personnel with order fulfillment issues or questions.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent combination of education/experience required (Mechanical/Industrial Engineering preferred)
- at least six years of related experience, including supervision of direct reports of the Supervisor level
- Excellent people skills with ability to maintain internal and external relationships.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
- FRP (Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic) experience is highly preferred
- Experience in Unionized environment highly preferred
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing/Continuous Improvement (CI) methodology/tools (Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5 Why, etc.) highly preferred
- A wide degree of creativity and latitude is required.
- Highly developed & demonstrated problem solving skills
- Project Management experience with the ability to manage multiple projects with little or no supervision.
- Organized with high attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to communicate with all levels of a corporation.

**Additional information**:

- Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Minority/Veteran