Finishing Area Manager

Joining the Metallus team means becoming part of a legacy that dates back over a century. We are an industry leader, manufacturing the cleanest steel in the world for companies in the industrial, aerospace and defense, automotive, and energy markets. Relocation will not be offered for this position. Purpose: The Finishing Area Manager provides managerial leadership for production through all cold finishing assets at the Gambrinus Steel Plant. This position leads efforts in Safety, Customer Satisfaction for Quality/Delivery, Operating Budget planning/compliance, Incentive Plans, and Bargaining Unit Contract issues. Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations; initiating and driving continuous improvement and LEAN principles to the process and equipment; providing feedback and direction on product issues, improvement, and solutions for Production Supervisors, Professionals, and Hourly Personnel; and providing knowledge, training, managerial expertise, and professional development to salary and hourly associates. The role is responsible for ensuring product meets customer requirements including identity, grade, size, length, and other specifications; ensuring risks associated with maintenance activities are identified and managed; ensuring associates know and follow safety rules, policies, and compliance regulations; and ensuring compliance with applicable environmental regulations as well as plant and company policies. Additional responsibilities include managing maintenance resources to optimize equipment availability in conjunction with operations; evaluating asset criticality and operating conditions for the process; managing maintenance spending to optimize asset life cycle costs while considering the impact of lost production; continuously evaluating equipment, processes, training, technology, and practices to improve throughput; supporting and identifying opportunities for reliability-based processes to optimize asset availability and life cycle cost; utilizing FMEA analysis and DMAIC project planning to achieve manufacturing excellence; managing work planning, scheduling, and execution activities using best practices; ensuring required employee training is completed; evaluating the performance and skills of individuals and groups to identify opportunities for enhanced training; and developing and managing contingency and succession plans for key roles within the department. Responsibilities: * Create an environment where the associates recognize the importance of maintaining a safe work environment (behavior based). * Monitor practices and procedures to achieve and exceed the business objective for OSHA recordables and lost time incident rates. * Assist in developing and monitor continuous updates of AMEAs from safety audits and occurrences. Include plans to mitigate or eliminate risk with action items, and re-evaluate to ensure risks are at an acceptable level. Review monthly and update annually as a minimum. * Ensure each operations function is completed with high quality and reliability. * Maintain and document the specific processes that most affect product quality, and maintain the quality system to assure high quality product reaches the customer. * Conduct investigations to correct quality related problems, and communicate potential issues to upstream operations. * Review standards and update annually as a minimum. * Ensure compliance to standard work and best practice settings. * Perform effective safety, communications, controls, and sc