Operations Engineering Manager -- Extrusion, Maintenance & Tooling in Santa Fe Springs

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Job DescriptionJob DescriptionBuild performance, reliability, and cost discipline

This role anchors production success by directing Engineering, Extrusion, Maintenance, Tooling, and partnering closely with Quality. Your mandate: maximize output, strengthen OEE, and deliver to cost targets through smart capital deployment, disciplined maintenance, and strong technical leadership.

What success looks like

• Consistent production volume at plan levels or better.
• OEE improvement year-over-year, driven by equipment reliability and process capability.
• Capital projects delivered on time, on budget, and aligned to AOP.
• Full compliance with environmental and process safety programs.
• Measured gains in raw material efficiency.

Your responsibilities

• Lead Engineering, Maintenance, and Quality efforts to maximize production while achieving cost targets.
• Direct Extrusion and Tooling activities to support throughput and quality.
• Assure facilities and production equipment are properly maintained to sustain plant operations.
• Provide engineering support and resources that enable uninterrupted production.
• Coordinate the communication and rollout of manufacturing and technical initiatives.

Capital and budgets

• Manage the plant capital budget and the Engineering expense budget.
• Work with plant technical and operations teams to identify capital deployment opportunities.
• Own CAR preparation, submission, and coordination of all capital activities.
• Manage the AOP budget, including technical group salaries, building and grounds, maintenance materials, and utilities.

Compliance and safety

• Ensure site environmental compliance and actively support plant safety programs.
• Lead the RTO process.
• Own PSM, RMP, and Title V processes and programs.

People leadership

• Hire, administer salaries, and lead performance management, including disciplinary actions.
• Develop employees and build technical capabilities across the organization.
• Serve as Materials Manager for raw material efficiency.

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