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The Manufacturing Manager, located in Whitehall, MI, will provide day to day leadership and direction to manufacturing shop floor teams while promoting manufacturing excellence and ensuring customer satisfaction. The Manufacturing Manager will also provide leadership in continuous improvement of plant performance measurements (quality, productivity, cycle time, delivery and cash flow).\nThis role will be located at our Whitehall Casting Plant 1/3\nPrimary Responsibilities\nFollow Safety Regulations along with all department specific safety requirements.\nOEE\nProduction Value Added by department.\nDaily targets for shipments\nProfit/Revenue\nEnsure the safety of all employees by promoting a clean and safe work environment.\nImprove manufacturing planning, execution, and shop floor discipline.\nProvide leadership for Plant ABS and lean manufacturing initiatives.\nProvide leadership to identify and remove non-value-added waste.\nImprove product flow and/or implement method improvements to reduce labor content.\nDevelop and train for the professional and personal growth of team leaders, cell facilitators, supervisors, and other manufacturing support personnel.\nAddress any safety issues or non-compliances immediately.\nPromote Injury Free Event (IFE) reporting.\nAccountable for applicable department budgets.\nMaintain good relations and communication with Howmet customers.\nDevelop with plant manager and staff budget, strategic plans, team goals and objectives that align with BU objectives.\nFlow down goals and objectives to the entire organization.\nContribute to other location specific and corporate teams.\nMaintain excellent delivery performance.\nConduct capacity analysis to drive standard work and ensure accuracy of standards.\nDrive cost reductions to improve profitability.\nUse lean manufacturing tools to reduce WIP and cycle time.\nCommunicate all relevant information to Staff, customers, and management.\nUnderstand constraint management, OEE and apply techniques that exploit constraints to improve OEE.\nProvide leadership in implementing continuous improvement methods and ideas.\nConsults with engineering personnel relative to modifications to the process to improve production and quality of the products.\nProvide leadership in a safety and continuous improvement initiatives.\nJob Roles\nEmpowering talent --identifies and removes obstacles to productivity at individual and systemic levels; inspires and equips people to perform; understands direct link between people and measurable performance; provides cross-training opportunities.\nFlexibility --responds readily to a variety of stimuli in an environment where every day can be different; capable of multitasking and moving quickly from one topic to another; employs different mindsets or perspectives situationally.\nOrganized and time conscious --manages time well; does what is needed efficiently; understands how long processes require and manages expectations; accordingly, navigates the tension between availability and proactivity. \nBusiness-minded --aligns people and resources to demand; forecasts need and synthesizes input to anticipate focus areas on a time and project basis; thorough understanding of business enables quick decisions where appropriate.\nInterpretation and synthesis --makes sense of multiple inputs quickly and efficiently; generates action plans from available information; interprets data and qualitative information to provide justification and purpose; rationalizes decision making with substantive reasoning; understands relevant numbers and trends. \nRigor --participates in audit processes; utilizes existing systems extensively and expertly; solicits information from shift level to enterprise; creates processes through continuous improvement.\nTeam orientation --often involved at a tactical level; can contribute technically or operationally if needed, though not as first option; retains authority while delegating ownership.\nTrust and relationship --communicates openly and regularly, maintaining information flow; visible on floor; focuses attention on strengths and achievements, while addressing shortcomings as needed.\nIngenuity --finds efficiencies and gains time closer to delivery; solicits and implements ideas; invites improvement from any sector or level.\nProfessional posture --handles escalations objectively and dispassionately; recasts difficult situations as opportunities for learning and growth; custodian of plant environment and brand.\nThis posting is intended to establish a pipeline of qualified talent for anticipated future business needs. Applicants may be considered for current or future opportunities as business needs evolve.\n Basic Qualifications: \nHS Degree or GED and a minimum of 7 years in manufacturing with 5 years in leadership OR 3 years in leadership with minimum 1 year of Howmet leadership experience as a leader of other leaders in operations in a castings plant.\nMust be willing to relocate to other company locations to support future career development opportunities and business requirements.\nEmployees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. \nThis position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor's Degree is preferred.\nExperience in the investment casting industry a plus.\nStrong leadership skills that create an engaged employee environment.\nAble to drive improvement through the implementation of the lean manufacturing principles, total quality practices, six sigma.\nA strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes. \nStrong analytical, problem solving, communication, interpersonal, organizational and negotiation skills.\nStrong financial literacy\nExperience with tooling, molds and dies relating to the Investment Casting, Injection Molding, or Stamping Industries is preferred.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6155,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":5,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":true},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Aerospace Manufacturing","Metals & Metallurgy","Automotive Components"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-04T19:08:54Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 2","filings_12m":2,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":132500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-07T07:57:00+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":43,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/howmet-aerospace-operations-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/howmet-aerospace-operations-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-08T03:09:28Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6795,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2065140},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2065140"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhowmet-aerospace-operations-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhowmet-aerospace-operations-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhowmet-aerospace-operations-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/howmet-aerospace-operations-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhowmet-aerospace-operations-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3762751}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"howmet.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3762751},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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