M&H Emerging Manufacturing Leader

M&H Valve Company is a world-class manufacturer of water and wastewater materials including fire hydrants, resilient wedge gate valves, butterfly valves and check valves. Since 1854, M&H has developed a reputation for excellence and dependability. Our extensive facilities and innovative technologies have made us a business and community leader. From state-of-the-art environmental upgrades to advanced training initiatives and community outreach, we’re working every day to make sure that M&H Valve is the best in the business. M&H Valve Company is part of Birmingham, AL based McWane, Inc.

The Emerging Manufacturing Leader position offers a unique opportunity to embark on a career path towards management within our organization. In this role, you will experience comprehensive and challenging training across various departments, enabling you to gain a well-rounded understanding of our company's operations, relationships, and processes. This role is dedicated to integrating safety, environmental, quality, and human resources principles into all facets of our production operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: This full-time, on-site position involves a minimum of 40 hours per week and includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Abide by all safety processes and procedures, promptly reporting any deviations to management.
• Evaluate and supervise the performance and progress of team members.
• Collaborate with managers to plan organizational work output.
• Assist Managers and Supervisors in daily tasks and performance evaluations.
• Fulfill managerial or supervisory responsibilities as assigned, in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, performance goals, and objectives.
• Analyze company reports to assess inventory activity, gross profit, and sales.
• Identify trends and develop recommendations based on gathered information.
• Collaborate with contractors and clients.
• Observe and train with experienced staff to learn department-specific standards, procedures, and methods.
• Acquire knowledge about various functions and operations throughout the organization.
• Participate in the company's strategic planning initiatives.
• Conduct research to find opportunities for increased profitability and risk reduction.
• Prepare and deliver presentations.

Functional Components: The role involves active participation in the following functional components:

• Supervision: Lead team member activities related to production, including technology, methods, procedures, and performance appraisals.
• Financial Accounting and Reporting: Calculate standards, scrap, critical metrics, and budgets, and review production costs and product quality.
• Management Responsibilities: Gain an understanding of various management areas, including Production Control, Accounting, Quality Control, Engineering, Environmental, Safety, and Human Resources.
• Coordination of Department Activities: Balance production activities with procurement, maintenance, production planning, safety, and quality control to optimize resource utilization.
• Review and Analyze Reporting Data: Identify causes of non-conformity with production specifications and operational issues.
• Transparent/Candid Communications: Cultivate effective communication with stakeholders and implement procedures to resolve operational problems and enhance product quality.
• Plant Policies/Work Rules/Safety Compliance/Union Contract: Understand and evaluate these elements when making decisions.
• Remove Production Constraints: Allocate resources and direct production employees to achieve established goals, while improving process efficiency and productivity.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Management, Business Administration, or a related field is required.
• Equivalent combinations of education and/or experience will be considered.
• Three (3) years of related on-the-job experience is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Work Activities: This role requires various skills, abilities, and work activities, including but not limited to:

• Time management
• Active listening
• Complex problem-solving
• Critical thinking
• Judgment and decision making
• Supervising
• Speaking and oral expression
• Writing and written expression
• Problem sensitivity
• Deductive and reasoning
• Physical activities involving the use of arms and legs, including lifting up to 50 pounds, climbing, balancing, walking, standing, stooping, and handling tools and materials.
• Adherence to safety and security procedures, including the use of protective equipment.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.