With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.
PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.
In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.
Lead the business through positive leadership and communication. Build an organization where employees are engaged, empowered and collaboration is the norm. Be the change agent that creates an organization where engineering enhancements and manufacturing improvements are used as a competitive advantage in growing the business. Create a metrics driven, highly accountable mindset within the organization.
Focus on the growth of the business via process improvement initiatives, penetration of customer markets for growth opportunities and building strategic alliances. Provide leadership and management skills to aggressively grow revenue and profit of the business.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for the safe manufacture of products, safety in the areas of supervision, and maintaining a safe work environment. Emphasizes accident prevention. Ensures that legal requirements and company safety policy is enforced.
- Responsible for adherence to process control procedures, operating instructions, and all quality control instructions. Prime responsibility to safely manufacture a quality product with minimal scrap or rework, while meeting customer specifications.
- Maintains a global perspective of the business. Understands the impact of localized decisions on overall performance of the plant. Provides the appropriate input and / or direction as required.
- Establishes and executes annual operating budget for all areas of responsibility. Responsible to make or beat the budget. Takes appropriate action to correct deviations from budgets or operating plans. This often entails the development of a new schedule.
- Formulates long and short-range strategies for all plant manufacturing. These include equipment planning and personnel utilization.
- Controls the quality, delivery, cost of production, working process levels, and monitors production through manufacturing planning.
- Daily review of the business metrics (financial, thru-put, and quality) and provide direction as required.
- Directs and is responsible for hiring, training, career progression planning, performance appraisals, salary changes, promotions, and disciplinary action of personnel for subordinates.
- Coordinates and attends regular staff, operations, sales and strategic planning meetings.
- Prepares timely and comprehensive reports including analysis of financial data, statements, and audits covering daily flex, weekly battle plan, and monthly and quarterly business reviews. Presents information as required.
- Performs tactical and strategic planning, consistent with Division and Precision Castparts objectives. Coordinates with appropriate corporate and divisional staff to identify organic and/or acquisition related growth opportunities.
- Develops and organizes the management resources necessary to direct the major functions of the business. Ensures that an adequate supply of talent exists to staff the short and long term needs of the business unit.
- Assesses the business implications and potential of identified marketing, legislative and financial trends; encourages innovations in product development, marketing and technology; directs and participates in growth activities of the business unit.
- Represents the business unit as required on customer visits. Interacts with both OEM and distribution customers in the Aerospace industry.
- Ensures that the business unit operates at the highest level of business ethics. Ensures that the business unit is in compliance with all federal, state and local regulations. Ensures that all reporting is accurate and consistent with appropriate accounting and financial standards. Ensures that all corporate requirements are met.
- Ensures that quality systems meet or exceed customer and industry standards.
- Ensures that the interests and welfare of employees are preserved and protected.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Experience & Education
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration and/or engineering; MBA preferred.
- 10-15 years’ practical experience in various manufacturing related assignments with increasing scope of responsibility.
- Must have the demonstrated ability to work long hours and make critical decisions in a high stress, demanding environment.
- Effective in communicating with all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated effective leadership in building a cohesive leadership team and developing talent.
- Demonstrated business, financial, process and manufacturing analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience in negotiating internally and externally with all facets of the process manufacturing cycle (supply chain through end use customer).
- Strong knowledge and familiarity with AS9100 quality systems.
- 3+ years P&L experience, including sales and marketing leadership highly preferred.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Relocation is authorized for this position.
This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. &39;Green Card Holder&39;), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.
