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The Plant Manager is responsible for the strategic and tactical leadership for the Materion Ceramics plant in Tucson, AZ, including engineering operations, product development, scheduling, EH&S, HR, maintenance, quality, shipping, and receiving. This position has P&L responsibility for the site and is also responsible for organizational development of the team. This position is also responsible for community outreach, making sure that the facility continues to maintain a good working relationship with local government, regulatory, and other community organizations.

The Plant Manager directs the operation, planning and development of the Tucson, AZ, facility. The person in this position is responsible for the effective management of all activities associated with the facility. This includes but is not limited to financial, operational, quality control and environmental/health/safety (EHS).

You will have the opportunity to:

• Oversee compliance with EHS initiatives to ensure safe operation of machinery and processes throughout the plant

• Develop plans and objectives for the Tucson Plant that are consistent with and supportive of corporate vision, mission and values

• Oversee the development of systems, plans and procedures to control inventories, reduce lead times and improve delivery performance

• Demonstrate and utilize principles and industry standard methodologies in asset management to improve the overall reliability for the assets, equipment, systems operated and maintained by Materion

• Understand, develop, and follow processes/procedures to collect relevant information for decision-making in capital planning for Materion’s asset management, asset renewal or asset replacement

• Develop operating budgets

• Develop plant talent, skills and career paths to attract, retain, engage a highly skilled workforce

  REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical (e.g., engineering) or business-related field

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with a minimum of 5 years in management positions

• Familiarity with metal manufacturing products, production scheduling systems, materials technology, quality systems and personnel systems

• Previous experience working with operational programs such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, TQM, or ISO 9001

• Leadership and interpersonal management training/experience, including 2nd level management (managing people who are managing people)

• Exceptional communications skills - both internally and externally

• Demonstrated track record of delivering critical projects on time and on budget

• Ability and experience in developing staff level employees to build bench strength

• Computer skills to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, SAP, and other typical desktop PC software

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The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.

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