Casting Department Manager

Casting Department Manager

$105000 - $125000 per year | Charlotte, NC | On-site | Permanent

Casting Department Manager, $125K+ , 15% bonus, aluminum casting leadership

A bit about us:

A growing aluminum casting manufacturer building out its U.S. operation, with modern furnace and casting equipment and a focus on quality and safety. Part of a global metals group with deep experience in precision metal components.

Why join us?

Lead your own shift in a newer aluminum casting operation where leaders still shape the process. Real backing from Quality, Engineering and Maintenance, a small team you can actually coach, and room to grow as the operation scales.

Job Details

Lead the casting department across operations, quality and people, with accountability for safety, output and process performance.

What you’ll do

Lead a casting organization that includes engineers, supervisors and production teams across shifts

Own safety, quality, output and cost for the department

Build and develop supervisors, set clear standards and hold the team to them

Partner with Quality, Engineering and Maintenance to drive defect reduction and process improvement

Manage staffing, scheduling, budget and department reporting

What we’re looking for

Proven leadership of a casting or foundry department, with supervisors and engineers reporting up

Strong working knowledge of casting processes. Aluminum is ideal, and iron or other metals with melt side experience will carry over well

Strong organizational and communication skills

A track record of improving safety, quality and throughput in a hot, fast paced environment

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Keywords: casting manager, foundry manager, melt department, aluminum casting, iron foundry, molten metal, casting operations, department manager

Job titles: Casting Manager, Foundry Manager, Casting Superintendent, Foundry Superintendent, Melt Department Manager, Melt Supervisor, Foundry Operations Manager, Production Manager, Operations Manager

Companies: Gibbs Die Casting, Pace Industries, Ryobi Die Casting, Nemak, Linamar, Hitachi Astemo, Eck Industries, Waupaca Foundry, Neenah Foundry, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry, McWane, Dalton Corporation. I left out your own clients and Grede and Metal Technologies, since those need a green light. I wrote these from what I know, so check the spellings in Jax.

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