Associate Manufacturing Leader Metal Packaging Operations

Job Description

Job Description

Ready to scale operational excellence?

If you’re energized by high-throughput environments and love turning variability into repeatable, high-quality results, this role is for you. As the Associate Manufacturing Leader, you’ll steward production, quality, safety, cost, and service outcomes—while enabling strategic customer programs and improving P&L performance.

What you’ll lead

• Customer interface : Act as the primary contact for quality and service topics, closing the loop on issues quickly.
• Continuous improvement : Cut spoilage, optimize labor utilization, elevate safety, and improve efficiency with CI methods and SPC.
• People & performance : Coach production staff, drive accountability, and embed a problem-solving culture.
• Safety first : Provide information, tools, and standard work to operate safely; plan procedural changes that drive hazards toward zero.
• Financial stewardship : Review and act on operational reports; manage overtime and costs to plan.
• Operational cadence : Maintain internal and external communications, as needed, 24 hours a day to ensure seamless operations.
• Cross-functional partnership : Collaborate with the Plant Manager and HR on personnel matters; coordinate with production planning on schedules and staffing; work closely with corporate on planning initiatives.
• Talent pipeline : Develop employees for advancement; lead training and safety programs; directly supervise plant personnel (team size varies).
• And more : Support strategic customer initiatives and complete additional responsibilities / projects as assigned.

What you’ll bring

Where you’ll work

Core proficiencies

Equal Employment Opportunity

Trivium Packaging is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.