Plant Manager (Christiansburg, VA)

Company Description

Current™ (formerly GE Current, a Daintree Company) has unveiled a new brand identity following the historic acquisition of Hubbell’s Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Lighting business. The enterprise brand unites the companies under a single identity with one purpose: To deliver the innovation customers require, with solutions that create inspiring, efficient and safe environments.  Current products dramatically improve lighting quality, reduce energy demand to support cleaner air, and have become synonymous with reimagined physical spaces. The history of the company demonstrates decades of trusted quality and reliability. Current's portfolio includes 35 industry-leading product brands each offer a unique value proposition.  Primary office locations are Cleveland, OH and Greenville, SC, with centers of expertise locations in Austin, TX, Rolling Meadows, IL and Quebec, Canada. Manufacturing operations reside in Hendersonville, NC, Pittsburgh, PA, Plympton, MA, Christiansburg, VA, Acuna, MX and Tijuana, MX.

Job Description

Manage and direct overall manufacturing activities of the Christiansburg Site (this role is on-site).

• Maintains a safe working environment consistent with all local, state and OSHA requirements.
• Originates, measures, and improves key indicators for the business unit (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Cost).
• Ensures the quality systems are established and maintained.
• Continues to enhance the LEAN culture.  Ensures the production area maintains a clean, well-organized environment through “continuous improvement” and 5S.  Implements and drives “continuous improvement” activities by eliminating non valued added activities in the manufacturing process (waste elimination).
• Develop budgets and forecasts.  Approves expenditures for supplies, materials, and human resources, ensuring that materials, labor and equipment are used efficiently to meet productivity and customer requirements.
• Establishes work requirements and ensures production schedules are met.
• Develop Staff and a culture within the business unit dedicated to the highest levels of quality and customer service
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing
• Understanding of Operations Metrics and managing to metrics
• Ability to influence metrics through planned decision making
• Experience with forecasting manufacturing needs/manufacturing hours to meet key objectives
• Ability to understand bottleneck in shop, improve, identify opportunity for improvement and implement plan for change
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and training skills
• Dynamic, results oriented, metric driven, disciplined leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience
• Ability to work in US without Company sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Engineering or other Technical Degree preferred/MBA preferred

​​​​​​​Compensation

The position has a compensation package inclusive of base, bonus (if eligible), benefits, 401k contribution, time off, recognition awards and more.  This salary range is 109,000-160,000. 

Benefits and Perks

The Highlights:

All around competitive culture where together we strive to:

• Approach each day with a tenacious curiosity
• Communicate openly and honestly- internally and externally
• Work hard, take risks, fail fast…learn and move on
• Embrace diversity and welcome opposing thoughts
• Empower and develop each other
• We have an open and inclusive culture where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:
  • Quarterly company all employee meetings
  • Management and Leadership development
  • Initiatives and special projects with executive leadership exposure
  • Access to top-notch learning courses through LinkedIn Learning
  • Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth

Our more standard benefits

• Full-time exempt roles have a Permissive Time Off Policy, giving you flexibility to rest, relax and recharge away from work
• Paid Company Holidays
• A comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match
• Flexible Spending Account options for pre-tax employee allocations

Additional Information

Current is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation,