Area Manager - Onsite in Loveland, CO

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. 

• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project. 

• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth. 

At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.  More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

We offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Permissive Paid Time Off
• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits
• 401(k)

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Area Manager is responsible for leading daily operations, ensuring customer demands are met, and driving continuous improvement through structured processes and performance metrics. This role combines hands-on leadership with strategic execution, directly impacting operational performance and team development.

This position is part of the Operations team located in Loveland, CO and will be on-site.

The typical schedule is Monday–Friday, approximately 6:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m., with additional hours as required based on business needs.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Supervise daily operations to ensure internal and external customer demands are met

• Lead team performance against Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity (SQDIP) metrics using Veralto Enterprise System (VES) tools.

• Develop and execute data-driven action plans to improve operational performance and standard work

• Manage production planning by aligning customer orders with labor and material availability

• Optimize labor allocation and drive cross-training to increase flexibility

• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive process improvement initiatives

• Implement policy deployment plans aligned with short- and long-term business goals

• Evaluate team performance and drive development plans, coaching, and corrective actions as needed

The essential requirements of the job include:  

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field (preferred)
• 1–3 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience using data to drive continuous improvement and operational decision-making
• Experience with production planning, scheduling, or workload balancing

Hach is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

For Colorado roles only:  We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of five days, though it may be o