Operations Managers - Northeast

Austin Powder•New York, CT

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Family - Come work for an exciting company offering great benefits, challenging opportunities, and colleagues who feel more like family. Austin Powder has been making explosives for over 190 years and we take great pride in improving the world we live in. In 1833, the Austin family created the company to produce black powder that would help break the rock, mine the minerals and build the canals and railroads to develop the frontier. Initially along the banks of the Cuyahoga River near Akron, Ohio, we grew as the country grew. Today, Austin Powder is a world leader in the industrial explosives industry with a passionate commitment towards safety, a relentless customer focus, a family culture work environment, and a demonstration of respect of towards all. As in our early years, our mission continues to be to improve the world we live in through the safe and responsible use of explosives. Our success has been based on our core values and this has proven to be universally true around the globe as the company has expanded to be one of the leading providers of industrial explosives and blasting services in the world.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination education and experience.
Minimum of five years of management experience with direct reports, preferably in a multi-site service environment.
Minimum of five years working experience and knowledge of regulatory compliance, regulatory audits, and working with regulators.
Working knowledge of operations activities.
Strong working knowledge of industry regulations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and then be able to present findings in Excel, PowerPoint, Graphs, etc.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical matters with abstract and concrete variables.
Must possess strong communication skills to present information concisely to customers, employees and peers whether written or verbal.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with executives, managers, employees, customers and vendors.
Must have possessed direct supervisory experience with responsibilities that included hiring and accountability for performance management.

Responsibilities

Lead and maintain a high level of awareness, preparation, and response to safety and security-related risks as well as regulatory compliance.
Establish agreed upon goals and objectives for direct reports with measurable outcomes and/or key performance indicators.
Coach, manage, and develop direct reports to understand KPI measures and budgets.
Address behaviors and discipline consistently.
Ensure the company has the talent to execute its strategies by hiring and developing a strong team and making succession planning a core business process.
Communicate clear and consistent legal and ethical standards and ensure organizational compliance.
Audit and observe locations and job sites routinely.
Have a thorough knowledge of product's physical and chemical properties as well as safety precautions for handling, storing and transporting.
Along with the Sales Manager, responsible for inventory management, all fixed and mobile assets in conjunction with budgetary guidelines and managing costs (i.e., equipment and personnel utilization).
Coordinate site setups, closures, and asset placements.
Participate in investigations of accidents and incidents to determine root cause and communicate findings to appropriate parties.
Negotiate our requirements with vendors and monitor expenses.
Assist in developing and enforcement of standard operating procedures.