Job Abstract

Simpson Strong-Tie is a leader in engineered structural connectors, software, and solutions for the building industry. We maintain a reputation as a trusted manufacturer, partner, and corporate citizen committed to our customers and employees.

Our founder, Barc Simpson established 9 Principles of Business we live out as company values and have made Simpson Strong-Tie an inspiring place to work since 1956. Our team of talented people are dedicated to our shared mission: to provide solutions that help people design and build safer, stronger structures.

Learn about our company culture directly from our team.

YOU

As a Plant Superintendent, you will be responsible for the overall performance of the Production department. This position is directly responsible for driving improvements in the areas of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost of all manufacturing operations within our Automatic Stamping, Manual Fabrication, and Shearbrace value streams. Overall scope of the position is to medium to long term planning.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING (% of Time)

Coach, motivate and lead employees/supervisors using effective performance management techniques, including establishing expectations and goals, providing recognition and feedback, and addressing performance problems. Coach, encourage, and develop employees according to their unique interests and strengths. Empower employees to take responsibility for their career and performance. Delegate responsibility, expect accountability, and gain regular feedback. Foster a spirit of teamwork and unity among department members and the organization. Works with leaders to develop succession plan within each department. Create, implement and monitor staffing plans to support forecasted demand. (40%)

Develop and execute Strategic & Tactical strategies to drive operations and improvements with Lean Manufacturing throughout the manufacturing departments while collaborating with Plant Leadership Team by identifying and executing large scale improvement projects. Work to develop and implement plans & activities that will assist the organization in achieving annual cost savings targets and customer service levels. (40%)

Provides Project Management support and team leadership for site, Home Office, Capital Acquisitions (Capex) and Continuous Improvement projects. (10%)

Works closely with Inventory control team to ensure Medium to long term production plans supports future customer needs and resolving critical needs/ exceptions as they arise. (10%)

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

If you can do everything listed above, you’ve got what it takes. Perhaps some of the following would be helpful too:

• BS or BA in Operations Management or Operations Manufacturing or Engineering, or Business Management, preferred
• 10 years in Lean manufacturing environment, required
• 5 Years in lean based management approach with related experience and/or training in process management, required
• 5 years managing a staff of 50+, required
• 3 Years Project Management, preferred
• SAP, or similar ERP system experience, preferred
• Mathematical Reasoning: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations, preferred
• Action Oriented: Builds an environment that emphasizes taking initiative and acting quickly. Models the enthusiasm and can-do attitude for the organization. Helps the organization respond quickly to opportunities. Leads the organization on bold challenges.
• Balances Stakeholders: Creates flexibility in the organization that is needed to respond to varied stakeholder needs. Demonstrates foresight about how stakeholder priorities will change and evolve. Optimizes decisions across the varied needs of internal and external stakeholders. Serves as a role model for considering cultural and ethical factors in balancing the needs of stakeholders.
• Leadership: Builds a cohesive leadership team that drives the goals and success of the organization. Creates a culture with systems and processes that enable cross-functional teamwork. Instills a common mindset and team spirit across the organization. Models teamwork by working effectively with other leaders throughout the organization.
• Collaboration: Exemplifies collaborative leadership by inviting a wide variety of perspectives to the discussions. Creates a climate where people communicate fearlessly. Builds a culture of collaboration and teamwork across organizational boundaries. Removes organizational barriers to collaboration.
• Customer Focus: Creates a sense of urgency throughout the organization on the importance of meeting customer needs. Ensures that organizational resources and support are focused on meeting customer needs. Establishes organizational alliances or partnerships with key customers. Fosters a customer-focused environment.
• Decision Making and Judgment: Creates an environment that promotes cross-functional analysis and decision making. Holds leaders accountable to push decision making down to the most appropriate level. Requires that organization-level decisions be based on data and sound reasoning. Willingly makes tough decisions and difficult trade-offs on behalf of the organization.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Creates a culture that emphasizes ongoing learning and development and reinforces its value to the organization. Coaches and mentors key talent. Sponsors organization-wide initiatives to ensure leadership excellence and ready talent. Champions organizational efforts that support the development of all employees.
• Drives Results: Creates an organization that pushes forward in difficult circumstances. Eliminates obstacles that affect organizational performance. Gets results that have a clear, positive, and direct impact on business performance. Drives the organization to achieve results.
• Ensures Accountability: Creates an environment of accountability for meeting agreed-upon expectations. Ensures that the organization meets its commitments. Holds leaders accountable for the performance of their teams. Uses management systems to monitor the organization’s performance against goals.
• Influence: Ensures that proposals or arguments are supported by a logical and compelling business case. Negotiates skillfully in tough situations with internal and external groups. Gains buy-in from others and convinces them to take recommended action. Builds a broad base of support for positions both inside and outside the organization.
• Dependability: Acts in the best interests of others and the organization, even when it conflicts with self-interests. Models dependability and expects others to live up to their agreements. Shows consistency between words and actions, gaining people's trust and respect. Is truthful and transparent, fostering a sense of trust in the organization and its leadership.
• Manages Complexity: Approaches problems from a systems perspective, defining connections, linkages, and interdependencies. Obtains resources and establishes organizational processes that enable effective information gathering. Anticipates complex challenges the organization may face in the future. Synthesizes information from many sources to arrive at a broad and deep understanding of complex issues.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, and hear, and sometimes walk and stand.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment where standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers/scanners, etc. are frequently used.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

This job may require up to 5% domestic travel.

WORK STATUS & LOCATION

This full-time, exempt position is located in Riverside, CA.

RELOCATION

Relocation is available for this position.

Pay

$96,100 - $163,400 / year

REWARDS AT SIMPSON STRONG-TIE

We recognize and reward employees with a carefully designed and comprehensive rewards package, including competitive compensation, quarterly bonuses or commission and first-rate benefits. May exclude some positions, such as seasonal jobs.

• Quarterly Bonuses/Commission: You will be eligible for either a bonus or commission, paid on a quarterly basis. We believe all employees affect customers, sales and revenue — directly or indirectly – and should be rewarded by sharing the company profits.
• Benefits: We provide a wide range of benefits for eligible full-time employees including: medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, employee stock purchase and bonus plans, pay for holidays, vacation, sick days, funerals and jury duty, years of service awards, employee discounts, employee referral bonuses, charitable contribution matching, education reimbursement and more. View benefit plan details here: https://benefits.strongtie.com/.

In keeping with the Company's commitment to the communities in which it does business, we are an equal opportunity employer. This means that to the fullest extent required by local law, employment decisions are based on merit and business needs and not on race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender (which state law may define to include gender identity/expression, transgender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, and gender stereotyping), sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, genetic information, medical condition, covered marital status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Please note all job offers are contingent upon a successful background investigation and drug test. Simpson Strong-Tie's drug policy is based upon Federal Law, and therefore will screen applicants for amphetamines, including methamphetamines, cocaine, phencyclidine, opiates, and marijuana. Where applicable, drug testing for marijuana may be modified to conform with state and local laws.

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