Area Manager at Condair

Condair Group, founded in 1948 and based in Switzerland is the global leader in humidification, dehumidification and evaporative cooling. Supported by science, we engineer individual, holistic solutions that customers can trust through the entire lifecycle. With optimal humidity, we increase productivity and create healthier built environments. Condair Group has production sites in Europe, North America and China, its own sales and service organizations in 23 countries, and representatives in 50 locations worldwide.

As we expand into the greater Richmond, Virginia region we will be seeking motivated, skilled people to join our team. Come enhance your career today!

Learn more about us: www.condairgroup.com

Purpose of Role

Condair is seeking an Area Manager who can join our team and help shape the future of our organization. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership skills and love working in a fast-paced environment. We are seeking someone who can learn our products and be able to lead a team.

You will be responsible for managing assigned production floor areas to ensure proper quantities of quality products, at or below budgeted production costs, are manufactured in order to meet marketplace demand. The Area Manager will be required to manage/coordinate broad processes across different departments and functional teams. This role will maintain the company culture, values and strategies by leading her/his team in change efforts, continuous improvement initiatives, safety awareness, and fostering team and individual development. This position reports directly to the Plant Manager.

​Requirements, Key Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty to a competent level. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment. This includes educating employees on hazard identification, correcting unsafe acts/conditions, facilitating safety meetings, performing safety inspections, investigating incidents, and driving corrective actions to completion.

• Manages all aspects of personnel performance within the department

• Ensures that job expectations, duties, responsibilities, authority, and accountability of all direct subordinates are defined and understood

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with policies and applicable laws including staffing, training, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, investigating issues, and resolving problems

• Creates and implements plans to address skills gaps and provide training and development for direct reports to address department, individual, and business needs

• Handles sensitive and proprietary information in a confidential manner

• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, revising schedules, resolving problems, accomplishing work results, and reporting results on shift production summaries

• Responsible for managing quality production and charged with collaborating with others to drive product related quality issues to resolution

• Encourages and promotes a plant culture of Continuous Improvement and Employee Involvement

• Fosters a spirit of cooperation within and between departments

• Leads continuous improvement activities, including 5S, visual workplace, cost and waste reductions

• Enforces company systems, standards, policies, and procedures

Professional Skills, Qualifications, and Competencies:

• Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor of Science or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or similar Minimum of 4 years of experience in a manufacturing leadership role. Preferred experience managing 50+ FTEs

  • Experience in Lead Implementation, team building, quality control and assurance

• Language Skills:

  • Possess excellent oral and written communication skills in English with ability to advocate for and present recommendations to senior leadership

• Reasoning Ability:

  • Be able to function in a fast-paced office, manufacturing, and warehouse environment in a professional manner

  • General understanding of manufacturing business principles and typical business practices

  • Proven strong organizational (prioritization and time management), problem-solving, and analytical skills

  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work cross-functionally with other departments

• Computer Skills:

  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Project

  • Knowledge of MaintainX or similar is a plus​

• Other:

  • Demonstrated leadership, drive, and potential to assume higher levels of responsibility

  • Accomplished in meeting production schedules, controlling, and improving production efficiency

  • Ability to work additional hours as required in support of a project assignment

​Benefits:

• Medical benefits

• Dental benefits

• Vision benefits

• Long-term disability insurance

• Short-term disability insurance

• Life insurance/AD&D

• 401K

• Paid vacation

• Paid sick leave

​Personal Characteristics

Teamwork

• Balances team and individual responsibilities

• Exhibits objectivity and openness to other's views

• Gives and welcomes feedback

• Offers to help others to achieve common goals

Drive

• Exhibits a drive to do all work required to achieve success

• Aims to do the right thing without being told

Ethics

• Works with integrity and strong morals/ethics ​

Professionalism

• Approaches others in a tactful manner

• Reacts well under pressure and follows through on commitments

• Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their position

• Accepts responsibility for own actions and asks for help when needed

Safety

• Observes safety and security procedures

• Uses equipment and materials properly and as instructed

Dependability

• Is consistently at work and on time and completes work in a timely manner

• Able to deal with change, delays, and unexpected events