General Manager – Foundry & Machining Operations
General Manager – Foundry Operations
Location: Sinking Spring, PA (Reading area)
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite
Employment Type: Full-Time
We are seeking an experienced General Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of an established aluminum foundry and machining facility in Sinking Spring, PA.
Direct foundry/metal casting experience is required.
This is a hands-on plant leadership position responsible for foundry operations, production, machining, quality, safety, scheduling, maintenance, workforce development, customer delivery, and financial performance . The ideal candidate is a visible, decisive leader who is comfortable on the manufacturing floor and has successfully led supervisors, managers, skilled trades, and hourly production teams.
Responsibilities
• Lead daily operations across casting, molding, core production, pattern/tooling, machining, finishing, quality, shipping, and maintenance
• Establish production priorities, staffing plans, schedules, and capacity requirements
• Drive improvements in safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, scrap, rework, labor utilization, and profitability
• Lead, coach, and develop department managers, supervisors, skilled trades, and production employees
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Sales, Estimating, Customer Service, and Production
• Manage operating budgets, labor costs, capital requirements, equipment investments, and facility needs
• Oversee production planning, ERP/MRP utilization, inventory, forecasting, and operational reporting
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, OSHA, ITAR, environmental, safety, and customer requirements
• Lead root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous-improvement initiatives
• Address production constraints, equipment issues, customer escalations, staffing needs, and quality concerns
• Maintain a highly visible leadership presence throughout the facility
Required Qualifications
• Direct professional leadership experience in a foundry or metal casting operation
• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing operations experience
• 5+ years leading a manufacturing facility, foundry, branch, or significant production operation
• Experience managing production, quality, safety, scheduling, staffing, and delivery performance
• Experience leading managers, supervisors, skilled trades, and hourly production teams
• Strong understanding of manufacturing financials, budgets, labor costs, margins, and operational KPIs
• Experience improving scrap, rework, throughput, productivity, cost, and on-time delivery
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and production planning
• Experience with ISO Quality systems and formal safety programs
• Strong customer-facing, leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Preferred Qualifications
• Aluminum foundry / aluminum casting experience
• Sand casting, green-sand molding, and/or no-bake molding
• CNC machining and finishing operations
• Custom job-shop or low-to-medium-volume manufacturing
• Plant or branch P&L responsibility
• Aerospace, defense, or ITAR-controlled manufacturing
• Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma
• Capital equipment and facility expansion experience
Candidates without direct foundry or metal casting experience will not be considered.
Machinery Manufacturing and Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Machinery Manufacturing and Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Full-time