About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,5 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Hydro is hiring for:

Area Manager, Assembly  
York, PA

Summary –

The Area Manager, Assembly meets or exceeds all metrics (safety, quality, delivery, and cost) in manufacturing hydroelectric components within the process area.  Floor time exceeding 60% providing management and coaching to drive results. 

Responsibilities –

• Coordinates planning activities with Production Control and Manufacturing Engineering considering load, capacity, competency at strategic level to achieve metrics(safety, quality, delivery on-time, and budget).
• Provides direction and supports supervisors while building department competencies.
• Accountable for the daily execution of the production system within area of responsibility.
• Balance strategic and tactical leadership at respective 70/30 split.
• Assures meeting or exceeding business metrics.
• Visible leadership and personal communication.
• Process Area continuous improvement and problem-solving leader.
• Aligns with other Area Managers and factory leaders around expectations and policy adherence.
• Holds people accountable to processes, policies, systems, and results.
• Performance management and employee development.

Qualifications –

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or related field) and/or 8 years relative experience.
• Work experience: 5+ years in manufacturing management.

Physical Demands –

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the key actions of job.

• The employee is also required to talk and/or hear in an office setting (noise level is low). The employee is frequently required to stand and walk in an office environment from 4-8 hours. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; lift; stoop, or crouch.
• The vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception and adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to lift objects up to 50 lbs., climb ladders and perform other tasks related to an industrial environment.

The job may require travel

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.