Throughout this global expansion Teknor has remained a privately held company, and today Fain’s grandson sits at the helm, maintaining the family’s tradition of fostering deep employee and customer relationships. These relationships are what allow us—together—to deliver customized compound solutions and help our customer’s create better products.

“Manufacturing is a team sport and we work together to achieve our goals.”  ~Jon Fain, Former CEO - Current Chairman of the Board 

Join the team behind our custom compounds. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Promote safety awareness and monitor safety programs and trends.
• Directs and controls all departmental activities consistent within plant goals, i.e., safety production, waste, scrap, and employee relations while maintaining lowest costs for production.
• Ensure manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed all customer requirements for cost, quality, and responsiveness.
• Ensure key manufacturing metrics and key performance indicator systems are consistently tracking the appropriate measures and driving appropriate response behaviors.
• Implement and promote lean programs to ensure that proper standards of housekeeping are sustained.
• Passionately drives continuous improvement culture.
• Build an exceptional team to deliver results and enhance employee engagement.
• Communicate effectively with site leaders, managers, and customers.
• Assist in developing short and long term strategies to reduce costs.
• Participate in and provide support for strategic projects.
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus.
• Promote quality standards and initiatives and oversee Root Cause Analysis, as needed .
• Administer established policies for performance management, staffing, training, employee relations, and compensation management.
• Work closely with production for daily and weekly scheduling to optimize plant performance.
• Assist with prioritizing engineering, maintenance and production improvement projects.
• Understand and adhere to safety policies and procedures.
• Perform related responsibilities as required or directed.
• As a key leader at Teknor Apex, model the right leadership behaviors that align with our Core Values and build relationships and collaboration across the shift, other shifts and cross functionally.
• Model, promote and uphold our Core Values (Accountability, Integrity, Respect, Safety, Sustainability, Innovation & Partnership)

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably Engineering.
• Minimum 7 years in an operations leadership role required.
• Vinyl, compounding, and/or extrusion experience preferred.
• Must be able to evaluate complex situations, balancing production efficiencies with available equipment and assets.
• Strong LEAN experience required.
• Must have strong problem solving/analytical skills.
• Be knowledgeable of safety, quality, and productivity processes.
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example.
• Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.   
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards   
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time, squat, bend, twist and turn as needed to perform the job.   
• Must be able to climb ladders and stairs multiple times throughout the shift.  
• Must possess good manual and mechanical dexterity to perform job duties.    
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds.  
• Must be able to wear required safety equipment.  

This description is a summary of principal responsibilities and is not intended to include all duties that may be assigned.

Teknor Apex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any protected status under state or federal laws. Must be 18 years of age to work at Teknor Apex.