Area Manager - Weekend shift

Job Description

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. 

• Thriving in a supportive team environment that inspires you to strive for excellence. 

• Joining a company with a proven track record of success and an exciting future. 

At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.  More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

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We offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Permissive Paid Time Off
• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team, looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits
• 401(k)

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Area Manager – Weekend Shift provides hands-on leadership and direction for assigned areas of responsibility. This role is responsible for planning and executing daily operations to ensure internal and external customer demands are met, while driving continuous improvement of SQDIP through the effective use of continuous improvement tools. The Area Manager also plays a key role in developing a strong continuous improvement culture and leading the team toward operational excellence.

This position follows a weekend schedule: Friday through Sunday, 5:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Occasional flexibility may be required for meetings on Mondays and Thursdays.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Lead daily activities so customer, safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity expectations are met.
• Coach, train, and develop associates; manage performance and development planning in partnership with HR.
• Translate customer orders, available labor, and material capacity into weekly and daily build-and-ship plans.
• Create and execute data-driven action plans that improve Standard Work and SQDIP performance.
• Allocate labor, expand cross-training, and improve staffing flexibility across the area.
• Lead projects and partner with planning and technical teams to address operational and process-improvement priorities.
• Ensure associates understand and follow company policies and required work practices.
• Support policy-deployment plans and the development and monitoring of area budgets.

The essential requirements of the job include:  

• A BA/BS degree in Physical Science or Engineering or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 1 to 3 years of leadership experience, including project-team leadership, staff supervision, or both.
• Experience applying Lean manufacturing methods such as Kaizen, Kanban, root-cause analysis, or countermeasures.
• Experience with machining, injection molding, or mechanical troubleshooting.
• Experience with inventory management.
• Experience using operational data for analysis and reporting.
• Experience leading work where safety, quality, and customer requirements are measured and actively managed.

Hach is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

For Colorado roles only:  We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of five days, though it may be open for a longer period of time. We encourage your prompt application.

US ONLY: 

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. 

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Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.
 

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