Program Manager

Job description

Come join our team at DIS-TRAN Steel! Our people – not our machinery - are our biggest assets. DIS-TRAN Steel’s leadership team lives by our company values, modeling our culture of respect and integrity each day. We're a team that likes to have fun, but we also know how to get stuff done. DIS-TRAN Steel is seeking an Industrial Operations Specialist to help drive operational excellence across our manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for someone with a background in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing, or Operations who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, leading projects, and working directly with production teams. Rather than sitting behind a desk designing products, you'll be on the plant floor identifying opportunities, improving workflows, supporting operations, and helping our teams deliver results safely, efficiently, and with exceptional quality. CORE COMPETENCIES: Implementing Vision and Values: Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of the associate decision making and action. Safety Orientation: Is aware of conditions that affect employee safety, takes responsible action, and promotes safety throughout the organization. Customer Focus: Proactively works to determine the needs of the internal / external customers and provide solutions; actively focuses on providing high quality service to internal / external customers while addressing the organization’s mission / vision / goals / policies; maintains clear communication regarding mutual expectation. Contributing to Team Success: Works cooperatively with others; is agreeable and team oriented; demonstrates a willingness to put aside personal differences for the benefit of the group as a whole. Quality Orientation: Is aware of quality issues and actively makes suggestions for improvement of product or processes; knows how personal contribution affects overall product and process quality; understands the company’s quality objectives and how they relate to the company’s objectives. Work Ethic: Maintains and promotes social, ethical, and organizational norms in conducting internal and external business activities. Continuous and Applied Learning: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skills on the job and leaning through their application; comprehends new job related information in a timely manner and correctly recalls and applies that information. Productivity Orientation: Takes appropriate actions to satisfy work quotas (e.g. production, assignments, projects, etc.) ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Program Leadership and Delivery Lead and manage multiple manufacturing OT and business IT programs from initiation through completion. Take ownership of program outcomes and ensure work remains aligned with operational and business objectives. Coordinate cross-functional teams, including production, engineering, quality, supply chain, technology, and other business functions. Support new product launches, process-improvement initiatives, capital projects, and technology implementations. Ensure programs are completed on time, within scope, and according to established quality expectations. Effectively prioritize multiple projects and competing requirements in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, safety, quality, and operational efficiency. Program Planning and Administration Define program objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria. Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, resource plans, and implementation roadmaps. Coordinate program resources and activities across internal teams and external stakeholders. Maintain accurate program documentation, action items, decisions, schedules, and supporting materials. Facilitate program meetings, reviews, planning sessions, and stakeholder discussions. Assist with standardizing program-management processes, tools, documentation, and best practices. Performance and Risk Management Monitor program performance and provide regular status updates to leadership and key stakeholders. Track key performance indicators, milestones, budgets, resource utilization, and other program metrics. Identify program risks, issues, constraints, and dependencies. Develop and implement mitigation and corrective-action plans to keep programs on track. Analyze performance information to identify opportunities for improved efficiency, quality, delivery, and cost management. Escalate significant risks and issues appropriately and provide recommendations for resolution. Business Partnership and Communication Maintain clear and consistent communication with internal teams, leadership, and external stakeholders. Promote alignment, accountability, and transparency throughout the program lifecycle. Build and maintain effective working relationships across departments. Facilitate communication among technical teams, operational teams, business stakeholders, and leadership. Communicate complex program information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Establish mutual expectations with internal and external customers and maintain a strong service orientation. Continuous Improvement Lead and support continuous-improvement initiatives that increase efficiency, reduce waste, improve quality, and strengthen program delivery. Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, production workflows, technology systems, and business practices. Support the development and standardization of processes, tools, and program-management best practices. Apply lessons learned to future programs and improvement initiatives. Support training and onboarding activities related to new programs, systems, processes, or procedures. Participate in audits, reviews, retrospectives, and other improvement activities supporting business objec