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John Zink, a Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) company, is a global leader in combustion and emission control solutions. We are looking to add a Senior Director of Operations for our Combustion business in the Americas based out of Tulsa, OK.
This person will lead our Project Management, Quality, Manufacturing, and Test Center operations, ensuring the delivery of profitable, on-time, high quality projects and driving outstanding results for our valued customers. We back every product with decades of proven performance, unrivalled research and development capabilities, and expert service and support.
A successful leader will provide oversight, coaching, and mentoring of the project execution leadership team, transforming how we execute projects, maximizing mutual benefit through employee development, and implementing strategic improvement initiatives.
- Be an integral part of the senior integrated business team for the Combustion Americas business
- Identify, develop and retain a top tier leadership team to steward our Project Management, Quality, Manufacturing, and Test Center capabilities. Effectively communicate expectations through your leadership team to also identify, develop, and retain best-in-class project execution resources.
- Promote a contribution motivated mindset, ensuring our culture is positively translated throughout our organization and throughout our customer interactions.
- Establish and maintain a culture of expectation, connecting leaders to team performance (customer relationships, schedule and budget) through effective and proactive KPI’s aligned with the company’s vision.
- Seek challenge and develop an open communication culture between project execution and all other cross-functional teams to maximize customer and company value.
- Pursue self-improvement aligned with company vision paired with aligned metrics to drive self-accountability.
- Travel to strategic customer/project locations, both domestic and abroad
Requirements (Basic Qualifications):
- Experience leading leaders with proven team development and results through established KPI’s
- Ability to lead team through complex problem solving with positive results
- Contribution motivated leadership measured in overall business success, customer feedback, and team culture
- Experience leading in a PBM organization
- Experience with managing projects from initial conception, through production, and ultimately to customer delivery
- Experience with resource planning, scheduling, and cross-functional coordination, particularly in a highly technical field
- Experience in engineered to order, manufacturing, or operations environment
- Experience in manufacturing or operating combustion equipment or systems (e.g. Process Burners, Boiler Burners, Flares, Thermal Oxidizers, Vapor Control Systems, Biogas Systems)
Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
Come solve some of the greatest industrial challenges of our time. Companies worldwide are turning to us at John Zink for cost-effective and environmentally friendly solutions to improve their everyday processes. We pride ourselves on turning our customer's complex problems into sustainable solutions, and we are looking for the right people to help us drive this vision.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf