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Are you ready to lead with precision, drive profitable growth, and build a high-performing team that delivers exceptional results?

At Doncasters we we have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, results-driven General Manager to lead our structural casting plant in Groton, CT. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strong operational, commercial, and people leadership, leveraging operational excellence and our Doncasters Production System to ensure the site consistently delivers against its key performance objectives.

Why join us?

Did you know that every time you take a flight, drive somewhere, or switch on a light, there's a chance Doncasters played a part in making that happen?

We are a specialist manufacturer of complex precision cast components for aerospace engines and industrial gas turbines, supporting leading OEM programs.

We excel in turning metals into motion, working in alloys and manufacturing complex product designs to offer an unparalleled range of solutions for high performance and specialist applications.

We employ more than 3,000 people across 14 core manufacturing facilities globally, providing the scale and expertise required to serve leading aerospace engine and IGT OEMs.

At Doncasters, we believe in doing things the right way. That means acting with integrity, delivering with commitment, and working as one team to achieve more, together. Whether you're developing precision-engineered components, running world-class manufacturing operations, or supporting our people and processes, your role is part of something much bigger.

Join us and contribute to a legacy built on performance, precision, and the values that drive us forward - excellence, commitment, integrity, and teamwork.

What we can offer you:

• An interesting and varied field to work in
• An environment where you can learn and grow through constant development opportunities
• PTO
• Competitive 401K
• Competitive medical insurance The Role
  The General Manager (GM) will provide overall operational, commercial, and people leadership for the structural casting plant in Groton, ensuring the achievement of key business performance objectives, including EHS, Revenue, EBITDA, Cash Flow, On-Time In-Full (OTIF), and Productivity.

Provide strategic leadership to develop and execute strategies to ensure customer satisfaction and achieve financial objectives.

Provide strong operational leadership, utilizing operational excellence and the Doncasters Production System to ensure the site consistently delivers on its metrics.

Lead the site's commercial function, to develop and build strong long term customer relationships to deliver sustainable profitable growth.

Have full financial accountability for the Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet performance of the business. Deliver the annual budgets and longer-term growth plans.

Create and nurture a healthy, safe and environmentally conscious culture within the organization. Interested?

If you have any of the below skills, we would love to talk to you about your next career move: Bachelor's Degree - Preferred Material Science, Engineering or Business fields, MBA Preferred

Minimum of 5 years' experience as a leader of a large organization

Demonstrated profitable commercial growth preferably in Superalloys and/or Aerospace/IGT/Automotive markets

Strong Background in engineering and operational leadership

P&L responsibility of a similar sized business; with comprehensive knowledge of and ability to apply budgeting processes and financial management tools

Demonstrated ability to develop a strategic plan to meet key business objectives/metrics in the areas of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Cost

Management of large teams of diverse site functions whether under direct leadership or matrix managed

Demonstrated experience in creating a Continuous Improvement culture of Operational Excellence

Project Management for large projects;

Able to demonstrate experience of facilitating relationships across multiple internal stakeholders.

Ability to develop strong customer relationships Equal opportunities

Doncasters is committed to achieving workforce diversity and we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, national origin, race, age, sex, gender identity, disability- physical or hidden, sexual orientation, veteran status, religious belief, or any other characteristics protected by law. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We encourage all applicants to reach out if they require any support or accommodations to enable them to thrive throughout our recruitment process. Please contact careers@doncasters.com.