Senior Director of Operations
New Jersey
Paying up to $260,000 + bonus + stock options
Relocation Available
The Senior Director of Operations is responsible for overseeing all aspects of operations at our facility in New Jersey. You will drive a culture of safety, compliance, and continuous improvement within an OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) and FDA-regulated environment.
A key focus of the role is on deploying Lean principles to ensure world-class performance, operational discipline, and sustainable growth. This position will manage all site functions, including P&L, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, quality, and EHS.
This role is full-time, onsite in New Jersey
What We’re Looking For:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Operations, or a related field. An advanced degree is preferred.
- Experience: 10+ years of leadership experience in chemical or FDA-regulated manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated expertise in OSHA PSM compliance.
- Experience managing multifunctional operations teams including production,
- maintenance, engineering, and quality.
- Experience managing unionized facilities.
- Proven success in Lean transformation and cultural change leadership.
- Strong technical background in chemical, pharmaceutical, biotech process manufacturing.
- Proficiency in performance management, strategic planning, and cross-functional
- execution.
- Ability to lead diverse teams and influence across all levels of the organization.
- Excellent communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills.
- High integrity and results-driven with a bias for action and accountability.
- Deep understanding of regulated manufacturing environments including OSHA PSM and FDA.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills; adept in data-driven decision-making.
- Ability to inspire and motivate teams in a high-demand, fast-paced production setting.
- Competence in ERP systems, Lean tools, and operational dashboards.
Site Operations Leadership:
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for the site, ensuring high performance in safety, quality, cost, delivery, and employee engagement.
- Lead the site in full compliance with OSHA PSM, EPA, FDA, and relevant health and safety regulations.
- Overseeing P&L, production, engineering, maintenance, and support functions to meet daily, weekly, and long-term performance targets.
If you have strong leadership experience, solid P&L responsibility knowledge, and a proven track record of turning around a facility in a union environment, this is the right opportunity for you. For more information, please email me at james.murawa@acepartners.com
