General Manager - North Las Vegas

Company Overview:

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases is a leading provider of cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers, process systems, services, and solutions for the LNG and industrial gases industry. We are a subsidiary of Nikkiso Company Ltd, a leading industrial manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with over $1.5 B in annual revenue, 8000 + employees worldwide, and publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Nikkiso Cryo (NCI) is a subsidiary of Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases and is one of the world’s foremost suppliers of submerged motor liquefied gas pumps. We offer unmatched reliability, quality and safety. As part of the Nikkiso Company global organization, our original technologies provide our customers with the confidence in knowing they are receiving the latest technology and the highest standards of engineering available.

We are located in North Las Vegas, Nevada and we offer a full range of submerged pumps for LNG, LPG, LEG, LN2, liquid propylene and many other liquefied gases. With design, production and test facilities in both the United States and Japan, sales offices in Las Vegas, Houston, London and Tokyo, Nikkiso Cryo offers prompt, total support for all of our customers worldwide.

Job Overview:

The General Manager of NCI, reporting to the President of the Nikkiso Cryogenic Pumps Functional Unit, directs division operations through a team of directors, managers, and front-line supervisors. The position ensures increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of manpower, materials and machines.

Responsibilities:

• Manages policy deployment in the areas of lean manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and plant performance measures
• Leads lean transformation and continuous improvement activities
• Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development
• Provides leadership for problem resolution to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relationships
• Manages material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand
• Ensures compliance with company standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and complete and on-time delivery
• Provides leadership through a three- to six-month planning cycle
• Determines operations head count needs and ensures compliance with company policies
• Ensures compliance with company needs for capital investments and improvement projects
• Manages compliance with state and federal regulations
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Maintains ultimate responsibility for all employees
• P&L responsibility
• Business control responsibility
• People and leadership development
• Cost Management

Qualifications:

• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Practical lean and continuous improvement implementation skills
• Proven leadership experience
• Teamwork orientation
• Project management
• Communication proficiency
• Performance management
• Technical capacity
• Business financials

Education and Experience:

• BS/BA in Engineering or Business Administration; MBA preferred
• 10 + years of manufacturing management experience; experience with rotating equipment manufacturing preferred

Travel:

• Both domestic and international travel is required

Work Environmental and Physical Demands:

• In order to perform the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools or controls.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. may be required.
• Job will generally be performed in an office environment, but may require travel to a customer’s office, production facility or industrial/construction job site. Conditions will vary at each location, but the conditions listed above will generally apply.

Environmental Safety Requirements:

• New Employee Safety Training is required by all newly hired employees, including Safety Awareness
• All safety related training is provided and tracked by the EH&S Technician
• Job specific training modules deemed necessary by employee’s Manager or Director will be required of all employees on an ongoing basis
• Employees are required to wear Nikkiso provided PPE as/when needed. PPEs include, face coverings, safety shoes, safety glasses, face shields, FR clothing, cryogenic gloves, cryogenic apron, cut resistant gloves, safety gloves, hearing protection, hard hats & dust masks. Failure to comply with Nikkiso Cryo safety requirements will result in disciplinary actions, up to and including termination.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEOC Statement:

Nikkiso CE&IG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.