Operations Development Program

About the Role

The Operations Management Rotational Program is a leadership-first development role for those building a career in Hydrite manufacturing operations. The program runs two to three years across two to three rotations of nine to twelve months, and it opens in a plant supervisory seat. From the first assignment the role owns safety, team accountability, and daily execution for a production area, learning our processes from the floor up. Assignments follow real site openings rather than a fixed curriculum. Plant managers and functional leads identify where a participant adds genuine value and confirm they have the bandwidth to develop someone, and participants are matched accordingly. The program concludes in a permanent operations role, with placement agreed during the second rotation so the final rotation serves as onboarding into that job.

Responsibilities

• Own safety performance for the assigned area, setting the expectation through daily presence on the floor and through how issues are raised, investigated, and closed.
• Supervise a production or shift team, holding accountability for staffing, coaching, performance conversations, and day-to-day execution against the schedule.
• Learn the site's manufacturing processes in depth, developing the technical fluency needed to make sound operating decisions and to earn the confidence of experienced operators.
• Lead or contribute to engineering and continuous improvement projects that run alongside daily supervisory responsibilities.
• Take on a second assignment in process engineering, supply chain, maintenance, quality, continuous improvement, or EHS, applying the same ownership to a functional or cross-site problem.
• Present an annual report out at the Operations Managers Meeting, building exposure to plant management beyond the assignment site.
• Participate in campus recruiting alongside the Early Talent Program, representing Hydrite to the next group of candidates.
• Work with Human Resources and the Operations VP on assignment progress, future interests, and open roles, so that the permanent placement is built deliberately rather than by default.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, supply chain, or a general business discipline.
• Prior leadership experience through an internship, co-op, military service, or a previous role is strongly preferred, since the program opens in a supervisory seat.
• Open to new graduates and to current Hydrite employees moving into operations leadership.
• Credibility with a plant floor team: sound judgment under pressure, willingness to be present on off shifts, and the ability to hold a standard without losing the room.
• Willingness to relocate. Relocation significantly expands opportunity both during the program and after it, and the program is open to every Hydrite manufacturing site.
• Travel of 10 to 25 percent is expected.

Schedule

Shift for this position is Friday-Sunday with Alternating Thursdays 6am-6:30pm.

Reporting Structure

This position reports to the Manufacturing Manager.

Benefits

• Up to 10% Retirement Contribution
• $600 per Year Wellness Incentive
• Two Weeks Starting Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, and Vision - Eligible first day of the month following hire date.
• 401k and profit sharing
• Medical/dental/vision/life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Adoption assistance
• Legal services insurance
• Scholarship awards for children of employees
• Summer picnic
• Community giving events
• Free family wellness coaching including nutritionist and fitness coach