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Virginia Transformer Corp · 1 day ago

Chief Operating Officer

Roanoke, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

18+ years exp

Virginia Transformer Corp is the largest U.S.-owned producer of power transformers in North America, known for their engineering excellence and rapid growth. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) will oversee the operational execution platform of the business, ensuring reliable and scalable manufacturing operations across multiple plants.

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Hiring Manager

Kyle Vorst, SPHR

Responsibilities

Establish consistent operational standards, policies, and controls across plants

Implement scalable operating models that support growth without chaos

Ensure achievement of production volume, cost, quality, and delivery targets

Optimize capacity utilization and plant productivity

Lead S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) and demand fulfillment

Ensure operational readiness for new products, customers, and capacity expansions

Provide overall leadership for multiple manufacturing plants across locations

Lead and mentor Plant Heads, Operations Directors, and Engineering Leaders

Build leadership pipeline and succession planning

Drive performance culture, workforce productivity, and engagement

Ensure standardization of processes, systems, and KPIs across plants

Drive best-practice sharing and benchmarking between plants

Oversee facility planning, expansion, modernization, and consolidation initiatives

Lead enterprise maintenance strategy for all production, test, and support equipment

Drive reliability engineering, preventive maintenance, and uptime optimization

Establish asset lifecycle management standards across plants

Reduce unplanned downtime and extend asset life through disciplined execution

Standardize processes, tooling, layouts, and work methods for efficiency and repeatability

Drive process capability, throughput improvement, and waste reduction

Ensure compliance with quality systems (ISO, customer standards, regulatory norms)

Drive zero-defect culture and continuous quality improvement

Lead major audits and customer escalations

Ensure alignment between commercial demand, engineering requirements, and equipment capacity

Oversee procurement, logistics, warehousing, and inventory management

Develop strategic supplier partnerships

Reduce working capital and improve inventory turns

Establish and enforce uniform HSE standards across plants

Drive zero-accident and environmental compliance culture

Ensure adherence to all statutory requirements

Ensure plants and support facilities are safe, compliant, and optimized for production flow

Serve as a core member of the Executive Leadership Team

Partner closely with the CEO, CCO, CHRO, SVP Supply Chain, CTO, and CFO

Translate growth strategy into executable operational infrastructure

Act as a steward of long-term operational health, not short-term fixes

Qualification

Manufacturing operationsSupply Chain executionFacilities managementManufacturing engineeringProduction managementQuality systems complianceHealthSafetyEnvironmentalExecutive leadershipProcess standardizationStrategic supplier partnershipsContinuous improvementTeam mentoring