A high-impact, high-visibility leader responsible for delivering BAC's next flagship U.S. manufacturing facility from initial site selection through grand opening to include the coordination and planning, organization, control, integration and completion of plant.
This role is accountable for driving relentless, disciplined execution across every phase of this key strategic project ensuring speed, rigor, and quality in delivering a plant that sets the new standard for BAC. The selected individual must operate with urgency, ownership, and no excuses accountability to meet aggressive timelines and expectations.
Responsibilities
o Own the full lifecycle from site selection through commissioning and grand opening.
o Drive progress with urgency ensuring milestones are hit, risks are actively managed, and delays are proactively eliminated.
o Lead BAC's engagement with retained real estate broker to identify and secure the optimal site.
o Execute labor market, logistics, and location analysis across target metro areas with clear, data-driven recommendations.
o Ensure disciplined decision-making and timely advancement through each phase.
o Lead real estate due diligence with a strong focus on risk identification and mitigation.
o Drive negotiations for build-to-suit developments and long-term lease agreements with a results-first mindset.
o Lead state and local incentive negotiations, ensuring maximum value and alignment with project timelines.
o Coordinate and drive all functional stakeholders to deliver an integrated, execution ready plant design.
o Ensure decisions are made quickly and aligned to throughput, flow, and operational excellence.
o Partner with internal leaders to embed best-in-class manufacturing, safety, and sustainability standards into the design.
o Ensure the facility is built to maximize throughput, efficiency, and long-term operational discipline.
o Work closely with the Global EHS leader to ensure safety is designed in, not added on.
o Partner with the Global Sustainability Director to deliver a facility that improves BAC's environmental footprint.
o Drive plant layout and infrastructure design teams with clear expectations and tight timelines.
o Ensure the design supports flow, scalability, and operational excellence from day one.
o Own all permitting and regulatory approvals, ensuring no delays due to planning or follow-through gaps.
o Work with Amsted and legal teams to establish all requirements for the new entity.
o Identify and secure temporary manufacturing space to support near-term production needs.
o Lead rapid setup and execution of interim operations with a focus on speed without compromising standards.
o Provide clear, concise, and frequent updates to BAC senior leadership.
o Surface risks early, propose solutions, and ensure leadership alignment on critical decisions.
o Operate with full ownership of outcomes in a highly visible, business-critical initiative.
Knowledge & Skills
Experience & Education
Travel Required up to 50% of the time mostly in the US with potential for occasional trips to Latin America, Europe and Asia.
BAC Hiring Compensation Range $133,300 to $228,600
BAC offers a comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401k, employee stock ownership plan, and more. Please see additional details on the BAC website at www.Baltimoreaircoil.com.
BAC Employees are eligible to participate in an annual bonus incentive program.
Consolidated Metco (ConMet) is a leading global manufacturer of components for the commercial vehicle industry. We design, engineer, and manufacture proprietary wheel ends, aluminum castings and a wide variety of plastic components for the heavy truck market. We are headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, and our team is made up of more than 4,000 people across the United States, Mexico and China. For more information about our company, visit our web site at www.conmet.com ConMet is a subsidiary of Amsted Industries (www.amsted.com), one of the world’s largest transportation component manufacturers. Based in Chicago, Amsted specializes in products that serve the rail, heavy-duty vehicle, automotive, construction and general industrial markets. Amsted has 45 manufacturing facilities in 11 countries and employs more than 16,000 people throughout the world. Amsted is one of the largest 100 percent employee-owned companies in the United States.