Jobs at Advanced Drainage Systems

Provides administrative support for a manufacturing plant and office, including greeting visitors, answering phones, data entry, filing, order confirmation, billing, driver log verification, cash tracking, and inter-plant billing. Supports manufacturing, freight, and accounting functions and backs up the Plant Accountant. Requires organization, professionalism, basic math, computer skills, and the ability to lift 25 pounds and sit for extended periods.

Leads the strategy, roadmap, delivery, support, governance, and continuous improvement of the enterprise Salesforce platform. Manages cross-functional teams, integrations, vendors, budgets, releases, production incidents, platform security, data governance, automation, and responsible AI initiatives. Partners with Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and IT leaders to align technology investments with business outcomes, while developing team capabilities, ensuring platform reliability, and driving adoption and value realization.

Manages day-to-day HR support for a manufacturing plant, including onboarding, payroll timecards, HRIS administration, reporting, benefits, employee engagement, recruitment coordination, compliance files, investigations, and policy support. Partners with plant leadership and HR business partners on staffing, communications, retention, development, community engagement, and corporate initiatives. Oversees personnel administration, vendors, purchase orders, employee records, leave, workers’ compensation, drug testing, and related office operations.

Designs, coordinates, and executes electrical and automation projects for manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities include electrical enclosure and panel design, wiring diagrams, PLC/HMI/drive programming, equipment installation, acceptance testing, troubleshooting, documentation, operator training, and plant support. The role requires collaboration with production, engineering, and OEM teams, plus travel throughout the United States and Canada.

Supports HR technology operations through system administration, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, access management, integrations, audits, reporting, and release testing. Partners with HR, Payroll, IT, and vendors to improve workflows and data accuracy across HCM, ATS, LMS, and time-tracking platforms. Creates documentation and training materials, develops dashboards and reports, and assists with cross-functional technology enhancement projects.

Leads Salesforce development and architecture, building scalable solutions with Apex, Lightning Web Components, integrations, automation, and advanced platform configuration. Designs AI-enabled CRM capabilities using Einstein AI, Data Cloud, predictive analytics, and external AI/ML services. Partners with business and technical stakeholders on solution design, data architecture, governance, testing, DevOps, release management, and production support. Provides technical leadership, mentors developers, and drives platform strategy and continuous improvement.

Build and modernize full-stack applications using C#/.NET and TypeScript/React. Integrate enterprise systems through REST APIs, deploy Azure solutions, manage CI/CD, and maintain secure, scalable applications. Lead AI-native development using custom agents, prompt files, context engineering, and multi-agent workflows. Review code, make architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and guide modernization, testing, and DevSecOps practices.

Plans and conducts financial, operational, and SOX audits from planning through reporting. Assesses risks and controls, develops audit conclusions, issues reports, partners with management and external auditors, and supports mitigation plans and consulting projects. The role also promotes process improvement, data analytics, automation, and ongoing risk and control discussions across manufacturing, distribution, and corporate functions.

Develops and optimizes short-term supply plans, production schedules, inventory transfers, and plant inventory targets. The role analyzes Oracle Cloud recommendations, inventory trends, customer demand, and supply risks; coordinates with manufacturing, procurement, sales, transportation, and finance; manages interplant transfers; supports S&OP meetings; and improves customer service and order-fill metrics.

Administer and support enterprise desktop environments, including Intune, SCCM, Windows devices, compliance policies, application deployment, security controls, and device enrollment. Provide Tier III support, partner with Security and IAM teams, contribute to modernization and integration projects, evaluate desktop technologies, maintain documentation, and automate recurring processes through scripting and reporting.

Design and lead electrical, controls, and automation projects for manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities include electrical enclosure and panel design, PLC/HMI/drive programming, factory and machine acceptance testing, equipment installation, startup training, troubleshooting, contractor management, and remote or onsite plant support. The role also leads controls upgrades, develops bills of materials, supports automation, mentors engineers, and travels approximately 35% throughout the United States and Canada.

Drive business development, market share, and sales growth within an assigned territory. Generate leads and quotations, manage customer relationships, monitor field installations, prepare activity reports, support product approvals and specifications, and represent ADS at trade shows and industry events. The role requires consultative selling, territory management, product expertise, and frequent customer engagement while operating within approved pricing parameters.

Leads technical marketing initiatives and product approval processes for public stormwater projects with state DOTs and municipalities. The role develops technical presentations, builds regulatory relationships, supports sales and product teams, identifies project opportunities, and expands product adoption. Candidates must have civil engineering experience, preferably a PE license, strong communication and project management skills, Salesforce experience, and the ability to travel up to two weeks monthly while visiting construction sites.

Leads complex product development projects and strategic programs from scoping through market delivery. Manages scope, schedules, budgets, resources, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration. Develops recommendations for executive decision-making, resolves escalated barriers, builds stakeholder relationships, and ensures timely, high-quality outcomes. Represents the organization at important functions and conferences, including media interviews when required.

Manages product lines by defining market strategy, pricing, positioning, and growth plans. Responsibilities include gathering market intelligence, supporting sales, overseeing product development and launches, building business cases, managing bids and margins, coordinating with R&D, procurement, manufacturing, and operations, and leading product training. The role also includes direct sales support for major opportunities and marketing campaign management.

Drive business development, market share, and sales growth across the Chicago territory. Responsibilities include lead generation, customer relationship management, quotations, pricing, product promotion, trade show participation, installation monitoring, reporting, and specification development. The role requires consultative selling, territory management, strong communication, technical acumen, and at least five years of successful sales experience.