Plant Manager Jobs

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Effectively Lead personnel. Plan and staff appropriately.
• Responsible for maintaining all equipment and assets in good operational order.
• Achieve output and profitability targets.
• Develop and implement Lean Initiatives while sustaining gains from previous Lean events.
• Plan and lead cost reduction efforts.
• Implements Corporate and Facility policies, guidelines, and procedures to ensure facility expectations are being met.
• Assists through manufacturing services, the evaluation, selection, recommendation, and justification of capital expenditures for equipment, buildings, etc.
• Assure maintenance of equipment and facilities.
• Consistently meet production schedules ensuring timely shipment of product to our customer base.
• Maintain and monitor budgets for facility.
• Responsible for participating in Management review meetings to ensure Quality programs are operating in the most efficient and accurate way.
• Provides overall Leadership duties to the Operations group at the facility.
• Consistently communicates with direct reports to ensure that Corporate and facility goals and objectives are being followed and met.
• Establishes effective means of control to achieve objectives of the Facilities.
• Manage quality program, maintain related certifications as applicable, and drive continuous improvements.
• Assure that production plans and schedules are established and managed to meet customer promise dates.
• Assist in the employee development of direct reports and employees through performance feedback discussions and one on one discussion.
• Champions the HSE and Quality Programs ensuring that there is a safe clean workplace, and that quality product are being achieved.
• Manage inventory to achieve planned inventory turns and address excess or obsolescence.
• Execute strategy deployment and KPI's.
• Assists in the determination of future equipment needs or improvements and makes recommendations for the justification of capital expenditures for equipment, buildings, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Manage Union relations within plant.
• Maintains overall financial responsibilities/expectations for plant.
• Works with Senior Leadership to set the goals and objectives of the facility and implements plans to meet those goals and objectives.
• Meets with members of Senior Leadership to discuss overall planning for facilities, equipment, and manpower to operate the plant.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science in Management, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Results oriented person that continues to drive for excellence.
• Previous experience as a Plant Manager in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Strong Financial Acumen and understanding of controls.
• Full understanding of production planning strategies.
• Demonstrate high analytical thinking and sound judgment.
• Knowledge of and experience in Union Employee Relations
• Broad knowledge of machining, assembly practices.
• Experience with ERP systems.
• Excellent communicator that exhibits strong critical thinking capabilities with the ability to multi-task daily.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit at a computer; use hands to type or key, use a mouse, or feel; talk, and hear.
• Factory environment with large range in temperature changes and noise.
• Walking throughout the day up to eight (8) hours.
• Bending/Stooping repetitively throughout the day.
• Travel less than 10%
• Push/Pull up repetitively throughout the day.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Manual dexterity required for operating machinery and computers.
• The employee is frequently required to walk; reach with hands and arms.

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

• Highly inclusive; encourages, recognizes, and incorporates diverse points of view
• Clear and concise communicator (written and verbal) and Active Listener
• Organized
• Fosters a climate and culture in which each person is accepted and has the opportunity to grow and develop.
• Dependable
• Demonstrates behaviors that include fairness, respect, inclusiveness, empathy, integrity, and ethical conduct.
• Detail oriented
• Emotionally Intelligent

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Basic understanding of ERP systems.
• Above average proficiency in use of MS Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Experience in Project Management preferred.