Plant Manager Jobs

Scope of Responsibility: This position leads the day-to-day operations of the facility, coordinates progress of projects and directs staff to maximize the effectiveness of plant operations while maintaining a safe and organized work environment. This position is also accountable for ensuring the achievement of department objectives through the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities in compliance with the organization’s high standards for safety, quality, profitability and customer service.

Essential Duties:

• Assists in planning and ensuring the effective and timely execution of all projects and strategies including any required coordination with other departments/vendors/suppliers to positively resolve all issues.
• Accountable for all financial aspects of plant operations including profitability, manufacturing efficiency, cost reduction, and containment. Responsible for preparing facility budget and operating forecasts while monitoring results against budget/forecast.
• Biased towards safety and quality ensuring compliance with all applicable government regulations and guidelines for both plant and personnel and maintains a safe and healthy workplace.
• Ensures maintenance and security of all necessary company information.
• Directs and coordinates all plant activities regularly reviewing performance against operating plans, established standards, and communicates to subordinates and management on results. Makes changes and corrections in operations as indicated. Employ innovative solutions and creative approaches when possible.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Communicates one-on-one with direct reports to keep them informed of their progress and/or opportunities for improvement.
• Communicates regularly with peer plant managers, direct reports, others in person and through the use of technology.
• Develops and maintains appropriate employee-management relationships through proactive leadership, effective regular communications, organizational efficiency and profitable operations.
• Develops operational programs, policies, procedures and controls. Makes recommendations to improve production flow, equipment performance, quality of products and cost savings.
• Analyzes staffing needs to ensure the facility is properly staffed with qualified individuals at all times to meet business goals and customer requirements.
• Facilitates daily production meetings to review KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) plan counter measures and share successes as well as reports site performance on weekly and monthly intervals to leadership team.
• Keeps management informed on all critical operations related matters on a timely basis so issues can be addressed in an expeditious manner. Maintain effective communications within the plant, with other divisions of the company, with the corporate organization and the local community as appropriate.
• Provides positive, credible, energetic, hands-on leadership to assigned staff to ensure the achievement of plant and company strategic and operational goals. Proactively provide training and development for the staff.

Primary Focus:

• Strong interpersonal skills; influencing, relationship and trust building, communication and listening and personal engagement.
• Directs and coordinates all plant activities regularly reviewing performance against operating plans and established standards and provide reports to subordinates and management on results. Makes changes and corrections in operations as indicated. Employ innovative solutions and creative approaches when possible.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills and the ability to be adaptable and flexible.

Position Requirements:

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree preferred (Engineering/ Engineering Technology or Business) within the steel weldment/structure manufacturing environment.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5-7 years of successful manufacturing and operations experience and 3 years of management experience in Industrial Steel Fabrication and Production (or similar manufacturing environment).
• Demonstrated experience in effective change management.
• Demonstrated use of LEAN Manufacturing processes/techniques to drive performance improvement.
• Demonstrated performance and results associated to Essential Duties
• Demonstrated progressive experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Implementation of Shop Floor Visual Management

Skills & Abilities:

• Effective interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Able to function independently and also work in a team environment

• Action-oriented. Has a bias for action and results. Hands-on leader
• Takes initiative, develops and implements creative and effective solutions to key problems. Strives for continuous improvement. Thinks outside the box to solve problems.

• Must be able to analyze data and possess acute attention to detail while working in a fast-paced work environment. Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in leading LEAN environments and continuous improvements
• Possesses positivity and enthusiasm with the ability to focus on agreed recommendations and results
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, and Outlook, along with ERP/MRP manufacturing software.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with direct reports, peers, and company leaders.

• Ability to fluently read, write and speak in English is required

• Applies sound business ethics and exhibits a high degree of integrity in all business interactions

Physical Requirements:

• Position requires manual dexterity, arm-hand steadiness and a safety-minded individual
• Occasionally required to lift and /or move up to 25 pounds
• Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discriminations in sound
• Demonstrated ability to work with frequent interruptions in workflow and constantly changing priorities
• Must be able to perform physical activities that require substantial use of fingers, hands, wrists and arms, such as sitting, typing, picking, pinching, using office equipment and reaching.
• Position requires manual dexterity, arm-hand steadiness and a safety-minded individual
• Must be able to work in a manufacturing environment exposed to extreme temperatures, including weekends as needed
• Must have the ability to concentrate on tasks for long periods of time and be able to observe and receive information from all relevant sources
• Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting and handling of materials

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