Plant Manager

About the Role

Manage all aspects of production, maintenance, scheduling, and shipping with a keen focus on safety in a full-time role within a non-temperature regulated manufacturing plant/warehouse setting.

Responsibilities

• Follow and enforce established safety rules, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain OSHA regulatory compliance in all aspects of written programs, procedures, associate training, and plant operations.
• Ensure best practices are followed in all production-related functions and maintain positive workplace culture and associate morale.
• Ensure all necessary safety documentation is recorded, retained, and updated as necessary.
• Maintain plant cleanliness and neat and orderly work areas.
• Actively participate on the Division Safety Committee.
• Establish areas of responsibility for immediate subordinates, provide general direction to various departments to ensure adherence to production schedules, standards of performance, quality and safety programs, and company policies.
• Direct production, maintenance, and shipping teams regarding production requirements, equipment utilization, quality/quantity standards, safety/housekeeping, equipment repair, and maintenance.
• Ensure customer specifications are met during the manufacturing process.
• Ensure timely corrective action to manufacturing-related internal quality audit deficiencies.
• Ensure nonconforming product is properly identified and segregated for disposition.
• Analyze reports indicating manpower, attendance, job bidding, labor costs, overtime, equipment efficiencies, production shipments, and the like.
• Investigate, determine, and implement corrective measures to improve operations deviating from established standards.
• Develop and implement improvements for methods, equipment, material handling techniques, and similar projects.
• Analyze capital equipment needs, employment levels, and budgets; make recommendations regarding these applications.
• Maintain industry contacts and remain informed of new developments, programs, machinery, and trends.
• Drive inventory management and track industry news and pricing of all necessary supplies such as ink, skids, and adhesives.
• Oversee and direct supervisors and managers with associate performance and disciplinary management, approve associate change status requests, and make effective recommendations to the General Manager for discipline, promotion, transfer, or termination.
• Staff, train, and mentor production, maintenance, and shipping supervisors and management, preparing them for new responsibilities and future challenges.

Skills

• Ability to drive results, problem solve, and lead others in situations lacking necessary detail.
• Effective collaboration with all departmental managers to achieve organizational objectives.
• Strong verbal and written communication and mentoring skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Knowledgeable of plant equipment and operations.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proficient in lean methods.
• Achieve proficiency in and utilize company project management software and other data management systems (i.e., Amtech job costing and RPM modules and UKG HRIS).

About BCI

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. (BCI) is a privately held, employee-owned company with twelve corrugated manufacturing facilities, providing an extensive range of corrugated packaging products. Located in ten states, our services and capabilities include custom-designed corrugated packaging, point-of-purchase displays, point-of-sale packaging along with fulfillment and logistics. Simply stated, we do not just make boxes. We build the means to shape impressions and influence perceptions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance and disability benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid time off and holidays.