Plant Manager

Responsibilities

• Ensure the most safe, efficient, and economical operation of the plant
• Lead and manage the plant/quarry in a manner consistent with the vision of LNAL
• Lead and manage the output of the plant/quarry in a way that maximizes reserves and efficiently utilizes all plant assets
• Establish targets and priorities for the plant/quarry to ensure consistent performance around all KPI’s (production, maintenance, quality, delivery, and cost)
• Develop and control profits, plans and budget
• Follows spares management best practices
• Maintain manpower utilization at the plant/quarry and reviews for approval all requests for increases in the workforce
• Delegate authority to key team members in safety, finance, production, maintenance, processing, quality control, production control, shipping, and other related operations and administrative functions
• Coordinate plant activities through planning with other members of the plant management team to ensure plant objectives are met in an effective and efficient manner
• Provide leadership and mentoring to accomplish plant/quarry goals and objectives
• Provide direction, development, encourage collaboration, and leadership to all plant/quarry staff members
• Establish processes for SAP including training of team members
• Good public speaking skills. Must be able to create and communicate a power point presentation to the workforce with confidence concerning the state of the business
• Drive positive safety culture. Ensure compliance with safety, housekeeping, environmental, continuous improvement standards and procedures
• Comply with company, state, and governmental health, safety, &environmental rules and regulations
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Proven leadership, management and supervisory experience on all levels are required
• Knowledge of minerals processing specifically clay minerals
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven track record of increasing responsibility and increasing results is required
• Ability to plan and direct the work of salaried and hourly personnel and to train and develop an effective workforce
• Training and experience leading Lean and/or Six Sigma/Continuous Improvement in solving difficult problems is a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate on all levels
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects and meeting all required deadlines
• Strong sense of urgency in meeting customer needs
• Self-starter with the ability to multi-task and meeting all required deadlines as forth by leadership
• Knowledge of budget process is strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of safety, environmental, and the desire to following all established procedures are required
• Demonstrated knowledge of environmental regulations and their impact on operations compliance desired
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint software
• Previous SAP knowledge is a plus

Attributes

• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mining, Geology, Chemical, Mechanical or other Engineering disciplines is highly desired or equivalent work experience in the field
• Seven to ten years previous leadership experience in a fast-paced mining and/or heavy manufacturing, construction, environments
• Previous clay, minerals, limestone, chemical, cement processing experience is highly desired
• Solid understanding of cost accounting principles and financial statements, including P&L
• Related Industries having worked in the following or comparable previous roles: Maintenance Manager, Production Manager, Mine/Quarry Manager, and/or Quality Manager