Plant Manager

A Brief Summary Of This Position

The Plant Manager is accountable for the operations of the designated plant. The role has responsibility of directing the production/delivery activities of operations, optimizing production throughput, with efficiencies to provide lowest possible manufacturing costs, while maintaining the highest possible levels of product quality, on-time delivery, and employee safety.

Essential Functions

• Report into the VP of Concrete and delegates authority to key functional area employees.
• Lead the site’s effort to be the innovative market leader by driving unsurpassed services and applications into production to meet the needs and to exceed the expectations of the customer.
• Participate with the Commercial team in sales and customer contact and follow-up both proactively and as necessary.
• Drive team engagement through regular coaching, feedback and involvement in day-to-day operations.
• Foster an environment of open communication.
• Ensure the profitability of the site by directing and monitoring activities to achieve satisfactory operation and growth performance as measured in terms of return on investment, profit margins, manufacturing and labor costs and increased sales volume.
• Ensure that regular, timely and job specific safety training is conducted for all plant employees, as part of a comprehensive safety program to meet all industry, federal and local safety, health and occupational standards and laws.
• Develop and maintain human capital capable of achieving objectives through appropriate structuring, staffing, training/developing, appraising and rewarding.
• Develop key employee talents necessary to obtain short- and long-range goals by effective direction, counseling, and training and success planning.
• Work with Human Resources to develop an organizational structure, which meets the needs of the organization and drives staffing/planning requirements.
• Maintain highest industry product quality standards and lead ongoing continuous improvement efforts related to quality.
• Achieve optimum plant utilization and on-time product delivery by establishing appropriate priorities and production schedules.
• Achieve and exceed, when possible, corporate and business unit Sales and Profit objectives.
• Seek and develop long-term customer relationships by meeting and exceeding customer expectations at every opportunity.
• Build mutual trust and understanding with all customers through open honest dialog, by ensuring that all actions taken by the company or on its behalf are consistent with company Core Values.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate

• Education: Seven (7) or more years of progressive management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience: Extensive experience with budget and cost management.
• Skills: Experience using MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelors degree with 7+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 9+ years relevant experience or 11+ years of relevant experience.
• Additional: Prior experience as a Plant Manager of a manufacturing facility.
• Technical Knowledge: Working knowledge of all areas of production from material procurement, transformation, through to shipment.
• Industry Experience: Experience working in the manufacture of transmission or distribution utilities infrastructure is ideal.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Specific Vision Abilities Required by this Job

• Close vision
• Distance vision
• Peripheral vision
• Depth perception

Work Environment and Physical Efforts

• Manufacturing plant environment
• Exposure to conditions such as dust, dirt, heat, fumes, and cold as well as noise levels above 80 decibels
• Physical demands: Often required to move about the office and production environments, reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, feel, as well as balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear