Plant Manager

About the role

Responsible for overall execution of daily plant operation activities while ensuring cost effectiveness, timeliness, and accuracy of processing as well as high product quality and workplace safety for the entire production team. Manages staff to ensure safe, standardized, and efficient environmental compliance, equipment & facility maintenance, processing of soiled products (wash and dry aisle; dryer offloading, sorting and bundling), and processing of product for storage or delivery.

Monitors production levels and proactively adjusts to ensure product output levels are met in a safe, timely, cost-effective manner, and in line with quality standards. Builds and maintains positive working relationships with Market Center Management team and keeps them informed of plant operation issues. Leverages resources of Operation Support team as needed to address and overcome plant operation issues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the market center is consistent in its management and application of safety tasks and activities.
• Manage day-to-day production plant operation activities at the market center, ensuring processing takes place in a safe, timely, cost-effective, and efficient manner. Activities include but are not limited to:
  • Wastewater / environmental compliance
  • Facility & equipment maintenance
  • Receiving and soil sorting/classification
  • Wash aisle
  • Garment finishing/sortation
  • Allied finishing
  • Bundling and distribution
• Set and ensure plant operation goals are met for efficient, timely, quality, and profitable completion of activities.
• Supervise maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective review of equipment, energy, and wastewater processing.
• Work with market center management to identify and implement systems and methods that improve safety and operating efficiency, consistent with operating goals and cost constraints.
• Analyze and react to production aspects of market center profit and loss (P&L) statements; work with GM to proactively enhance positive results.
• Responsible for hiring, placement, and removal of production plant operations staff within the market center.

Requirements

• Post-secondary education (four-year degree suggested) in Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business, or related discipline, or equivalent business/work experience.
• 4-6 years' experience in a corporate production environment with management experience included.
• Proven track record of increasing responsibility with documented business results.
• Proven ability to build effective professional relationships cross-departmentally within a market center and operations support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Management or Industrial/Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business, or related discipline, or equivalent business/work experience.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to work within a fast-paced environment, yet willing and able to work effectively with ambiguous circumstances.
• Experience with quality program standards such as Lean/Six Sigma (skills an asset).

Skills

• Facility and Maintenance: Knowledge of wastewater, facility, and equipment maintenance.
• Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective processing and distribution of laundry, linen, product, and services.
• Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $100,000 to $115,000, depending on circumstances including an applicant’s skills, qualifications, degrees, certifications, prior job experience, market data, and other relevant factors. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission.