Plant Manager

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Establish and maintain a clean, safe, organized plant and work environment through enforcement of proper safety procedures and demonstrated support for the organization's Safety Program, including a proactive Safety Committee.
• Establish systems to provide high levels of customer service as measured by On-Time Delivery.
• Establish Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and control systems for plant operations.
• Utilize standard work instructions as a key element of the plant’s Quality System.
• Lead pre-production, production, operations, and plant meetings to ensure on-time delivery, improved operating, quality, productivity systems and employee safety.
• Utilize production statistics and reports to communicate customer service, manufacturing performance and uncover production bottlenecks and increase throughput. Develop and execute corrective action plans.
• Manage the Maintenance functions to ensure minimal machine downtime and the establishment of an ongoing preventative maintenance program.
• Assure that performance evaluations and reviews are performed and completed in a timely manner, through the Company’s Performance Review process.
• Manages all departments in the plant with department supervisors (or production manager) to maintain safety, quality, and efficient production.
• Coincides production, distribution, and warehousing in accordance with policies, principles, and established procedures.
• Develops and implements plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and employees.
• Reviews production costs and product quality and modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable operation of plant.
• Reviews financial performance of the plant to recommend to management opportunities for sales growth and cost savings.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS OR ABILITIES

• Strong written and oral communication.
• Organization and attention to detail.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Time management.
• Systems analysis.
• Mental and deductive reasoning.
• Critical thinking.
• Active learning.

PHYSICAL DEMAND/WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Ability to lift 50 lbs occasionally.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to bend, twist, kneel, or a combination of movements that are similar.
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Wet and/or humid conditions.
• Office Setting, sitting for long periods of time.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.