Production Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Plant Manager with overseeing the operations of brick manufacturing and production processes.
• Ensure the implementation of Plant Daily Fundamentals: Safety, Quality, Productivity, Housekeeping and Preventive Maintenance.
• Coordinate with Plant Manager and supervision team to develop a safety conscious climate and culture for all personnel.
• Ensure safe operations, follow all safety policies and procedures, and encourage good housekeeping.
• Maintain compliance with OSHA, MSHA, EPA and DEP and other relevant regulatory agencies.
• Conduct safety meetings such as tool box talks and any daily departmental meetings.
• Supervise teams working throughout the plant processes including raw material processing, manufacturing, quality control, firing, packaging, shipping/inventory and maintenance.
• Work under pressure due to emergency situations and unscheduled downtime.
• Participate in new product development and provide input to distribution and sales force regarding production capabilities and scheduling.
• Continually monitor and improve quality and productivity by measuring performance to standard and inspecting product daily.
• Review production performance reports with supervisory staff and identify variances from plant budget, instituting corrective action as required.
• Develop plans for plant preventive maintenance, capital expenditure projects and plant improvements in conjunction with plant management and corporate engineering.
• Ensure safe and effective implementation of these initiatives.
• Responsible for recruitment and scheduling of hourly production employees, performance management and handling of any employment related issues in an organized labor environment.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Good leadership skills including oral/written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills with a desire to develop and work in a team environment.
• Basic computer skills.

Qualifications

• College degree required, preferably in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Building products industry experience preferred.