Production Manager

About the role

Interplastic Corporation, a division of IP Corporation, is a leading manufacturer of unsaturated polyester resins, gel coats, vinyl esters, and other specialty polymers. For nearly 70 years, we've built a reputation for innovation, quality, and reliability. As a privately held, family-owned company, we are proud of our collaborative culture and long-term commitment to our employees, customers, and communities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the production operations at this manufacturing facility, including all available production resources, materials and human resources, in a timely and cost-efficient manner to produce a quality product on-time with customer satisfaction for the entire line of products manufactured at the Hawthorne plant.
• Support the plant manager in the operation of this manufacturing facility in a manner that promotes employee safety, housekeeping and compliance with environmental standards.
• Schedule and manage the shift supervisors to ensure the objectives of this production facility are achieved.
• Ensure the procedures defined in our ISO 9001 quality system are followed in the manufacturing operations.
• Support the QC department to ensure that quality standards are maintained through the manufacturing, packaging, and labeling of all resin and gel coat and colorant products.
• Lead production team to meet customer requirements and demands for shipment.
• Maintain a positive and energetic interface with all staff members.
• Be a leader and teacher at all times.
• Establish performance standards and hold all production personnel accountable for those standards.

Requirements

• BS degree in chemical engineering or other technical degree with appropriate work experience
• 5 years’ experience in manufacturing (resin and gel coat preferred)
• 3 years' experience Supervising Production workforce
• Experience in quality systems such as ISO9000. Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma Certification (preferred)
• Union experience (preferred)