Recycling Operations NF Manager

Essential Functions

• Ensures safe work practices and equipment are always used and that documentation, inspections, and current practices are in accordance with corporate safety policies, OSHA, and other regulatory guidelines.
• Provides a safe environment for all employees, customers, and visitors.
• Creates Health & Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) with Regional Safety Engineer(s).
• Maintains employee files per regional practice.
• Sets up an employee to be on the Safety Committee and personally attends Safety Committee meetings on rotation with other managers.
• Makes sure safety program reduces accident frequency within department, implements new departmental safety ideas/procedures in line with overall MRB Health & Safety goals.
• Understands and monitors the regulatory environment as it affects this department and the Company’s relationship with the regulatory agencies.

Operational Performance & Best Management Practices

• Directs, evaluates, schedules and coordinates equipment and personnel to support daily NF operations, including positioning for purchasing, processing, material processing, and loading of nonferrous scrap.
• Maintains a layout plan for all physical spaces assigned to NF processing and shipping. Identifies work in progress and finished goods storage bins and equipment locations to ensure a proper workflow is achieved.
• Submits and/or implements approved process improvement suggestions to improve overall refining quality, profitability and or safety within the NF department.

Equipment & Maintenance

• Inspects allocated department equipment to ensure all assets are working within stated guidelines and submits work orders to maintenance staff as needed or required.
• Sets up purchase orders as needed or required to maintain or enhance department operations.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Maintains accurate inventory reporting records and conducts physical inventory audits monthly with Financial Business Partner and observes perpetual inventory of unfinished and finished goods.
• Partners with commercial operations to develop sales to reduce the expense associated with carrying high inventory volumes.
• Partners with the commercial team to develop strategic buying programs that will support production and yard capacity, taking into consideration loading and transportation processes, schedules, and availability.

Administrative Management

• Maintains exempt and and/or hourly staff at cost effective and competitive levels.
• Maintains supervisory practices for self and direct reports to ensure compliance with HR policies and union contracts, as applicable.
• Reviews performance of direct reports.
• Interviews prospective management and/or production employees.
• Works with Human Resources personnel to prepare job descriptions.

Special Projects

• Performs other special projects as needed or assigned.

Internal Control Responsibilities

• Supports the Company’s Internal Control process which includes understanding, communicating, and complying with defined internal controls as well as suggesting and making modifications to the policies, procedures, and controls to better relate to the business.
• Communicates upward problems in operations, noncompliance with the code of conduct, or other policy violations or illegal actions.

Supervisory Responsibility

• The NF Processing Supervisor has direct responsibility to oversee and manage the personnel within the NF Processing Department.