Salary Production Plant Manager

Full-Time · On-site · Marietta, GA

About the role

Direct and manage plant operations for safety, environmental, production, maintenance, quality, and shipping and receiving. Coordinate plant activities through planning with departmental managers to ensure manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner. Develop and control profits, plans, and budget. Implement cost-effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages, and salaries. Manage capital asset maintenance and lead continual process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.
• Control and minimize labor overtime, premium freight, and repair expenses.
• Maintain existing plant facilities and equipment; replace or adjust when necessary.
• Provide leadership and training to accomplish company goals and objectives.
• Implement and maintain preventative maintenance programs.
• Lead continual process improvement and incorporate shop floor organization and plant cleanliness.
• Provide direction, development, and leadership to production supervisors.
• Directly supervise 4 managers and oversee 19 salaried employees, including leadership, employee development, performance management, workforce planning, succession planning, and employee relations.
• Ensure alignment with company objectives; managers under this position handle hiring, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, and addressing employee concerns.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Five years of plant/general management experience in a poultry slaughter plant manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.
• Background with manufacturing methods, process improvement programs, and procedures.
• Minimum of five years of supervisory experience.
• Computer knowledge.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees.
• Bilingual language skills a plus.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Primary working environment is on the plant floor observing operations, with periods of office time.
• Occasional time walking the exterior of the plant.