Production Manager

Glen-Gery Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited (“The Group”) is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding $2.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia, recently acquiring Glen-Gery Corporation to add operations in the USA.

Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation’s largest brick manufacturers and operates eight brick manufacturing facilities. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 900 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 8 brick plants, 26 masonry supply/retail locations and 3 design studios. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of this position is to assist the Plant Manager with overseeing the operations of brick manufacturing and the production processes. Key duties include ensuring the implementation of Plant Daily Fundamentals: Safety, Quality, Productivity, Housekeeping and Preventive Maintenance as well as implementation of the Business Daily Fundamentals:  developing people, building a strong team, satisfying customers, communicating, knowing and controlling costs, and growing the business.

• Coordinate with Plant Manager and supervision team to develop a safety conscious climate and culture for all personnel by ensuring safe operations, following all safety policies and procedures and encouraging 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 which are required for the continual operation of the department.

• Supervise teams working throughout the plant processes including raw material processing, manufacturing, quality control, firing, packaging, shipping/inventory and maintenance. Must be able to 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

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and as such, the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required.