What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager position at Lippert?
Overview
Who We Are:
Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing, and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation, and premium products to all of our customers.
Why We are Different:
At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are. We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.
What You will Get:
Summary/Objective:
The Plant Manager (PM) is responsible for managing and leading manufacturing department group leaders, team leaders, and team members for assigned areas / shifts to ensure safety, quality, positive work environment, customer requirements, and manufacturing needs are met. Provide leadership and motivation to direct reports in manufacturing system that emphasizes safety, quality, customer satisfaction, accuracy, productivity, cost reduction, housekeeping, efficiency, training, teamwork, and morale.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee manufacturing operations to ensure safety, quality, efficiency, and adherence to customer requirements.
- Provide guidance and motivation to group leaders, emphasizing safety, quality, efficiency, and morale.
- Conduct daily audits to ensure compliance with safety, quality, and training protocols, addressing any deviations promptly.
- Lead the development of group leaders and implement corrective actions for manufacturing issues.
- Ensure departmental procedures align with quality and environmental management systems.
- Coordinate process standardization efforts to improve efficiency and consistency.
- Identify and eliminate manufacturing inefficiencies, leading continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to address any deviations and drive improvement.
- Assist in budget development and adjustment to meet production targets and cost objectives.
- Foster positive team member relations through feedback, coaching, and training.
- Develop and maintain training plans to enhance team members' skills and capabilities.
Working Conditions:
- While performing the duties of this job, the team member is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job site can be loud.
- Working indoors, office environment at times
- May stand/ walk for several hours at a time
- Exposure to computer screens.
Qualifications:
Essential Functions:
Competencies:
Supervisory Responsibility:
This position has the following positions reporting to it: Manufacturing Manager and/ or group leads/production supervisors/ team leads depending on the size of the facility.
Physical Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The team member is regularly required to talk, hear, stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The team member is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The team member must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. This position requires Personal Protective Equipment. Protective Equipment supplied by the company includes Coating suit, Coating Boots, Spray Socks, Respirator, Work Gloves, Safety Glasses, and Ear Plugs. Employees may be required to provide additional Protective Equipment (Safety Shoes, etc.).
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time salary position, and hours/days of work are decided by production schedules and your reporting manager. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
Travel:
Travel will be minimal and would be primarily local during the business day.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- 5-8 years of experience in a production environment
- Associate degree preferred at minimum
- Management/Leadership experience.
- Lean proficiency
- Proficiency in Microsoft office including D365
Additional Eligibility Qualifications:List any other specific eligibility qualifications.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Other Duties:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
AAP/EEO Statement
Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters. All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.
Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member. Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members. Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership. Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
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