Production Manager

Objective:

• Responsible for the crews' leadership, operation, and staffing for the daily production of oriented strand board (OSB).
• The Production Manager is responsible for ensuring safe operation of equipment, quality of OSB, achieving production targets, and ensuring that operator-level maintenance is performed on all equipment at a very high standard.

What you will do:

• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning manufacturing requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering headcount and budgetary limitations and time constraints.
• Direct and coordinate production and labor to gain margin improvement
• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyze the production, quality control, or other operational reports to detect production problems
• Mentor assigned personnel and promote efficiency and build leadership and team skills
• Direct process improvements in the work area to gain efficiencies
• Communicate effectively with all team members and ensure miscommunications are minimized
• Coordinate with other senior staff members on personnel, safety, finance, and purchasing issues, looking for ways to increase and enhance all functional areas
• Lead by example
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the General Manager

Requirements you will need:

• Demonstrated success leading a manufacturing production team with at least 5 years in a manufacturing environment.
• BS or BA diploma or equivalent experience
• Strong leadership/PEOPLE experience in growing and developing supervisors
• Ability to work as part of a team and deliver value to the team
• Experience developing methods or procedures to gain efficiency and margin improvement
• Ability to define and communicate expectations and then hold people accountable
• Set performance standards and monitor individual and team performance
• Training others to gain efficiency and increase production levels

What Will Make You Stand Out:

• Demonstrated success leading a manufacturing organization as an OSB Production manager
• Mentoring, coaching, and leading others
• Directing others to successful completion of tasks
• People and team-building skills
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Leading and setting the example with safety
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships and maintain them over time
• Analyze data to make informed operational decisions

Our highly competitive compensation package and outstanding benefits include:

• Benefits starting Day 1
• Competitive starting pay
• On-the-job training
• Culture that promotes from within
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with company match
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid vacations and holidays