What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Operations Manager position at Pivotal Talent Search?
Plant Operations Manager
The Plant Operations Manager will help open and staff a new production facility, oversee all plant operations, ensuring goals and budget are met. This will provide oversight to all departments, including purchasing, production, shipping and receiving, and administration. The Plant Operations Manager will identify and implement continuous improvements to enhance health and safety, environmental standards, quality, and plant efficiency.
This will require the ability to travel occasionally to Canada which will require a valid US passport.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in weekly corporate meetings and provide reports to share results, best practices and overall plant performance.
- Manage the inventory process.
- Communicate objectives and KPIs to the team.
- Work with leadership to create and monitor the budget.
- Oversee daily health and safety standards.
- Develop and track KPIs for OTD, efficiency, EH&S, etc.
- Develop, implement, and maintain standards for a safer and greener work environment.
- Attend monthly corporate EH&S meetings and conduct monthly staff EH&S training sessions.
- Investigate incidents and develop corrective plans and implement solutions to improve safety.
- Create weekly production plans by proactively managing interdepartmental activities, materials, and labor resources.
- Define standards and oversee the creation of work instructions.
- Develop training programs and track progress using a skills matrix.
- Foster a positive work environment.
- Enforce rules outlined in the employee handbook, manage and track employee discipline.
- Represent the company to employees and manage communication and feedback effectively.
- Lead continuous improvement meetings to identify and implement better production methods.
Ideal qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred, or Business Administration or Technical degree plus related experience.
- Knowledge of EH&S and environmental standards.
- Experience developing and monitoring key performance indicators.
- Understanding of ISO standards and quality systems.
- Familiarity of workflow management and manufacturing processes.
- Expertise in continuous improvement, Lean management, and DMS principles.
- Proficiency in office software, particularly Excel (intermediate level).
- Inventory management and ERP system usage.
- Budget creation and tracking skills.
- This will require the ability to travel occasionally to Canada which will require a valid US passport.
What We Offer:
- IRA savings plan
- Health insurance
- State-of-the-art plant, clean environment, low noise
Salary : $80,000 - $100,000
