What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager position at Wabash?
The Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations that occur within the facility, ensuring the facility runs efficiently, safely and cost-effectively. This will be a key member of the management team and will assist in Wabash's vision and growth strategies and will execute business and operations plans to achieve short and long-term performance targets.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages the plant function and related activities
- Plans, organizes and directs the manufacturing operations to ensure the most effective return on assets
- Confers with other departments to coordinate operations and/or activities, as needed
- Initiates plans and processes which minimize manufacturing costs through effective utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities, materials and capital
- Assures attainment of business objectives and production schedules while insuring product standards that will exceed our customers’ expectations
- Implements manufacturing strategies and action plans to ensure that the facility supports Wabash's strategic initiatives
- Establishes group and individual accountabilities throughout assigned departments for problem solving and cost reduction
- Encourages new techniques and focus on fact based problem-solving
- Strategically adjusts and balances personnel to maintain set labor efficiency targets
- Implements and maintains Lean Manufacturing principles and standards and manage to 5S initiatives
- Works to establish management practices throughout assigned areas which include all employees’ positive involvement with opportunity for constructive input and action
- Continually improves safety record by addressing both physical safety issues and employee safety attitudes
- Maintains individual skills keeping up to date with latest production and production management concepts
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Requirements
Education Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree; major desired: Engineering or related field, Business or related field. Will consider an Associate Degree with significant number of years in a Plant/Production Manager role.
Knowledge, Training, Skills and/or Experience:
- Computer proficiency with SAP, Excel, and MS Office
- Lean manufacturing / Six Sigma
- 5S training
- Read and understand engineering drawings/blueprints and BOM
- Familiar with applicable OHSA and EPA standards
Skills specific for this position:
- Proven leadership skills
- Strong project management skills, time management skills, detail-orientation and organizational ability
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Managing by objective
- Proven safety record
- Goal oriented and results driven
- Heavy equipment manufacturing experience
- Strong lean experience
- Time studies and manning capabilities
- Scheduling and production flows
Leadership Attributes:
At Wabash, we pride ourselves on being empowering, and there are some things we feel very strongly about:
- Embrace Diversity and Inclusion -- Solicit and respect the input of others, celebrate differences, and strive for transparency and inclusiveness
- Seek to Listen -- Actively listen to reach the best solution and make the strongest decisions
- Always Learn -- Strive to improve; do not quit or settle for the status quo
- Be Authentic -- Demonstrate honesty, incredible energy, and grit in everything you do
- Win Together -- Collaborate, seek alignment, and excel at cross-group communication to success as one team and One Wabash
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Affirmative Action/EEO Statement:
Wabash is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for its associates and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or other protected class or activity under federal, state, or local law. All employment decisions must be based on neutral, legitimate criteria. All employment policies and rules shall be applied equally to similarly situated associates
