Plant Manager

The Plant Manager will be working in the plant as well as the office environment requiring infrequent travel between other plants and periodic visits with customers suppliers public officials community groups and related trade/industry associations. They will need to be oncall when any problems may arise. The stress level is moderate but has the potential to be high. The Plant Manager needs to have a sense of urgency and responsiveness any issues that may arise need to be resolved quickly.

Essential Job Functions:

• Directly supervise department managers for the operation
• Effectively and economically meet safe production product quality and operating requirements according to company policies and procedures in a sustainable manner
• Oversee the preparation and review of and compliance with the annual plant operating and capital expenditure budgets
• Manage the completion of the majority of capital improvement projects
• Assist in the development of short and longrange goals and objectives for the operation
• Drive the implementation of operational excellence initiatives that will lead to worldclass results

Required Education Experience and Skills:

• A Bachelors Degree in a technical field is preferred but equivalent job experiences will be considered
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in management
• Must be knowledgeable of industrial management mining or processing methods and procedures
• Must be skilled in addressing personnel issues (such as identifying training needs performance measurement motivation and skills development) able to identify skillset requirements at plant operational levels and organize Human Resources to obtain optimum efficiency and results
• Must be able to develop and sustain an atmosphere of cooperation between salaried and union employees customers and community leaders while maintaining the objectives of the operation
• Ability to identify root causes of industrial and organizational problems and then utilize recognized problemsolving skills to solve and implement effective solutions
• Must have the creative ability to recognize and solve complex operational problems and develop innovative solutions to the operations needs
• Extensive knowledge in mining and mineral processing including grinding and packaging
• Skilled in advanced (Lean) manufacturing techniques
• Experience managing in a union environment
• Strong organizational and human relations skills to effectively interact with internal and external parties
• Must be an effective communicator both verbal and written
• Knowledge of accounting systems and financial management analysis is important

Preferred Education and Experience

• Masters Degree (in Business Business Administration or related field)
• Knowledge of mining and processing of industrial minerals preferred
• Basic knowledge of the function of mineral processing equipment
• Lean and Maintenance Excellence experience

U.S. Silica is an equal opportunity employer for all without regard to race gender color religion national origin disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. U.S. Silica is a smoke and drugfree workplace. The above description is intended to capture the essential functions of the job nature and level of work as of the preparation date. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be required of the position. This job description may be modified at any time with or without notice.