Job title : Plant Manager
Job Location : Fort Worth TX
Job type : Full time
POSITION SUMMARY:
This manager will coordinate the manufacturing departments functions to ensure compliance with company objectives quality systems and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will be dedicated to achieving operational excellence with a genuine interest in helping our company succeed. Candidates must be detailoriented able to lead a large multishift team serve as a liaison between upper management and the functions of the plant and have several years of experience in supervising skilled and unskilled labour in manufacturing and warehouse applications.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Oversee daytoday operations of the facility.
- Provide leadership and management to associates.
- Schedule daily and weekly demand to meet shipments and maintain inventory levels.
- Ensure production meets the required deadlines and quality standards and is completed within the operational budget.
- Manage measure and improve the productivity of the facility (producing per schedule).
- Manage measure and improve labor efficiency of the facility (producing as much product as possible without overtime).
- Manage and ensure all safety procedures are followed.
- Ensure the facility is clean and neat.
- Ensure lead times perform to service levels expected by the company.
- Working closely with Operations Management to ensure the proper use and maintenance of equipment.
- Ensure material is received on time.
- Keep inventories in good condition and rotating stock (FIFO).
- Administer annual performance reviews with associates.
- Build a succession plan for each role where necessary.
- Create and maintain a high level of employee morale and relations.
- Coordinate with other Corporate departments as needed.
- Direct interviewing staffing and training on all hourly and salary levels for the plant
- Operate within all Local State and Federal Laws.
- Manage all plant employees and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within the plant.
- Coordinate security and firealarm plan for facility schedule quarterly inspections and handle service calls associated with the equipment.
REQUIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES
- Adequate knowledge of business and management principles
- Proven work experience as a Plant Manager
- Proven supervisory skills and demonstrated leadership capabilities
- Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
- Strong team building decisionmaking and people management skills
- Familiarity with industrystandard equipment and technical expertise
- Be knowledgeable of safety quality productivity and inventory processes
- Computer literacy
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 810 years plant/general management experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Industrial/Manufacturing experience recommended and highly preferred
- A degree is not necessary but strongly preferred. Military experience may be substituted for education.
SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITY
- This position manages 180 to 200 salary and hourly employees in a multishift operation.
POSITION TYPE AND EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
- This is a fulltime position working 40 hours per week MondayFriday and oncall as required to manage facility operations