The Plant Manager maintains continuous oversight of all job aspects, aligning with engineering drawings, optimizing POC scheduling, managing costs, and ensuring timely deliveries. This role strategically assigns and monitors production personnel (material handling, crane operators, burning, fitting, welding, and coating) to champion safety, maximize productivity, and consistently meet job schedules and estimates.
Responsibilities
- Leadership – Inspire and empower employees to collaborate effectively, driving the achievement of exceptional results.
- Labor management – Strategically hire, rigorously train, and effectively direct personnel, fostering individual performance that consistently yields expected results.
- Plant readiness – Proactively maintain facilities, machinery, and equipment to ensure optimal performance and operational efficiency within allocated capital.
- Process synchronization – Orchestrate all plant activities and their sequencing to create seamless production flows, maximizing machine and labor utilization while minimizing waste.
- Capital improvement – Identify, rigorously analyze, and strategically propose investments that deliver rapid returns through reduced costs and/or significant productivity gains.
- Job tracking – Implement daily monitoring and comprehensive monthly reporting of POC and actuals versus scheduled costs across all jobs.
- Operational agility – Execute daily adjustments in machine and labor allocation plans to swiftly respond to unforeseen circumstances and maintain efficiency.
- Regulatory compliance – Ensure strict adherence to all legal requirements, company safety procedures, and local and state health and safety regulations.
- Trouble shooting – Act as the primary point of contact for unexpected occurrences, providing decisive leadership intervention to resolve issues.
- Reputation – Cultivate an admired professional presence and serve as a compelling brand ambassador with employees, customers, suppliers, and all external stakeholders.
- Safety – Champion a safe work environment and rigorously enforce all safety regulations.
Qualifications
- Possession of a four-year bachelor's degree in manufacturing, industrial management, or business is essential.
- A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in a plant manager, supervisory, or related leadership position.
- A minimum of 10 years of hands-on CNC machine Shop experience, particularly within an AISC-associated industry.
- Proven history of working with and on horizontal and vertical boring mill and lathe machines specifically Haas and Okuma machinery.
- Comprehensive knowledge of local, state, and federal health and safety regulations.
- Advanced proficiency in computer skills, including Microsoft Office 365.
- Demonstrated expertise in efficiently managing heavy machine and fabrication shops.
- A proven track record of exceptional labor management and significant productivity improvement.
- A strong, established reputation within our industry, with preference for candidates recognized by customers in our markets.
- Exceptional management skills with the proven ability to supervise and lead multiple teams effectively.
- A strong capacity to multitask, strategically prioritize, and efficiently manage time.
- Outstanding leadership, team-building, and overall management acumen.
- Unwavering adherence to company standards and rigorous safety procedures.
- Superior conflict resolution and decisive decision-making capabilities.
- Physical ability to stand, bend, squat, and lift up to 30 pounds.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effective communication across all levels of management.
Required Skills
Advanced proficiency in computer skills, including Microsoft Office 365.
Preferred Skills
A strong, established reputation within our industry, with preference for candidates recognized by customers in our markets.
Pay range and compensation package based on 10 years or more experience in CNC machine shop environment
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.
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