Plant Operations Manager

POSITION   SUMMARY:

Lead a team of 140+ production employees in the  manufacturing of goods in the Houston plant. Maintain a safe work environment while leading the team to deliver a  high-quality product, on time, with best in industry costs! This is a 24/7 operation.

The Houston plant has safety, quality, materials, maintenance, and HR supporting functions. It is the responsibility of these functions to develop & improve processes that support a more optimal production process. It is the responsibility of the   production/operations team to lead people and execute the processes defined by the supporting functions and to deliver on the established metrics.

WORKING   RELATIONSHIPS:

Directly Reports to: Plant Manager
Direct Reports: 2nd Shift Production Superintendent & Production Supervisors (6)

ESSENTIAL   JOB FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership (50% of time):

- Building relationships

- Communicating and aligning team to vision

- Setting goals and objectives & regular performance   management

- Career/personal development of team

- Recognition/appreciation

- Disciplinary action

- Weekly 1 on 1’s

- Develop supervisors into excellent leaders: so they do   all the things above and spend most of their time on people as well
Responsibilities/Duties:

People

- Promote a culture of trust, integrity, care within the plant

- Resource planning: Set appropriate staffing levels and coordinate with HR to fill/maintain   positions

- Responsible for turnover metric within production team
Safety

- Create & maintain a safe work environment

- Comply with environmental standards set by the safety team
Quality

- Ensure products meet quality standards defined by quality department

- ASTM/Industry standards

- Process CTQs
Oversee all production processes

- Monitor production to resolve issues – hold supporting functions accountable to action when needed

- Develop, implement, and lead daily operating rhythms (MDI).  Ensure Daily meetings between supervisors and each department, daily cross   functional shift meetings, support at plant staff meetings.
Participate in plant strategy development – establish a team,  structure, processes that will support plant/business metrics

- Participate in annual budget process

- Own productivity & OT metrics

- Own adherence to schedule metrics

- Own production consumables & supplies budget

- Report/Present to upper management

Requirements
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

- Deep knowledge of production management

- Previous experience managing teams of 100 or more

- Understanding of quality standards and health & safety regulations

- Knowledge of performance evaluation and budgeting concepts

- Experience in reporting on key production metrics

- Proficiency in MS Office

- Strong people skills with an outgoing, friendly, and positive attitude

- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, management and leadership skills

- Able to oversee multiple competing tasks and priorities and perform quality work efficiently with minimal supervision

- Outstanding communication ability

- Strong decision-making skills and a data/results-driven approach; attention to detail
REQUIRED     EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:

- Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering

- Minimum 6 years’ experience in production, manufacturing operations, or other related fields

- Knowledge of production tools and equipment

- Knowledge of principles, concepts, theories, and practices of area of responsibility, (Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma)

- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred