Assistant Plant Manager

Gainey's Concrete Products

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About The Position

The Assistant Plant Manager plays a key role in overseeing plant operations, supporting production goals, ensuring safety standards, and collaborating across departments. This position serves as a second-in-command to the Plant Manager, with leadership duties spanning production, post production, and personnel development.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing or construction
• Experience in precast concrete or similar industrial manufacturing environments
• Comfortable with digital systems, spreadsheets, and production software
• Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn production operations and machinery.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Frequently required to stand and walk.
• Required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include vision, distant vision, color vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus.
• May require traveling 25% of the time.
• Must be able to complete a 7-year background check.
• We also conduct pre-employment drug testing.
• Any job offer will be based on the results of background and drug testing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and coordinate daily precast production schedules
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide hands-on support to teams
• Ensure product quality standards are consistently met
• Enforce all safety policies and OSHA regulations across the plant
• Ensures that employees comply with applicable safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain cleanliness, organization, and safe practices throughout the facility
• Assist in managing raw material inventory and usage
• Optimize material flow and staging areas to minimize delays
• Supervise production leads and hourly workforce
• Support training and development of new and existing employees
• Maintain accountability, attendance, and performance standards
• Notifies the maintenance department of equipment problems.
• Support equipment maintenance and preventative programs
• Collaborate with engineering, logistics, and QC teams to resolve issues
• Assist the Plant Manager in data reporting, allocating personnel resources, and continuous improvement
• Ensures paperwork is completed and signed correctly.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed