Plant Manager

Airgas•Canton, OH

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager leads and empowers the team that produces and repackages compressed and liquid gases into cylinders. The role assigns daily responsibilities according to customer needs, inventory levels, and team strengths, and ensures the plant operates safely and is maintained in compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and company requirements. The manager also maintains a neat, clean, and orderly plant. The position plans work to meet production schedules, estimates staffing hours, and collaboratively adjusts procedures. It partners with the team to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality, while adapting workflows and equipment use to support productivity and employee well-being. The Plant Manager ensures safety rules are followed, schedules and documents safety training, investigates and reports injuries and accidents within 24 hours, and promotes adherence to company policies and procedures. The role resolves work-related problems, handles associate issues and grievances, supports employee development and career growth, and mentors operational leaders. It provides coaching and corrective action, onboards new team members, and facilitates cross-functional learning. The manager maintains time and production records, approves essential overtime while controlling overtime levels, coordinates with outside sales on order accuracy and deliveries, monitors SAP reports, runs recurring orders for next-day deliveries, routes trucks and PGI tickets, and completes daily cycle counts.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Five years of industry experience, including at least two years of demonstrated supervisory or leadership experience.
Strong analytical skills and understanding of how to use metrics and related tools to improve production efficiency and effectiveness.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including clear communication, encouraging open expression of ideas, and effective listening.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with others in favorable and unfavorable situations, regardless of position.
Ability to accept cultural diversity and establish effective working relationships.
Knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
Knowledge of and adherence to Airgas safety programs, OSHA requirements, and related applicable rules, regulations, and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with compressed or packaged gases.
Bachelor's degree.
Prior experience utilizing SAP.
Intermediate knowledge of Google Suite applications.

Responsibilities

Lead and empower the team producing and repackaging compressed and liquid gases into cylinders.
Assign daily responsibilities based on customer needs, stock levels, and team strengths.
Ensure safe plant operation and maintenance, compliance with applicable policies and regulations, and a neat, clean, and orderly facility.
Review production schedules, estimate team-hour requirements, and adjust work procedures to meet schedules.
Partner with team members to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality.
Ensure safety rules are observed and safety training is scheduled, conducted, and documented.
Investigate and report injuries and accidents within 24 hours.
Analyze and resolve work-related problems and handle associate issues and grievances.
Support employee career growth, internal movement, performance management, and development.
Mentor operational leaders and provide coaching and corrective action to help team members meet performance goals.
Onboard new team members and support cross-functional learning to maintain production during personnel shortages.
Maintain time and production records and approve essential overtime while keeping overtime at acceptable levels.
Coordinate with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and appropriately scheduled customer deliveries by Airgas trucks.
Monitor SAP reports daily, including open order and delivery reports, billing and delivery block reports, and open purchase order reports.
Oversee employee development in following Airgas Standard Operating Procedures and safety regulations.
Run recurring orders for the next day's deliveries.
Route all trucks and PGI tickets.
Complete daily cycle counts.