Plant Manager

Vestis Uniforms and Workplace Supplies | Canadian Linen & Uniform Service | Québec Linge Service D’Uniformes • Birmingham, AL

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About The Position

The Plant Manager is responsible for the daily operations of the production plant at a market center, ensuring processing is safe, timely, cost-effective, efficient, accurate, and consistent with product-quality standards. The role oversees production activities and staff, including environmental compliance, facility and equipment maintenance, receiving and soil sorting, washing and drying, garment finishing and sortation, allied finishing, bundling, and distribution. The Plant Manager monitors production and adjusts operations to meet output goals while maintaining safety, quality, and cost objectives.

The position develops and maintains positive working relationships with Market Center Management and keeps them informed about plant issues, using Operation Support resources as needed. It also analyzes production-related aspects of the market center’s profit and loss statements, works with the General Manager to improve results, and is responsible for hiring, placing, and removing production operations staff. Job details may vary by location and equipment.

Requirements

• Post-secondary education, with four years suggested, in Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent business/work experience.
• 4–6 years of experience in a corporate production environment, including management experience.
• A proven track record of increasing responsibility with documented business results.
• Ability to build effective professional relationships across departments within a market center and with operations support.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively handle ambiguous circumstances.
• Knowledge of wastewater, facility, and equipment maintenance.
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing effective laundry, linen, product, and service processing and distribution.
• Knowledge of customer and personal service principles and processes, including assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of personnel and human resources principles and procedures, including recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Demonstrated capability with competencies for the position.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Management or Industrial/Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent business/work experience.
• Experience with quality program standards such as Lean/Six Sigma.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the market center consistently manages and applies safety tasks and activities.
• Manage day-to-day production plant operations to ensure safe, timely, cost-effective, and efficient processing.
• Oversee wastewater and environmental compliance, facility and equipment maintenance, receiving and soil sorting or classification, the wash aisle, garment finishing and sortation, allied finishing, bundling, and distribution.
• Set and ensure achievement of plant operation goals for efficient, timely, quality, and profitable completion of product activities.
• Supervise the maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective review of equipment, energy, and wastewater processing.
• Work with market center management to identify and implement systems and methods that improve safety and operating efficiency within operating goals and cost constraints.
• Analyze and respond to production aspects of market center profit and loss statements, working with the General Manager to enhance results.
• Hire, place, and remove production plant operations staff within the market center.
• Maintain positive working relationships with Market Center Management, communicate plant operation issues, and leverage Operation Support resources as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree