Plant Manager

Airgas•Carnegie, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager leads and empowers the team responsible for producing and repackaging compressed and liquid gases into cylinders. The role aligns daily responsibilities with customer needs, current stock levels, and team strengths, and promptly corrects unsafe acts or conditions. The Plant Manager ensures safe plant operation and maintenance and compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and company policies, procedures, regulations, and laws. The role maintains an orderly plant, coordinates production schedules and work procedures, and works with the team to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, productivity, and employee well-being. The position oversees safety rules and training, investigates and reports injuries and accidents, resolves work-related issues, supports employee development and performance management, and mentors operational leaders. It also manages onboarding and cross-functional learning, time and production records, and overtime approvals. The Plant Manager collaborates with outside sales on order accuracy and customer deliveries, monitors SAP reports, runs recurring orders, 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 ability to work effectively with others across roles and situations; 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 Airgas safety programs, OSHA requirements, and related rules, regulations, and procedures applicable to the role.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Lead and empower the team producing and repackaging compressed and liquid gases into cylinders.
Correct unsafe acts or conditions without delay and assign daily responsibilities based on customer needs, stock levels, and team strengths.
Ensure safe plant operation and maintenance and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Maintain a neat, clean, and orderly plant appearance.
Review production schedules, estimate team-hour requirements, and establish or adjust work procedures to meet schedules.
Partner with the team to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality, and adapt workflows and equipment use to support productivity and well-being.
Ensure safety rules are observed and safety training is scheduled, conducted, and documented; interpret company policies and foster safety adherence.
Ensure injuries and accidents are investigated and reported within 24 hours.
Analyze and resolve work-related problems, support career growth and internal movement, manage performance constructively, and address associate issues and grievances.
Mentor operational leaders and develop collaborative initiatives to engage the team; provide timely coaching and corrective action.
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.
Collaborate with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and appropriately scheduled customer deliveries by Airgas trucks.
Monitor SAP reports daily, including open order/delivery, billing and delivery block, 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.