Manager - Plant

Airgas•Salt Lake, UT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager manages and coordinates activities at the Salt Lake City, Utah location, which produces and repackages compressed liquid gases into cylinders and manages plant and distribution activities. The role operates and safely maintains the gas-packaging plant while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, as well as company policies and procedures. The Plant Manager is responsible for safe and efficient plant operation, investigating and reporting injuries and accidents within 24 hours, resolving operational problems, and ensuring safety rules and training are followed and documented. The role also supervises employees through coaching and corrective action, handles employee concerns, approves essential overtime while keeping it at acceptable levels, and makes decisions in accordance with company procedures. The position operates forklifts, pallet jacks, and other warehouse equipment. Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. The position is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Five years of industry experience, including at least two years of demonstrated supervisory or leadership experience.
Ability to identify and correct conditions affecting employee safety.
Ability to communicate clearly in speaking and writing, encourage open expression of ideas, and listen effectively.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with others in favorable and unfavorable situations, regardless of status or position.
Ability to work effectively across cultural differences and establish productive working relationships.
Knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and ability to calculate rates, ratios, and percentages.
Ability to organize work and meet deadlines.
Ability to take accountability, make decisions, and work with initiative.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with compressed or packaged gases.
Bachelor’s degree.
Prior experience using SAP.
Intermediate knowledge of Google Suite applications.
Strong analytical skills and understanding of how to use metrics and related tools to improve production efficiency and effectiveness.

Responsibilities

Operate and safely maintain a plant that packages gases into cylinders, in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies and procedures.
Conduct periodic checks of the plant to ensure safe and efficient operation.
Investigate and report all injuries and accidents within 24 hours.
Resolve problems associated with plant operation.
Ensure safety rules are observed and safety training is regularly scheduled, conducted, and documented.
Coach employees and take prompt corrective action to improve performance or discharge employees when appropriate.
Approve overtime when essential and keep overtime at acceptable levels.
Ensure employee complaints and issues are handled effectively.
Operate a forklift, pallet jack, and other warehouse equipment.
Make decisions and take actions to solve problems or reach goals while following company procedures.
Organize and complete work within deadlines and take accountability for conduct and results.
Identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), and disability insurance.
14-week paid childbirth benefit and parental leave.
401(k) plan with company matching funds.
Tuition assistance and reimbursement; discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents.
Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and floating holidays.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit.
Jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave.
Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Benefits begin after 30 days of employment.