Plant Manager

Hardscapes & Masonry•Baton Rouge, LA

74d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Plant Manager with Best Block, you are responsible for ensuring company safety programs are followed and utilized to ensure the safety of our employees. This includes providing safety training and task-specific guidelines, completing compliance audits, and conducting safety meetings. You will develop and maintain high plant standards of safety and work conditions, administer safety programs, and ensure compliance with all safety regulations. The role involves utilizing facilities, equipment, and personnel to achieve the highest level of product production while ensuring safety and quality standards are met at the lowest possible cost. Continuous improvement in product quality, including product testing, is essential. You will maintain equipment readiness, plant cleanliness, storage, and production line efficiency, as well as manage adequate inventory of raw materials, packaging materials, spare parts, and molds. Utilizing downtime tracking and productivity data to drive maintenance activities (predictive, preventative, and corrective) is key. The position requires effective communication of organizational policies and procedures, providing daily direction to staff functions, and offering leadership and direction to the team, including selection, development, and evaluation of personnel. You must possess a deep understanding of manufacturing processes and production equipment, ensure quality procedures are adhered to and documented, and schedule production shifts and personnel to meet production schedules and timelines, while being adaptable to changes.

Requirements

Understanding of Programmable Logic Controlled (PLC) equipment.
Proficient in a variety of PC-based software applications.
Demonstrated history of working in a team-oriented environment with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Positive “can do” attitude and ability to motivate team.
Self-starter. Able to work independently, plan, prioritize, coordinate, delegate, manage and complete work.
Able to analyze problem circumstances, solve problems, and give direction regarding problem resolution in an expeditious fashion.
Possesses effective time management skills. Able to “switch gears” between tasks without losing focus.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Concrete Products Manufacturing is a plus!

Responsibilities

Ensure company safety programs are being followed and utilized to ensure the safety of our employees. Provide safety training and task specific guidelines for all employees. Complete monthly and yearly compliance audits and activities that drive continuous improvement throughout the business. Weekly & Monthly safety meetings.
Develop and maintain high plant standards of safety and work conditions, administer safety programs, and ensure compliance with all safety regulations.
Utilize our facilities, equipment, and personnel to achieve the highest level of product production while ensuring safety and quality standards are met at the lowest possible cost.
Continuous improvement in product quality that includes product testing to ensure our manufactured products meet all specifications and requirements.
Maintain equipment readiness, plant cleanliness and storage, and production line efficiency.
Maintaining an adequate inventory of raw materials, packaging materials, spare parts, and molds.
Utilize downtime tracking and productivity data to drive all maintenance activities, which include predictive, preventative, and corrective actions.
Effectively communicate organizational policies and procedures and provide daily direction to various staff functions, including production scheduling, administration, inventory management, order process, and transportation.
Provide leadership and direction to the Team, which includes selection, development, and evaluation of personnel in all positions. Ensure all machine operators receive training that improves their level of knowledge and proficiency of safe plant operations.
Possess a deep understanding of all manufacturing processes and production equipment.
Ensure all quality procedures are adhered to and documented in compliance with company policies.
Schedule production shifts and personnel so that production schedules and timelines are met, while being adaptable to any changes in business levels.