Plant Manager Job

Arkema•Birdsboro, PA

About The Position

Arkema’s Birdsboro, Pennsylvania site is seeking a Plant Manager to lead the overall operation of the plant. The role has full profit-and-loss responsibility and provides leadership, direction, and management across all aspects of manufacturing operations. The Plant Manager helps shape the organization’s vision and growth strategies and executes business and operations plans to achieve revenue, profit, and performance targets while maintaining the plant’s record of success and high levels of safety and customer service. The position is responsible for a site with a Replacement Asset Value of approximately $120 million, Replacement Plant Earnings of approximately $12 million, annual variable costs exceeding $75 million, and annual capital expenditures of $4–5 million. It has six direct reports in site leadership roles and indirect responsibility for the other hourly and salaried employees. Birdsboro is a union site. The Plant Manager supports plant staff and leads continued improvement across Operations, Maintenance, Human Resources, Engineering, Accounting, Purchasing, Quality, and Laboratories. The role requires working knowledge of, and responsibility for compliance with, external regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and internal policies and procedures, particularly those concerning capital, accounting, purchasing, and HES.

Requirements

At least 15 years of progressive manufacturing experience in plant operations, process design, and engineering.
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
Working knowledge of external regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and internal policies and procedures, particularly capital, accounting, purchasing, and HES.

Nice To Haves

Experience in both large and small integrated process manufacturing companies, preferred.
Lean or Six Sigma certification, preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the overall operation of the Birdsboro plant, with full profit-and-loss responsibility.
Provide leadership, direction, and management for all aspects of plant manufacturing operations.
Help create the organization’s vision and growth strategies, and execute business and operations plans to achieve revenue, profit, and performance targets.
Lead plant staff and continued improvement across Operations, Maintenance, Human Resources, Engineering, Accounting, Purchasing, Quality, and Laboratories.
Ensure compliance with Arkema guidance and directives, applicable regulations, industry best practices, and internal policies and procedures.
Foster safety as a core plant value and directly participate in Arkema programs such as BBS.
Ensure safe operating procedures and practices are in place and followed.
Ensure plant mechanical integrity is maintained or improved for safe and efficient operation.
Ensure production volumes meet demand requirements established in S&OP plans.
Ensure adequate training for safe and efficient plant operations.
Work with site HR to ensure employee activities such as hiring, promotion, layoff, and salary matters are handled professionally.
Promote open communication among employees and maintain direct communication with internal and external stakeholders.
Prepare fixed, variable, and capital budgets, then monitor and control spending against them.
Develop close working relationships with plant personnel and mentor and coach employees to improve individual and team performance, supporting programs such as SMART.
Report incidents in a timely manner.