Plant Operations Manager Alliance

Ohio Gratings•Alliance, OH

About The Position

The Plant Operations Manager leads manufacturing operations and continuous improvement activities for a plant, business unit, or value stream, meeting customer and company expectations. The role drives best practices and helps develop, evaluate, and improve operational performance indicators for Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Profitability. The manager develops and leads supervisors, partners with support departments, and oversees employee training, work assignment, performance management, recognition, coaching, discipline, complaint handling, and problem resolution. This is a faith-based organization rooted in biblical principles. Associates are expected to learn, embrace, and model the organization’s core values through their actions, choices, and collaboration. The listed duties and work environment are representative and may change; the description does not include every activity, responsibility, or physical demand associated with the job.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent amount of relevant work experience.
At least 5 years of direct manufacturing and supervisory experience at any level.
Shop-floor manufacturing experience.
Knowledge of metal fabrication processes and equipment.
Excellent communication and effective listening skills.
Strong interpersonal and team-building skills.
Strong organizational and planning abilities.
Ability to collaborate so that decisions account for Company needs.
Positive attitude, ability to multitask, and follow-up with a sense of urgency.

Nice To Haves

Experience in steel processing or fabrication.
Continuous improvement experience, such as Kaizen, 5S, waste reduction, or standard work.
Understanding of daily cadence and lean management techniques.
Self-management skills including adaptability, achievement, and initiative.
Relationship-management skills including conflict management, developing others, inspirational leadership, and acting as a change catalyst.
Self-awareness, including self-confidence.
Social-awareness skills including empathy, service orientation, and organizational awareness.

Responsibilities

Drive a culture of safety through plant and business efforts.
Oversee the production process and ensure production meets or exceeds key performance indicators.
Manage improvement to performance metrics through collaboration and partnership.
Assess load, capacity, staffing, and workforce skill sets; manage resources to meet organizational capacity requirements.
Develop, implement, and follow standard operating procedures.
Manage within a P&L or other financial accounting process.
Develop and motivate a team of 4–8 direct reports through leadership, relationship building, clear communication, and self-awareness.
Resolve daily operational and personnel issues, including quality, equipment downtime, labor shortages, and availability of materials, tooling, and supplies.
Promote communication between departments, shifts, and site leaders through individual interactions, startup meetings, talking points, shop talks, and supervisor meetings.
Demonstrate support for corporate programs through words, behaviors, and actions.
Administer Human Resources policies and practices fairly and consistently, including assisting with wage and performance systems, hiring, discipline, termination, conflict resolution, and shop morale.
Represent the plant in meetings, project teams, and general plant operations.
Meet plant operating plan objectives and comply with regulatory requirements.
Plan future site initiatives.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Train employees; plan, assign, and direct work; manage performance; reward, coach, and discipline employees; address complaints; and resolve problems.