Plant Operations Manager

Altium Packaging•Berwick, PA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of a Plant Manager, this role directs the daily operations for production and maintenance departments. The Plant Operations Manager monitors both departments, ensuring they operate efficiently and safely, while also ensuring all applicable regulatory requirements are met. This position is responsible for championing a safety culture, ensuring a safe work environment, and cultivating safe behavior. The role involves directing and coordinating activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, establishing processes for quick response to mechanical needs, and organizing routine preventive maintenance for machinery. The Plant Operations Manager executes production schedules, provides guidance to shift leaders, maintains inventory procedures, and participates in hiring decisions. A key aspect of the role is leading problem-solving and process improvement initiatives to resolve product issues and ensure successful new product launches. Auditing facilities for GMP compliance and maintaining quality standards are also essential duties. The role requires providing guidelines for equipment maintenance, monitoring performance reports, and developing the skills of staff. Driving project execution to ensure timely completion is expected, along with performing other duties as assigned by plant management. Reasonable mandatory overtime may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or in operations management
Five to seven years of experience in production management in a manufacturing environment
Experience of working with an integrated management system (ERP)
Bilingual
Proficient in using the Office suite, good IT skills
Verbal and written communication skills in French and English to intermediary level.
Inspirational leadership skills
Change management experience
Champion a culture of continuous improvement, health and safety and quality
Capacity to manage several files simultaneously
Able to work independently and attention to detail

Responsibilities

Champion a safety culture, ensure a safe work environment and cultivate safe behavior.
Direct and coordinate activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as blow mold machine operators, maintenance mechanics, quality inspectors and warehouse workers.
Establish process to ensure technicians respond quickly to mechanical needs.
Organize and plan the routine preventive maintenance of blow mold and packaging machines and conveyor systems.
Execute production schedules to meet company and customer requirements.
Provide guidance and direction to shift leaders to ensure timely and efficient plant operations.
Maintain procedures for accurate inventory of finished goods and raw materials.
Interview employment candidates and authorize personnel hires.
Authorize employment actions of plant personnel.
Lead problem-solving and process improvement with the plant and customer to achieve resolution and elimination of product issues.
Provide for successful new product launches by ensuring clear specification development, process capability definition, and attainment of customer satisfaction on initial shipments.
Audit facility for compliance with GMP standards and maintain plant in compliance with corporate quality requirements.
Provide guidelines to ensure timely repair and efficient predictive and preventive maintenance of equipment and machinery.
Routinely monitor shift and individual machine performance reports and processes to ensure effective operations.
Develop and improve the knowledge and skills of immediate staff and hourly personnel; maintain training and development documentation.
Drive execution of assigned projects to ensure accurate and timely completion.
Other duties as assigned by plant management.
Reasonable mandatory overtime may be required due to business needs.