Production Manager

Glen-Gery•Cheswick, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Glen-Gery Corporation, a subsidiary of Brickworks Limited, is seeking a Production Manager to assist the Plant Manager in overseeing brick manufacturing operations and production processes. This role is crucial for ensuring the implementation of Plant and Business Daily Fundamentals, including safety, quality, productivity, housekeeping, preventive maintenance, people development, customer satisfaction, cost control, and business growth. The Production Manager will play a key role in fostering a safety-conscious culture, maintaining regulatory compliance, supervising various plant operations, and contributing to new product development. This position requires strong leadership, analytical skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment within an organized labor setting.

Requirements

College degree required, preferably in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
5+ years of supervisory experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
Good leadership skills including oral/written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
Good analytical and problem solving skills with a desire to develop and work in a team environment
Basic computer skills

Nice To Haves

Building products industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

Assist the Plant Manager with overseeing the operations of brick manufacturing and the production processes.
Ensure the implementation of Plant Daily Fundamentals: Safety, Quality, Productivity, Housekeeping and Preventive Maintenance.
Ensure the implementation of Business Daily Fundamentals: developing people, building a strong team, satisfying customers, communicating, knowing and controlling costs, and growing the business.
Coordinate with Plant Manager and supervision team to develop a safety conscious climate and culture for all personnel by ensuring safe operations, following all safety policies and procedures and encouraging good housekeeping.
Maintain compliance with OSHA, MSHA, EPA and DEP and other relevant regulatory agencies.
Conduct safety meetings such as tool box talks and any daily departmental meetings required for the continual operation of the department.
Supervise teams working throughout the plant processes including raw material processing, manufacturing, quality control, firing, packaging, shipping/inventory and maintenance.
Participate in new product development and provide input to distribution and sales force regarding production capabilities and scheduling.
Continually monitor and improve quality and productivity by measuring performance to standard and inspecting product daily.
Review production performance reports with supervisory staff and identify variances from plant budget, instituting corrective action as required.
Develop plans for plant preventive maintenance, capital expenditure projects and plant improvements in conjunction with plant management and corporate engineering.
Ensure safe and effective implementation of these initiatives.
Responsible for recruitment and scheduling of hourly production employees, performance management and handling of any employment related issues in an organized labor environment.