Plant Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Production Supervisor or in a similar role.
• Familiarity with various manufacturing machinery and tools.
• Strong organizational and leadership abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to identify and solve issues efficiently.
• High school diploma is required; a degree in a technical field is advantageous
• Should possess the ability to read and comprehend, in English, simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for prolonged periods; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Assign work to employees to meet planned shipping schedule.  Check and prioritize shipments and customer orders as required.  Establish production goals and communicate to the team.
• Ensure shipments received are accurate and quality standards are efficient workflow is maintained.
• Evaluate and determine best shipping methods, select and establish working relationships with carriers.
• Monitor work activities in department to ensure work quality standards and planned activity or production schedules are maintained.  Oversee and coach employees to ensure they meet performance standards.
• Supervise the preparation of required shipping and receiving paperwork, and train employees as needed.
• Maintain good housekeeping conditions and safe operating practices.  Enforce safety guidelines and the safe use of equipment and PPE.
• Investigate any unusual operational, shipping, receiving or parts issues and take necessary corrective action.
• Assist with work activities as necessary to maintain the flow of work in the department.
• Monitor the inspection and status of non-conforming products.  Check production output to make sure it meets quality standards.
• Eliminate any problem situations thru corrective action.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.