Plant Manager

Job description

Job Summary The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall management and coordination of plant operations consistent with cost, profit, quality, and productivity objectives. Works under the general direction of the RDO or DO. Principle Duties and Responsibilities: - Ensures that all plant assets are properly managed and safeguarded. - Staffs, develops, and coaches the production management team, evaluates performance, and initiates corrective action as required. - Develops and/or approves the master production schedule and shipping schedule as well as coordinating production activities between shifts and other functions. - Assists in developing capital expenditure recommendations. - Establishes quality standards for operations and initiates and manages quality improvement initiatives. - Ensures the plant is properly staffed to meet production levels and goals. - Monitors plant output, cuts/yields and scrap to ensure efficient resource utilization and initiates corrective action as required. - Ensures appropriate production data is entered into the system. - Establishes the use of raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods and coordinates inventory requirements with manage...