Assistant Plant Manager

The Assistant Plant Manager is responsible for assisting the Plant Manager with the successful day-to-day operations of the assigned plant location, ensuring compliances with all policies, procedures, and budgets. This person will have an instinct to master all aspects of the plant operations, with the intent to continue with normal business policies and procedures in the event of the absence of the Plant Manager.

In addition, this person is to assist with the management of the Plant staff, with the assistance of the Plant management team. Other responsibilities include: staffing, training, operations, discipline, and other personnel issues.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function.

• Assist Plant Manager with the daily duties of organizing plant operations, achieving daily production objectives.
• Schedule routine inspections for equipment to avoid or reduce machine downtime.
• Maintain proper records for plant related activities.
• Maintain good housekeeping and regularly clean work area, machines, and equipment.
• Support the drive for continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs or increase productivity without reducing effectiveness or safety.
• Lead team members in a manner that enables growth and success through feedback, training, and encouragement.
• appropriate corrective action to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Promptly respond to customer complaints and other reported problems; conduct root cause analysis to determine appropriate corrective action to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Provide comprehensive productivity and location accuracy results.
• Support the development and maintaining safety, quality, service, and cost performance metrics; assess trends, and implement action plans to meet or exceed the established goals.
• Assist with the development of training programs to build on team member strengths and success; ensure team members have continuing opportunities to improve or increase skills, abilities, and knowledge.
• Ensure open lines of communication between the plant function and other departments.
• Use independent judgment to assign team member work duties to meet operational requirements. Make sure that team members and co-workers have the information needed to perform their job duties.
• Effectively utilize lean tools and methodology to make improvements and lead the department in continuous improvement activities.
• Establish performance expectations for team members and provide regular feedback and performance reviews to ensure that team members understand how their job duties support the company’s mission and have the right tools/resources to do their jobs well.
• Investigate performance concerns and implement disciplinary action, up to and including termination, as needed and in compliance with company procedures and with consultation with the human resources department.
• Work with Human Resources on complaints and performance concerns and implement disciplinary action, up to and including termination, as needed and in compliance with company processes.
• Work with human resources department to manage hiring process for direct reports; interview and select candidates for hire in compliance with company processes.
• Adhere to established company values, practices, policies, and procedures at all times. Follow and support compliance with all applicable safety rules, laws, regulations, and standards.
• Maintain an open and candid working relationship with immediate supervisor/manager in discussing matters of importance.
• Demonstrate regular and punctual attendance at the assigned work location.

The individual may be asked to perform other duties as requested.

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