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How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Plant Manager, you will be a key operations leader for the production facility in Smyrna, TN. Your responsibilities will include leading and developing a group of salaried and hourly production employees, to ensure efficient operations, maintain high safety standards, deliver quality products, and achieve on-time delivery.

The successful Plant Manager will have strong leadership abilities, a strategic mindset, a passion for operational excellence, ability to prioritize and act with urgency in a fast‑paced environment,and experience driving continuous improvement.

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Management/Leadership:
• Lead and manage a team of production managers/supervisors, providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure efficient and effective operations and a positive working environment
• Actively participate as a member of the plant leadership team to help determine strategy and direction for plant operations
• Foster open communication and promote a culture of trust and engagement, embodying the SPX core values
• Partner in the recruitment of employees by actively participating in the hiring, selection, and on-boarding processes
• Actively support employee training and development by identifying training needs, developing training plans, providing coaching and guidance to enhance employee skills and knowledge
• Lead performance management of plant employees
• Develop and implement key process indicators to support the plant’s goals and optimize work flow between various departments
• Proactively address employee relations issues and challenges in a positive and proactive manner

2. Safety:

• Foster a culture of safety by promoting and enforcing adherence to safety measures, guidelines, regulations and focus on behaviors
• Assist in investigations of safety concerns
• Serve as champion of safety, encouraging employees to identify risks work together to resolve issues

3. Operations Execution:

• Collaborate with cross functional teams, including production planning, logistics, engineering, procurement, and sales to improve production processes and ensure on-time delivery of orders that meet customer expectations
• Manage department budgets and labor goals
• Ensure the highest level of product quality through the recommendation and implementation of robust quality control procedures and processes
• Implement and monitor inventory control measures to minimize stock discrepancies and optimize inventory levels
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers to ensure timely and cost effective delivery of materials
• Create and review reports outlining key operational metrics and act with high sense of urgency to countermeasure any misses
• Provide leadership in lean manufacturing deployment to drive cultural transformation with a strong foundation of problem solving
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize productivity, reduce cost, and improve overall operational efficiency
• Monitor and analyse key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and take proactive measures to address
• Identify and recommend opportunities for automation,…