Plant Leader
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Manufacturing / Production
Operations Manager, Production Manager -
Engineering
Operations Manager
Job Title
The Asphalt Plant Leader
Purpose of the JobThe Asphalt Plant Leader is responsible for ensuring alignment with and achieving the Company's strategic areas of focus, division and plant goals. This position is accountable for making decisions that affect employee health & safety, employee relations, facility profitability, quality of products and customer satisfaction, employee growth & development, and local/regional community relationships.
Reports toSite Leader
Span of Control1 salaried and 18 hourly employees.
Job Responsibilities- Aligns with the Roofing and Asphalt business goals.
- Develops and achieves these goals at the plant level.
- Success will be measured by the Plant Leader’s ability to achieve operational excellence in safety, customer service, quality, cost control, diversity, engagement, and regulatory compliance.
- Accountable for employee safety: holds others accountable for working safely, provides appropriate resources to ensure the incident‑free operation of the plant.
- Ensures the plant is always in a clean, customer tour‑ready state; owns a plan that identifies hazards, including housekeeping issues, and resolves them.
- Ensures the safe manufacture of product that is delivered to the customer on‑time, and at specifications.
- Actively manages training, development and growth of all personnel.
- Institutes a culture of data‑driven decision making, TPM‑driven processes and 5S.
- Sets clear expectations, establishes, communicates and regularly reviews commitments to make certain milestones are achieved as planned.
- Communicates well with customers, other Plant Leaders, supply chain/sourcing teams, commercial teams, and company leadership.
- Acts as the voice of the Asphalt Plant to both the customers and the company.
- Bachelor’s Degree Preferred (Engineering or Business).
- Experience leading manufacturing operations, or maintenance operations, in a petro‑chemical or Roofing/Asphalt manufacturing environment.
- Previous experience directly managing people.
- Petro, chemical, or other process operations leadership role, 3‑5 years.
- Environmental, Health & Safety leadership experience.
- Maintenance/reliability and small project leadership experience.
- Proven TPM leadership.
- SAP knowledge – production, inventory, and PM.
- Budget setting and cost control.
- Leads through Safer Together corporate vision.
- Ability to build strong team alignment and communication.
- Ability to coach and guide for results.
- Possesses strong change management skills.
- Ability to travel, as required (5‑10%).
Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy‑efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market‑leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries, dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live.
Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion.
Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.
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