Plant Manager

Minerals Technologies Inc. is a global, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a wide range of minerals and mineral-based products and services.

Our products are an essential part of everyday life for millions of people around the world. They are used in consumer goods in paper and packaging, food and pharmaceuticals, household and personal care, pet care, automotives, and many more, as well as in industrial settings like steelmaking, metal casting, construction, infrastructure, and wastewater remediation.

We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTX, headquartered in New York City, and have over 150 locations worldwide, with ~4,000 employees in 34 countries and 12 R&D centers.

We put people at the center of everything we do -- working safely, communicating openly, and managing our resources and businesses responsibly.

Company:
Sivo, a Minerals Technologies company, is a global leader in private label and branded cat litter products. Our core technologies and deep application expertise, combined with global mineral reserves and integrated supply chain, allow us to deliver high-quality cat litter products worldwide at exceptional value.

Position: Plant Manager

Location: USA | Dyersburg, TN

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan

Job Summary:

Minerals Technologies Inc. is a global specialty minerals company. Our Pet Care business converts bentonite and related raw materials into premium cat litter and other pet products sold through leading national retailers and brand partners.

The Plant Manager has full site responsibility for the Dyersburg, Tennessee pet care facility, which operates three shifts, 24 hours a day, five days a week. The role owns the complete operation — receiving raw material delivered to the site, mixing and processing it, packaging finished pet care products, and shipping to customers on time and in full.

The Plant Manager is accountable for safety, quality, service, cost and people. This includes plant budget ownership, staffing and manning plans, production planning and scheduling, warehouse and shipping performance, maintenance and capital execution, and building a stable, engaged workforce in a high-performance work system environment.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

Safety, Health and Environmental

• Own site safety performance; set the expectation that no product ships and no task is performed outside of safe work practices.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, state of Tennessee and MTI corporate EHS requirements, including lockout/tagout, machine guarding, confined space, mobile equipment and dust control programs.
• Lead incident investigation and root cause analysis; drive corrective actions to closure and share learnings across shifts.
• Champion behavior-based safety, hazard recognition and near-miss reporting across all three shifts.

Production and Process Operations

• Direct end-to-end production: raw material receiving and inventory, mixing and blending, processing, packaging, palletizing and finished goods shipment.
• Manage shift-to-shift continuity across a 24/5 operation, including start-up and shutdown routines, changeovers and weekend/maintenance windows.
• Monitor and report daily plant performance — throughput, yield, uptime, scrap and giveaway — and act quickly on deviations.
• Partner with Quality to ensure product meets customer and brand-owner specifications, including formulation accuracy, moisture, particle size, packaging integrity and labeling.
• Support new product introductions, trials, line extensions and…