Assistant Plant Manager

Assistant Plant Manager

Experienced Manufacturing Leader looking for your next challenge? How about with a global supply chain company that impacts the movement of goods every single day and at one of our U.S. in‑house production sites? If you're a production leader that has a trail of success with manufacturing, positive safety & quality metrics and empowering employees to perform at their very best, then here's an opportunity for you in Kilgore, TX.

The Assistant Plant Manager will collaborate closely with the Plant Manager to meet and exceed production targets within time and budget constraints. The Assistant Plant Manager provides leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure operating efficiency and the highest level of customer service. This position is responsible for managing plant operations and delivering superior customer satisfaction by driving results and exceeding expectations in the key areas of compliance, safety programs, and people management.

• Ensure occupational health and safety compliance for all employees, contractors, and visitors, adhering to both corporate and legislative requirements.
• Maintain environmental compliance by working within corporate and regulatory guidelines, ensuring the site meets all environmental standards.
• In collaboration with the plant maintenance team oversee day‑to‑day machine operability and maintenance.
• Provide effective leadership and direction to frontline managers (e.g., supervisors and team leaders), identifying training needs and supporting staff development to optimize performance.
• Ensure compliance with all operational procedures and work instructions as outlined by CHEP, maintaining consistency and adherence to standards.
• Manage workforce planning to ensure the plant is adequately staffed with appropriately trained personnel to meet production demands.
• Ensure production processes run efficiently and effectively within budgetary constraints, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with the Plant Manager to drive continuous improvement initiatives, focusing on enhancing safety, quality, and cost performance across plant operations.

• Supervise the work of all production employees – oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
• Coaching of employees that models the values and culture of the company.
• Provide hands‑on leadership as a supervisor, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and working through employee relations issues.
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies.
• Responsible, in consultation with Plant Manager, for the cost performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the Plant.
• Support cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant.
• Review operations activities, including local transportation activities, to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD).
• Drive Safety improvements (Zero Harm) across the Plant.
• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant in accordance with the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain.
• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability.
• Ensure compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the Plant.
• Identify Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste.
• In partnership with Plant Manager, provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities.
• Drive efficiencies in asset utilization through proper transportation scheduling, dispatch, & driver management while meeting customer expectations.

Experience

Results oriented and can meet commitments

• Proven track record of success and stability
• Works well unsupervised
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Overseeing operations of 2 shifts (1st/2nd)
• Approximately 70 onsite employees
• 3 Direct Reports

• Competitive pay & annual bonus structure
• Benefits starting Day 1
• Paid time off + holiday observances
• 401K with company match (up to 4%)
• Free vision, short‑term disability, and life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement, parental leave, childcare assistance, profit sharing, and more!
• A culture that supports women in leadership and career advancement

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at CHEP by 2x.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Supply Chain, Strategy/Planning, and Manufacturing

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage