Senior Plant Manager

R Senior Plant Manager (Open)

Location:

Star, MS - Filling industrial - Dry-ice

Airgas is Hiring for a Senior Plant Manager in Star, MS!

At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world

Travel: 5% annual

Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.

Support for Parents: We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families.

Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.

Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment

As the Senior Plant Manager, you are responsible for the overall production operations for Airgas Dry Ice in Star, Mississippi. This position will report directly to the Regional Manager. The highest priority for this role is to be a people-first leader. This includes hiring and training the right people, engaging them to function as a team and weaving safety into every action we take.

This position, alongside leadership, will be responsible for driving the Airgas Safety culture.

You must have expertise in the implementation, training and execution of lean manufacturing practices, Visual Facility Management, 5S, materials usage and shipping and receiving, as well as capacity planning, safety, production and scheduling.

You will provide leadership throughout the production team, with a focus on increased attention to the proactive identification of future challenges, problem resolution to facilitate rapid improvements and improved working relationships among the entire organization.

• Ensure quality of products is maintained at a high level and in accordance with company policy and regulations.
• Responsible for planning, implementing and overseeing facility and employee safety. Leads and/or supports management in investigating safety incidents and developing measures to prevent recurrences.
• Adjust resources to meet production schedules through capacity planning and machine utilization. Analyze production schedules to run efficiently as possible.
• Partner with onsite management team to develop and implement measures to improve production methods. Communicate employee staffing needs dependent upon product volume requirements.
• Partner with onsite management team to communicate and facilitate performance management, coaching, and documented accountability protocols for production staff.
• Develop and maintain audit cadence to make sure all Airgas manufacturing policies, 5S, workplace organization, and overall health of the facility is consistently prioritized.
• Partner with the maintenance team regarding off peak/low impact scheduling for preventative and repair downtime of production equipment.

• Associates degree or High School diploma with formal technical training considered in conjunction with extensive, relevant experience.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in a supervisory role of more than 15 production personnel in an industrial environment. This experience should include leading managers, supervisors and front-line production personnel.
• Ability to lead, communicate and operate alongside a workforce ranging in skill level from temporary talent, front line employees, various levels of management and senior leadership.
• A firm belief in providing exceptional customer service, with a strong commitment to company values, and building a healthy organization through talent management and people development is an essential quality to be able to successfully fill this role.
• Flexibility to maintain a Facility operating on a 24/7 schedule.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule to meet production requirements and customer expectations; available for on-call as needed.
• Must be able to stand on hard surfaces for prolonged periods of time
• Must be able to safely lift, push, and pull up to 60 lbs.
• Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Knowledge of use of computerized management systems
• Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize

• Bachelors degree in related field of work
• Process reliability and/or project engineering background

• 30% of the time in an office/administrative setting.
• 70% of the time actively in the plant to be available, engaged and supervising the production/maintenance team.
• Plant environment is an unconditioned work space (i.e. warm in summer, cool in winter).
• Hazards require the use of personal protective equipment (i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety shoes). Dry ice is extremely cold, and therefore requires that gloves be worn when directly…