Plant Manager

Position:
Plant Manager

Reports To:

Director of Manufacturing FLSA Status:
Exempt

The Manufacturing Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing day-to-day plant operations to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective production. This role executes manufacturing strategies through disciplined operational management, continuous improvement, and effective people leadership. The Plant Manager drives performance across safety, quality, delivery, and cost while developing teams, optimizing resources, and partnering cross-functionally to meet customer and business objectives. Steffes

• Trust:
  We promote growth and long-term success by making wise decisions with trust as an essential component.
• Respect:
  We unleash creative talents of our diverse workforce by treating each other the way we would like to be treated.
• Teamwork:
  We believe people achieve much more by working together.
• Integrity:
  We follow through and keep our word while being open, honest, ethical, and fair.
• Safety:
  We view our co-workers as family members of our business and strive to ensure safety for all.
• Humility:
  We recognize and appreciate strengths and contributions beyond oneself. We are modest, genuine, and authentic.

The Manufacturing Plant Manager has authority to make day-to-day operational decisions to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets, including setting production priorities and allocating labor and equipment. The role manages plant operating expenses within approved budgets, approves routine expenditures and overtime, and makes recommendations on staffing, capital investments, and improvement initiatives. Enterprise-wide decisions, major capital approvals, and policy changes are made in collaboration with senior leadership.

Success is measured by the plant’s ability to consistently meet safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost targets while maintaining full regulatory compliance. Additional measures include sustained continuous improvement, effective cost control, strong team engagement and retention, successful adoption of new technologies, and positive cross-functional collaboration.

• Customer Service - Demonstrate excellent customer service and display a positive attitude and behavior consistent with the Steffes Code of Conduct and Core Values.
• Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS) – Perform work in compliance with EHS training and identified procedures/standard work. Report any EHS incident or concern to your supervisor immediately. Cooperate and contribute to the overall success of the EHS program.
• Quality – Participate in job-specific training. Complete work as indicated by standard work, processes, and/or procedures. If your work can’t be completed as required, notify your supervisor immediately for guidance.
• Conduct - Demonstrate and support the Steffes Code of Conduct.
• Policies and Procedures - Demonstrate and support Steffes Policies and Procedures by:
  • Using tact, sound judgement, and maintaining a professional attitude in communication and relationships with others.
  • Striving to deliver the best quality in daily work.
  • Promoting a positive image of Steffes and its products.
  • Being timely and punctual in attendance and following all policies and procedures.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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