Plant Manager Job Henry Tennessee USA,Manufacturing / Production

Location: Henry

Position Summary

The Plant Manager has total responsibility for the performance of the plant and quarry locations. Accountable for all plant and quarry operations with overall responsibility for plant/quarry safety performance, production, maintenance, quality, compliance, financial performance / cost control as well as all other production-related activities of the plants/quarries. The plant manager must be a take‑charge person that can handle the demands of the operation and continually balance the competing needs of maintenance and production.

They must also possess the skills needed to develop a team to manage the plant in the most effective way.

Responsibilities & Expectations

Ensure the most safe, efficient, and economical operation of the plant. Lead and manage the plant/quarry in a manner consistent with the vision of LNA. Lead and manage the output of the plant/quarry in a way that maximizes reserves and efficiently utilizes all plant assets. Establish targets and priorities for the plant/quarry to ensure consistent performance around all KPI’s (production, maintenance, quality, delivery, and cost).

Responsible for the establishment of objectives at the plant/quarry consistent with Company and Corporate objectives; the development and the implementation of a strategic plan to meet the objectives; and the monthly and annual review of objective results.

Champion plant/quarry and community communications. Communicate effectively with all employees on all levels. Clearly establish and communicate the vision for the plant/quarry. Serves as the Company’s representative or designates a representative from the plant to serve as a representative in all areas related to the business community, the industry, the surrounding community; the news media and with the local government.

Ensure consistent product and process quality. Timely response to customer demands. Establish and monitor overall plant/quarry performance for production and quality standards. Insures that all products produced at the plant and shipped to customers from the plant meet quality and customer requirements. Coordinates with Sales, Technical/Quality, Mining, Customer Service, and Management to assess priorities and production plans and schedules to meet customer orders and shipments for the plants and quarry operations.

Budgeting (Preparation, Execution and Control). Develop and control profits, plans and budget. Prepare initial capital project requests consistent with the operating and maintenance needs of the plant/quarry. Follows spares management best practices. Monitors manpower utilization at the plant/quarry and reviews for approval all requests for increases in the workforce.

Leadership/Teamwork and Team Development. Delegates authority to key team members in safety, finance, production, maintenance, processing, quality control, production control, shipping, and other related operations and administrative functions. Coordinate plant activities through planning with other members of the plant management team to ensure plant objectives are met in an effective and efficient manner. Provide leadership and mentoring to accomplish plant/quarry goals and objectives.

Provide direction, development, encourage collaboration, and leadership to all plant/quarry staff members. Be a positive leader that encourages cross-functional communication between the teams. Track Key Performance indicators to measure progress of goals. Provide feedback to direct reports on daily projects. Establish processes for SAP including training of team members. Good public speaking skills. Must be able to create and communicate a power point presentation to the workforce with confidence concerning the state of the business.

Safety Drive positive safety culture. Ensure compliance with safety, housekeeping, environmental, continuous improvement standards and procedures. Demonstrate environmental and safety regulatory leadership. Must comply with company, state, and governmental health, safety, & environmental rules and regulations.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Attributes

Proven leadership, management and supervisory experience on all levels are required.…