Job Description

Ensure a safe workplace compliant with regulatory standards. There is an emphasis on leading the plant quality improvement program with the aim of achieving the status of the “highest quality/lowest cost producer.” Additionally, there is a requirement to develop and monitor operating and capital budgets to ensure adherence to financial targets. Compliance with environmental regulations and permits is also crucial. A comprehensive development plan focused on safety, quality, cost, and productivity should be established and communicated effectively to site personnel, fostering ownership of plant goals. Finally, the plant operations must be managed in a way that meets the safety, environmental, quality, production, and cost control objectives outlined in this plan.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the facility is maintained to provide a safe workplace that is compliant with all regulatory standards.
• Lead the plant quality improvement program in achieving the goal of being the “highest quality/lowest cost producer”.
• Develop operating and capital budgets. Monitor and track performance to ensure operation within these budgets.
• Ensure that the facility is current and compliant with all environmental regulatory standards and permits.
• Communicates operating goals to site personnel and leads in such a way that the plants goals are clearly identifiable and owned by all personnel
• Ensure that the Plant is managed and run in a manner that Safety, Environmental, Quality, Production and Cost Control Goals associated with the above plan are met.
• Provide leadership which promotes a safe and empowered organization.
• Operates in compliance with all health, safety and environmental rules and regulations. 
• Working with Human Resources, hiring, evaluating, dismissing, and managing personnel in their operating areas.
• Accountable for the operation of the facility at all times.
• Actively engaging plant personnel in the process of Continuous Quality Improvement and Customer Satisfaction. 
• Identifying capital projects which will improve the safety process and profitability of the plant. Includes evaluating, submitting, writing, tracking and closing out all approved capital projects.
• Utilize and leverage “best practices”, must be able to guide the development of innovative solutions in areas of process reliability, productivity, efficiency and yield. 
• Maintain company records in a manner compliant with operating permits or federal laws. Example-OSHA, Environmental Permits and ISO programs.
• Routinely monitors environmental conditions in the plant and takes appropriate investigative & corrective actions and makes timely notifications.
• Ability to work as an integral part of a North America Manufacturing Supply Chain while at the same time managing a plant locally to achieve optimal results.
• Reviews all plant purchases and transactions to ensure accuracy and validity. 
• Participates in corporate/plant-wide HSE, quality and productivity initiatives.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical, Ceramic, or Materials Engineering or related Technical discipline
• Minimum of 7-10 years of direct operations management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Leadership skills to develop all employees individually and as a team in a progressive work environment.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Working knowledge of employee relations in a manufacturing setting.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental procedures, including OSHA, EPA and other HSE standards and regulations.
• Strong background in the use of Lean Mfg. techniques, six sigma and/or process statistical analysis.
• Knowledge of quality and environmental standards such as ISO 9001 & 14001
• Working knowledge of budgeting and joint goals processes.
• Experience with SAP desired.

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