Plant Manager - Pallet Manufacturing

Overview

As a Plant Manager , you’ll get to work alongside a General Manager to manage all plant operations and deliver superior customer satisfaction! You’ll be able to drive results and exceed our customer’s expectations in the areas of safety, service, quality, and cost by achieving the highest of standards. We’re looking for the individual who finds motivation in motivating others to achieve lofty goals.

What You'll Do

• Manage the work of all production employees oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods 

• Provide hands-on leadership as a working manager, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and managing employee relations issues 

• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies

• Assist with the entire new hire process with dedicated Recruiter and Onboarding Team in HR, and make all employment decisions within the plant 

• Consult with the General Manager for the cost and yield performance of the Plant

• Support and implement cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant

• Continually 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 across the Plant

• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant and 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 

• Implement and manage Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste

• 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 

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations/Supply Chain or related field

• Six Sigma/Lean certification preferred

• 5+ years of experience in a supervisory role in an engineering or manufacturing environment

• Familiarity with private fleet management/transportation is preferred 

• Demonstrated success in motivating and delivering strong employee relations with non-exempt employees 

• Experience managing safety performance and programs

What We Offer

• Competitive Pay, Holiday Pay, and Daily Pay – Access to your earned wages before payday! 

• Referral Bonuses 

• Long-Term Career Advancement

• Paid Time Off 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, AD&D, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance for Eligible Full Time Employees 

• 401(k) Retirement Plan 

• Great Team Environment 

What It's Like

48forty Solutions is the largest pallet management services company in North America! We provide end-to-end pallet solutions, from supply to retrieval, on-site services, reverse logistics, and packaging materials. We are truly Pallet Management Made Simple, our workforce is the heart and soul of our business, and we’re looking for our next Plant Manager to join our team! 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Ability to work in extreme conditions to include, but not limited to, elements, heat, cold, and air particulate

• Repetitively lift up to 50-75 pounds and adjust body position to bend, stoop, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for entire shifts of varying lengths in time

• The noise level in the work environment is dependent on location.

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required (eye protection, ear protection is mandatory at several locations, safety shoes)

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include, close vision, distance vision and color vision.

48forty Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay Range USD $83,000.00 - USD $92,000.00 /Yr.