Plant Manager

Position Summary

The Plant Manager plans, directs, and coordinates work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.


Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, and/or marketing activities of the plant.
• Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
• Hire, train, evaluate, and/or discharge staff, or resolve personnel concerns.
• Initiate or coordinate inventory and cost control programs.
• Prepare and maintain production reports.
• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
• Develop and implement production tracking, quality control systems, production optimization, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports, to detect production problems.
• Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products and processes.
• Coordinate and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance and modification, including the replacement of machines.
• Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, and statistical studies.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Job Requirements

Education and Experience: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Management, Business Administration, Agriculture, or related field
• Minimum 7 years' of plant management experience

Essential Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to handle multiple priorities and to meet deadlines, while delivering projects within budget; results oriented
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills
• Experience in wood processing
• Demonstrated initiative
• Proven ability to build relationships, communicate effectively, and present ideas confidently and persuasively
• Strong computer skills that include proficiency with MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Dropbox

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• Possess the ability to fulfill and any all office activities normally expected in an office setting, to include, but not limited to: remaining seated for periods of time to perform computer entry, participating in filing activity, lifting and carrying office supplies (paper reams, mail, etc.)
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20-25 pounds.
• May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.
• Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding).

Work Environment: 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 functions.

• This position operates in an office and manufacturing environments.
• This position may work in extreme heat or cold (weather).
• This position may work near airborne particles.
• The noise level is usually moderate to loud.
• This position routinely uses standard office equipment such as computer, phone, printer/scanner, and filing cabinets.
• Travel as required.