Plant Manager

Required Skills & Experience

• 5 – 10 years of experience managing operations in an industrial manufacturing environment • Experience in an industrial steel manufacturing plant

• Experience with project management involving materials and manufacturing processes in a steel fabrication environment

• Led operations with products on manufacturing lines and cells including cutting steel plate, fitting, welding, and outfitting

• Able to apply quality control and manufacturing best practices for customer specification, code and regulatory & testing requirements

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and practices

• Ability to communicate and interface with peers and customer representatives

• Proficient within Microsoft suite

• Flexibility to be available after hours, weekends and holidays as needed to support operations

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Plant Manager to join a new start up plant for a large client. You will be responsible for coordinating and executing on-the-ground plant start-up activities. Once production begins, you and your team will streamline and standardize workflows, fostering a collaborative environment to boost productivity and cultivate a culture of safety, respect, and empowerment. Your role will also involve identifying and driving continuous improvement efforts, optimizing inventory, increasing plant capacity, enhancing process planning capabilities, and improving both short- and long-term delivery performance.

Day to Day:

• Own and develop employee and plant safety culture in order to ensure OSHA and company policy compliance

• Develop and accurately forecast financial budgets and activities to fund operations, maximize investments and increase efficiency

• Lead production, material procurement, production planning, distribution, cost accounting, EHS, and customer service teams

• Direct and manage resources to implement tactical business plans and programs to see work through completion

• Develop and communicate the vision for the plant and implement strategy and objectives effectively

• Set clear and consistent expectations for performance, hold teams and individuals accountable and leverage resources available both at the plant and division levels to accomplish goals

• Ensure the team has necessary resources and removes barriers where appropriate

• Ensure operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by developing the maintenance department and vendor/contractors to coordinate preventive maintenance requirements

• Prioritize the necessary resources and create the tactical steps required to accomplish goals on time

• Identify talent correctly and develop a collaborative team of key contributors

• Show ownership of all aspects of plant staffing and drive retention

• Exhibit a strong work ethic and focus on Lean Manufacturing, Safety, Quality, Cost, Productivity and P&L management