Plant Manager

This role will lead a new plant start up at our Belen site and have the opportunity to build the culture from the ground up. In this role, you will be the responsible for coordinating and executing on the ground plant start up activities. Upon start of production you and your team will also be responsible for streamlining/standardizing workflow and creating a collaborative team environment to increase productivity and develop a culture of safety, respect, and empowerment. Responsibilities for this role will also include identifying and driving continuous improvement efforts, optimizing inventory, increasing plant capacity, improving process planning capabilities, driving short- and long-term continuous improvement, and delivery performance.

The Plant Manager’s overall objective is to meet and exceed customer expectations, maintain compliance with quality guidelines, manufacturing codes, and regulatory requirements, ensure a safe and secure work environment for all employees, contractors, and visitors while reducing costs, increasing service levels and achieving operation manufacturing excellence. This position reports to the BU Director of Operations.

Location: Belen, New Mexico

What You'll Do:

• 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
• Lead the team and company at being an active and contributing partner in their communities
• Consistently and accurately achieve desired and promised results
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

What You'll Need:

• Minimum of 5 – 10 years’ experience managing overall operations in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience in an industrial steel manufacturing plant
• Experience with moderate to complex project management involving materials and manufacturing processes in a steel fabrication environment
• Has led moderate to complex 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
• Considerable knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and practices and able to communicate specific projects with sustainable results
• Excellent ability to communicate and interface with peers and customer representatives
• Microsoft Office suite experience and proficiency with Excel
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making abilities
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Flexibility to be available after hours, weekends and holidays as needed to support operations