Plant Manager

Job DescriptionJob Description

Headquartered in Atlanta, American Insulated Glass is a leading glass fabricator and wholesale distributor, specializing in providing high-quality insulated, laminated, tempered, fire-rated, and beveled glass products to glazing contractors and window manufacturers. Dedicated to serving both commercial and residential end markets, AIG also distributes a full line of float glass, mirror, and decoration glass solutions.

We are seeking to hire a full-time Plant Manager that will oversee all daily operations of the plant from production and manufacturing to ensuring policies and procedures are followed in the Ijamsville, Maryland area.

Pay:

• Will depend on experience and skillset

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic leadership, vision and sets clarity of direction for the plant.
• Establishes performance metrics, standards, and measurements for direct reports and the operation as a whole and delivers timely, objective, and actionable feedback on performance to plan.
• Acts as a coach, mentor, and role model for his or her direct reports and the facility, maintaining the highest corporate governance principles.
• Manages disciplinary issues including corrective actions as needed.
• The Plant Manager is responsible for leading the plant team and setting the standard for the AIG culture.
• This position has direct supervisory responsibility for the production team, quality, EHS, and various operational support roles at the plant.

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Key responsibilities & duties:

• Assigns responsibilities for tasks and results, setting clear goals and objectives.
• On-going report-outs to Executive Team on established results and progress.
• Manages operation to achieve/exceed agreed-upon growth, revenue, and operating income objectives.
• Implements and maintains visual management standards identifying and reporting problems and issues for resolution.
• Champions a continuous improvement culture infusing Lean methodology and knowledge, and supporting continued cost reductions, waste reductions, process automation, quality improvements, and on-time delivery.
• Ensures that products are delivered on time to customers and that products meet all customer expectations regarding quality and performance.
• Works proactively with and effectively engages functional counterparts to ensure overall organizational success.
• Develops talent across the facility, enhancing bench and operational leadership pipeline.
• Supports the creation of safety goals for the site and appropriate activity-based goals for the leadership team, functional managers, and front-line supervisors to drive a safety culture, compliance, and results.
• Unwavering commitment to driving an open reporting environment with a focus on EHS and Quality compliance.
• Collaboratively works with the Executive Leadership Team to establish a future state road map that will be used for capital, labor, and facility requirements.
• Manages operation to achieve/exceed agreed-upon growth, revenue, and operating income objectives.
• Implements and maintains visual management standards identifying and reporting problems and issues for resolution.
• Champions a continuous improvement culture infusing Lean methodology and knowledge, and supporting continued cost reductions, waste reductions, process automation, quality improvements, and on-time delivery.
• Ensures that products are delivered on time to customers and that products meet all customer expectations regarding quality and performance.

Required Skills/ Abilities:

• Must have experience in managing insulated glass operation, heavy glass fabrication, and glass tempering.
• Must have experience directly with customer communications and support
• Ability to maintain KPI requirements for the plant process.
• Ability to develop a culture of safety, productivity, and inclusiveness
• Ability to develop strategies to increase productivity and production
• Ability to analyze production metrics and data to determine areas of improvement
• Ability to develop strategies to improve the overall customer experience.
• Ability to hire and maintain a strong team.
• Ability to be the liaison between sales, planning, and production

Education & Experience:

• Must have 5-7 years of direct management experience in glass manufacturing or a similar setting.
• Bachelors in engineering, operations management or related technical discipline (preferred but not required).
• Must have an Associate Degree relevant to job (required)

Physical Requirements:

• Able to lift 50lbs, stand for prolonged periods of time, work indoors and outdoors.
• Must be willing to work multi-shift 24/5 with leadership experience.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)
• Associate's (Required)

Experience:

• Manufacturing: 5 years (Required)
• Management: 5 years (Required)

Company DescriptionAmerican Insulated Glass is a privately owned wholesale glass company with locations in Conley, Georgia, Pensacola, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, Knoxville, Tennessee and Birmingham, and Alabama. Our facilities are equipped with edging, beveling, tempering, and insulated glass lines for residential and commercial markets. Please visit www.aiglass.com for additional information about our company.

We are an equal opportunity employer and utilize e-Verify to confirm employment eligibility. All job offers are contingent upon satisfactory results from a background check and mandatory pre-employment drug screen.Company DescriptionAmerican Insulated Glass is a privately owned wholesale glass company with locations in Conley, Georgia, Pensacola, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, Knoxville, Tennessee and Birmingham, and Alabama. Our facilities are equipped with edging, beveling, tempering, and insulated glass lines for residential and commercial markets. Please visit www.aiglass.com for additional information about our company.\r
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We are an equal opportunity employer and utilize e-Verify to confirm employment eligibility. All job offers are contingent upon satisfactory results from a background check and mandatory pre-employment drug screen.

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