Plant Manager for a Ready Mix Plant in Garden City, KS

Concrete Industries, a division of Dodge City Concrete, is seeking a skilled and motivated Plant Manager to lead operations at our Garden City, KS location. We are a proud supplier of ready-mix concrete, precast items, and concrete accessories and have served Kansas for nearly 70 years. We take pride in providing high-quality concrete that is as dependable and long-lasting as the service and follow up we provide. We offer a competitive salary and benefit package such as medical, dental, and vision insurance, company paid life insurance, 401k with a company match, paid vacation and holidays, employee assistance program, and an educational assistance program.

The ideal candidate for our Plant Manager position will have proven experience in plant management, strong leadership skills, and knowledge of ready-mix operations. Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations, ensuring safety, quality, and efficient production. See the job description for more details of the position. The salary range for this position is $75k - $105k depending on qualifications.

Job Summary

The Plant Manager is tasked with directing and managing daily plant operations with responsibilities for safety, production, storage, maintenance, quality and other related activities. This position ensures compliance with all standards, policies, procedures and regulations for safe, environmentally-sound practices for the facilities. The Plant manager develops processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality and productivity.

Job Requirements

• A combination of education and experience to perform the duties as required.
• Proven managerial experience.
• Knowledge of the ready-mix operation and equipment with the ability to oversee operations in absence of the General Manager
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example.
• Strong team building, decision making and people management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, plus a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Minimum Qualifications

• A combination of education and experience to perform the duties as required.
• Proven managerial experience.
• Knowledge of the ready-mix operation and equipment with the ability to oversee operations in absence of the General Manager
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example.
• Strong team building, decision making and people management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, plus a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Responsible for the day-to-day plant operations and personnel assigned.
• Schedule and batch concrete deliveries with a focus on customer service and product quality.
• Order and maintain material used for production.
• Maintain a professional and friendly relationship with customers, vendors and the public.
• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customer's expectations.
• Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
• Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time delivery and shipping.
• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions.
• Manages and reviews projects pertaining to plants, market and employees.
• Must possess the ability to understand and follow operating instructions, policies and procedures.
• Commit to plant safety procedures. Oversee that work is done safely and productively.
• Address employee issues and report personnel matters to the General Manager.
• Stay up to date on the latest plant operations and plant management best practices and concepts.
• Must be interested in and willing to be cross trained on all functions at the facilities.
• Must have physical strength to perform the required duties of the position.
• Ability to concentrate on tasks and projects.
• Ability to understand and communicate with management and co-workers in order to carry out the duties and tasks assigned. (Communication Proficiency)
• Ability to speak English. (Customer/Client Focus)
• Supervises materials handling and storage.
• Clearly demonstrated leadership characteristics, planning and scheduling skills necessary to successfully manage plant operations.
• Effective and proactively administer the safety program to ensure compliance with rules and regulations, including but not limited to root cause analysis, develop and share best practices, training employees to identify and address potential hazards.
• Manage any direct reports under the guidelines of policies and procedures.
• Instill a culture of continuous improvement.
• Inventory accounting accuracy and graduation analysis are expected on a continuing basis.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational, manufacturing, maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
• Establish key inventories items needed for all MRO (Maintenance, repair and operation) items for the plants.
• Effectively interact with governmental, regulatory agencies, customers, vendors, management, and neighbors as required.
• Must be able to comprehend and follow policies and procedures in order to complete the required duties.
• Must be able to read write and comprehend English in order to perform the essential duties of this position.
• Basic math and computer skills are essential.
• Check conditions and weights of vehicles to ensure cleanliness and compliance with procedures.
• Monitor product movement to and from storage to ensure constant product flow as needed.
• Perform general warehouse or company activities such as opening containers, filing orders or paperwork as needed, assist in taking inventory.
• Must be able to interact with other co-workers, customers, visitors, and customer needs.
• Must be open to working weekends, after-hours duty work is very possible if required by the General Manager.
• Ensures that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed.
• Brings problems to the attention of the General Manager.
• Teamwork with ability to operate on own initiative.
• Highly disciplined to follow through with assignments and tasks.
• Adheres to safety requirements and procedures and wearing of required safety equipment and clothing.
• Operate Company vehicles and equipment.
• Perform various other tasks, activities, duties or responsibilities required of this employee for this job.
• Duties may change at any time with or without notice.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Employee must be able to function in an office environment as well as the company's industrial environment, including the environmental conditions described below and the physical demands of working/auditing at the plant level (standing, walking, sitting, stooping, kneeling, climbing, crouching or crawling), lift heavy objects and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse conditions.
• Will be required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, hear.
• Occasional use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) including respirator.
• Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point.
• Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
• Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)
• Will be exposed to plant environmental conditions which include:
• Wet or humid conditions.
• Working near moving mechanical parts.
• Working at height, sometimes in precarious places.
• Fumes or airborne particles.
• Toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Outdoor weather conditions.
• Extreme cold and extreme heat.
• Industrial risks including noise, dust, electrical and machine risks, large equipment and vehicles, and occasional work in enclosed spaces.
• The employee will be required to push, lift, pull, or carry objects; use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide physical support to operations as needed. (Refer to physical assessment for this position)
• Good manual dexterity (hand with arm, two hands and multi-limb coordination)
• Excellent stamina.
• Other duties may be assigned.