Plant Manager

Summary:

The Plant Manager for our Davie Plant is responsible for coordinating the overall production of quality ready mix concrete in the most safe, efficient
and cost-effective manner possible. This includes supervising all employees involved in the production and delivering of the
product at a specific plant location.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Plant Duties:
• Coordinates the opening and closing of plant facilities according to established company procedures and guidelines
• Orders enough raw materials to meet anticipated demands
• Maintains proper inventory control procedures over materials to minimize shrinkage and waste
• Performs required tests on materials to ensure compliance with stated specifications
• Operates batch console to make ready mix concrete according to customer specifications
• Dispatches equipment to customer job sites efficiently and cost effectively
• Ensures plant equipment, building and grounds are kept neat, clean and in good repair
• Ensures all concrete mixer trucks are kept clean and free of concrete build-up throughout the truck
• Ensures the efficient and safe use of personnel to complete all required tasks
• Operates equipment on the plant site as needed
• Performs routine maintenance and minor repairs to plant equipment
• Completes administrative tasks timely and accurately to include cash sales report, delivery tickets, raw material receipts
and other reports as needed/requested
• Responsible for correctly batching all concrete and ensuring that all raw material moistures are within the daily
specification cookouts

Interpersonal Responsibilities:
• Maintains communication with drivers and customers to ensure effective utilization of assets and efficient customer
service
• Coordinates the prompt investigation of all on-the-job vehicle accidents and personal injuries that are observed, reported
or which s/he is made aware and completes any necessary follow-up to prevent recurrence
• Informs dispatch on a timely basis of any plant activity, issues or concerns that might impact customer service
• Communicates with support departments (fleet/plant maintenance, technical services, human resources, etc.) on a timely
basis to identify and resolve questions and/or issues
• Ensures company compliance with all company, local, state, and federal environmental policies, procedures and
regulations
• Supervises all plant production employees to include administering all applicable company policies and procedures to
include managing employee work hours in the most cost-effective manner
• Conducts monthly safety meeting with all employees
• Coordinates the training of all production new hires at the site
• Monitors and records daily attendance of all production employees at the site
• Interviews and selects new production employees for open positions

Global Responsibilities:
• Regular attendance and physical presence at work is an essential function of this position
• This job may require additional duties not listed above and the employee may be asked to perform those duties to meet
business needs

Qualifications:

Education/Specialized Knowledge/Professional Certifications:
• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Valid Driver’s License required
• Ability to pass company physical required
• Knowledge of operation of a ready-mix/batch plant
• Ready-mix dispatch systems knowledge

Experience:
• Minimum 2 years of experience in concrete production required
• Managerial experience required

Skills/Abilities:
• Effective communication skills, oral, and written
• Proficiency with simple math calculations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (especially
percentages), as well as measurements
• Handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Plan, organize, and prioritize tasks
• Work independently with minimal supervision

Working Conditions:

• Operation within a fast-paced environment
• Exposed to moving mechanical parts, vehicles, heavy construction equipment, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside
weather conditions
• Noise level is usually moderate, but can be high and requires personal hearing protection on occasion at job sites, plants,
and laboratories
• Must be able to work through stressful situations while maintaining professionalism and composure
• Local travel required

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with
hands and arms
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Must be able to stand and move about job sites with uneven and unpaved ground while managing concrete delivery
onsite
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception and ability to adjust focus
• Must be able to frequently bend in order to obtain samples from stockpiles or ground, climb ladders with buckets of
admixtures, and push wheelbarrows of concrete
• Must be able to operate buttons, levers, and other controls located on various equipment
• Must be able to work long and flexible hours as necessary
• Must be able to maneuver in and around our plants, yards, and jobsites as necessary
• Lift/Carry up to 55 pounds frequently
• Lift up to 100 pounds occasionally

Direct Reports:

• Plant Operators

Ozinga is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applications for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed,

gender, veteran status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other legally

protected status.