Plant Manager - Waite Park, United States - CWMF Corporation

    CWMF Corporation
    CWMF Corporation Waite Park, United States

    1 month ago

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    Description

    Looking for an Opportunity to use your professional talent? CWMF is a local, 2nd generation family-owned company with expansive growth in the past 5 years that is quickly becoming the hottest place to work in central Minnesota.

    CWMF prides itself on having one of the best benefit packages in the area for all team members. One of them is having Every Other Friday off for everyone because a work-life balance is important

    As our Plant Manager, youll have the opportunity to show off your skills in developing and implementing crucial initiatives to support our growth. We just completed a 40,000 sq ft production building expansion, including a state-of-the-art blasting booth

    We look forward to introducing you to CWMF

    Overview

    The Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing all operations of the Production department with overall responsibilities for Scheduling, Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Quality. This position reports to the Director of Operations and will serve on the CWMF Management Team.

    Essential Duties and Responsibilities

    • Directly supervise 5 employees and indirectly manage 35 employees.
    • Responsible for Scheduling, Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Quality functions.
    • Develop capacity plans in alignment with Sales, Engineering, and Supply Chain departments.
    • Responsible for the master production schedule and ensuring on time shipments.
    • Ensure safety is a top priority and champion a safety-first culture.
    • Ensure the company has the right short-term and long-term staffing to meet planned growth plans.
    • Recommend or apply measures to motivate employees and improve work methods.
    • Ensure that adequate training programs are established and provided to personnel at all levels within the Production department, as necessary.
    • Establish and monitor key performance indicators to monitor department efficiencies.
    • Collect and analyze data to find places of waste and implement continuous improvement measures to minimize that waste.
    • Maintain a roadmap for the companies short-term and long-term equipment needs.
    • Monitor performance of plant equipment and prepare capital equipment requests when necessary.
    • Oversee the companys maintenance/facility program.
    • Responsible for the company quality initiative.
    • Develop and monitor standard operational and working practices to ensure the highest level of consistency and quality are met.
    • Monitor company property and ensure security measures are being implemented and followed.
    • Actively participate in Management Team meetings.
    • Performs all other duties as needed.

    Education and Experience Qualifications

    • Bachelors degree preferred.
    • 7+ years experience in manufacturing operations
    • 5+ years' supervisory experience

    Required Job Skills

    • Strong organizational and leadership skills
    • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
    • Effective communication and negotiation skills
    • Safety first mindset
    • Strong business acumen
    • Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset, motivational abilities, and the ability to find and retain talented employees.

    Judgement and Decision Making

    • Demonstrates good judgment and reasoning when investigating and solving problems.
    • Demonstrates good judgment in respecting the confidentiality of company information.
    • Seeks minimal guidance and direction in the performance of responsibilities and duties.

    Relationships with Others

    • Works well with the other members of the management team.
    • Demonstrates the ability to work in a team environment.
    • Promotes a high degree of morale and spirit of motivation within the company and its departments. This includes the degree of cooperation, communication and coordination between department managers and coworkers.
    • Demonstrates ability to tactfully handle difficult situations.

    Planning and Time Utilization

    • Consistently recognizes and deals with priorities.
    • Demonstrates an ability to multi-task under various environments.
    • Demonstrates the ability to delegate responsibility.

    Initiative

    • Performs most duties in an independent manner with minimal direction and supervision.
    • Recognizes and performs duties which need to be performed although not directly assigned.