Production Manager - Shoemakersville, United States - Glen-Gery

Description

Glen-Gery is currently searching for a driven and detail oriented Production Manager to join the team at our Mid-Atlantic manufacturing facility in Shoemakersville, PA.

As the Production Manager you will be responsible for overseeing the brick manufacturing operations as well as ensuring the implementation of Plant Daily Fundamentals such as Safety, Quality, Productivity, Housekeeping and Preventative Maintenance.

Coordinates with:

Plant Manager, Distribution Manager, plant office staff, corporate managers and outside vendorsDuties and Responsibilities:The primary responsibility of this position is to assist the Plant Manager with overseeing the operations of brick manufacturing and the production processes.

Key duties include ensuring the implementation of Plant Daily Fundamentals:
Safety, Quality, Productivity, Housekeeping and Preventive Maintenance as well as implementation of the

Business Daily Fundamentals:
developing people, building a strong team, satisfying customers, communicating, knowing and controlling costs, and growing the business.

Coordinate with Plant Manager and supervision team to develop a safety conscious climate and culture for all personnel by ensuring safe operations, following all safety policies and procedures and encouraging good housekeeping.

Maintain compliance with OSHA, MSHA, EPA and DEP and other relevant regulatory agencies.

Conduct safety meetings such as tool box talks and any daily departmental meetings which are required for the continual operation of the departmentSupervise teams working throughout the plant processes including raw material processing, manufacturing, quality control, packaging, shipping/inventory and maintenance.

Must be able to work under pressure due to emergency situations and unscheduled downtimeParticipate in new product development and provide input to distribution and sales force regarding production capabilities and schedulingContinually monitor and improve quality and productivity by measuring performance to standard and inspecting product daily.

Review production performance reports with supervisory staff and identify variances from plant budget, instituting corrective action as requiredDevelop plans for plant preventive maintenance, capital expenditure projects and plant improvements in conjunction with plant management and corporate engineering.

Ensure safe and effective implementation of these initiativesResponsible for recruitment and scheduling of hourly production employees, performance management and handling of any employment related issues in an organized labor environmentKnowledge, Skills and AbilitiesGood leadership skills including oral/written communication, interpersonal and organizational skillsGood analytical and problem solving skills with a desire to develop and work in a team environmentBasic computer skillsQualifications:

College degree required, preferably in Engineering5+ years of supervisory experience within an industrial manufacturing environmentBuilding products industry experience preferredThis job description is not intended to be all inclusive and as such, the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required.

Equal Opportunity Employer