Production Manager

About This Role

This position supervises and manages all manufacturing operations, including production, shipping, and receiving, at the factory. The Production Manager is responsible for overseeing the plant's manufacturing processes, supporting the overall operations effort to foster a culture of functional and operational excellence, and delivering leading products to key markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead, participate, and contribute to all Health & Safety, Security, and Environmental activities (SAFE meetings, BBS observer, HS&E training, Near Miss & AIRI reporting, Auditing, Housekeeping, 5S, Recycling, Waste Management, etc.)
• Manage and supervise manufacturing operations and factory operators
• Manage the daily manufacturing activities to maximize safety, quality, and productivity
• Manage all activities associated with establishing production schedules and ensure that actual production meets scheduled requirements
• Assign daily tasks and activities to shift leaders
• Ensure that all safety and work practices are followed, and that risk and waste are minimized
• Ensure DOT Closure requirements are met
• Monitor and analyze all stages of all manufacturing processes to prevent or correct errors
• Evaluate employees' job performance and conduct job performance reviews
• Conduct coaching and discipline sessions with employees when appropriate
• Ensure all manufacturing employees receive relevant training to operate equipment, related to their assignments, in a safe manner
• Coordinate production operations with the requirements for finished products and the needs for materials and labor
• Optimize and streamline manufacturing processes, including the optimization of batch sizes
• Manage and coordinate the Rework Process of Finished Goods and Obsolete Raw Materials
• Ensure operating procedures are updated periodically
• Ensure housekeeping of plant and regulatory requirements are met
• Manage production of plant
• Support operations to create a culture of functional excellence, accountability, professionalism, and commitment to company values and standards
• Plan, lead, organize, and control the delivery of the operations contribution to site objectives and overall performance in terms of HSE&S, service and quality, costs, and personnel
• Establish processes to understand, look for, and respond effectively to hazards in safety, health, security, and environment, taking account of people, plant, community, and procedures
• Develop individual team members and build a team which collectively is capable of and fully involved in achieving the task
• Enforce personal performance standards within the team
• Contribute to the formulation of site objectives from an operations perspective as a member of the operations management team