Plant Manager

Modine Manufacturing Co.; Consett; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in thermal management solutions is seeking a Plant Manager for its Consett facility. The role involves overseeing financial performance, ensuring safety, and aligning operational capacity with customer demand. Candidates should have extensive experience in manufacturing and management, along with strong communication skills. This position offers an opportunity to lead a dedicated team and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years in manufacturing, with 5 years in management.
• Strong communication and financial management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial performance and operational plans.
• Ensure a safe working environment and compliance.
• Develop short and long-term business plans.

Skills

Communication

Financial Management

Continuous Improvement

Education

7-10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment

5 years in a direct management position

Job description

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At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World. Building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, we provide trusted systems and solutions that improve air quality and conserve natural resources. Our Airedale by Modine brand is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative thermal management solutions for data centers, clean rooms, hospitals, universities, and other mission-critical environments.

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Trusted as The Critical Cooling Specialists, Airedale by Modine has decades of experience providing efficient, flexible end-to-end cooling solutions that work smarter, not harder, to deliver more cooling for less power. With manufacturing facilities in Canada, Spain, the UK, and the U.S., we’re scaling up across the world to support an ever-growing demand for our solutions. That’s where you come in….

Position Description

A new opportunity exists for a Plant Manager to lead the Airedale by Modine Consett Plant. This role is responsible for achieving contribution to the corporate goals and objectives, adherence to corporate policies, providing a safe work environment, and meeting customer requirements efficiently. Additional responsibilities include creation and delivery of capacity, capital, and financial plans, creating an environment of continuous improvement, development of employee skills, succession planning, and communication of organisation direction and alignment of the workforce to the goals of the Consett Plant and wider business unit

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the financial performance of the facility through the execution of the operational plan
• Ensure a safe working environment for all employees (site custodian). Minimise the impact of operations to the Environment and comply with all external and internal Environmental requirements.
• Development of short and long term operating and business plans that align and contribute to Company goals and objectives. Accurate planning, forecasting, analysis of variances, and implementation of corrective actions to achieve planned results.
• Management of a Plant Staff to align responsibilities and expectations to Company goals.
• Mentoring the Plant Staff in the use of the 80/20 methodology and ensuring the continued development of 80/20 practice throughout the organisation and facility.
• Manage the quality output of the manufacturing and business processes with the ability to meet targets or modify activity and behaviour if off target.
• Assess performance and behaviour through regular utilisation of Success Factors, and address required changes to meet performance targets.
• Communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation including written, verbal, and presentation techniques.
• Take a data driven (KPI style) approach to understanding the contribution of each department within the plant. This is not limited to but must include H&S, Quality, labour efficiency, output and OTIF delivery.
• Take a structured and strategic approach to capacity planning to align operational capacity with customer demand.

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Required Education & Qualifications

• 7-10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5 years in a direct management position with multiple direct reports.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Good working knowledge of financial management.
• History of continuous improvement responsibility with measurable results.
• Desire and ability to be a self-directed manager working within the corporate reporting and organisational structure.

Travel

• Intermittent travel required to meet with customers, suppliers, other facilities, and Regional and Corporate meetings