Assistant Plant Manager

ZipRecruiter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the manufacturing sector is seeking an Assistant Plant Manager to oversee production operations. This role involves ensuring quality control, directing activities to meet production goals, and managing personnel effectively. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree and significant experience in a supervisory role. The position offers an opportunity to enhance operations while assuring compliance with safety standards and quality protocols.

Qualifications

• Ability to solve practical problems and interpret various instructions.
• Experience supervising and directing personnel effectively.
• Open and direct communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production operations ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Manage production functions and improve efficiency.
• Lead problem-solving and troubleshooting activities for production.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-Solving

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (B.S./B.A.)

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

The Assistant Plant Manager will be responsible for directing and coordinating plant operations, responsible for product quality control and ensuring production process meet standards. The purpose of this role is to plan, assisting the Plant Manager in planning, directing, and coordinating all production activities within the plant. Ensuring production processes adhere to established quality standards and meet production deadlines. Additional responsibility for developing processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality, and productivity.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The position reports directly to the Director of Plant Manager and provides supervision to Production Supervisors, Leads, Maintenance, Sanitation, and oversight of all production employees. Works with the Quality Team on all food safety protocols, food safety, and compliance issues.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job, an individual must be able to perform and coordinate the workflow for the following:

• Stimulate maximum efficiency and productivity of both supervisors and production workers

• Oversee production operations areas, including production plant and maintenance. Work with the leadership

  team on projects, activities, and issues that address production methods and personnel to ensure strategic

  priorities are successfully addressed. Ensure proper execution of all Production SOPs

• Report any food safety and quality issues/problems to personnel with authority to initiate action

• Confers with Plant Manager in establishment of shift standards and working schedules for all departments

  connected with production

• Resolves production-related problems. Oversees workplace safety and health regulations working closely with

  the Safety team. The assistant manufacturing manager looks at ways to improve production efficiency.

• Manages production functions for plant, which includes reviewing production orders and/or schedules to ensure

  that production requirements are optimal, and are completed according to established production schedules

• Monitor and oversee the daily/routine activities for the Production workforce on the floor. Lead activities and programs to prevent accidents and injuries, equipment and facility damage, and disasters

• Lead problem-solving and troubleshooting activities for Processing

• Lead the continuous process improvement initiatives. Be alert cost-effective, and efficient ways of running the

  processing operation

• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations

• Increase production, assets capacity, and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current

  quality standards

• Be responsible for production output, product quality, and on-time shipping

• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results

• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic, planning, and resource

  allocation

• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions

• Build a trusting relationship with workforce; manage and develop plant staff

• Collect and analyze data to find redundancy, waste, and overtime issues

• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics, and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets

• Address employees’ issues or concerns

• Stay current with the latest production management best practices and concepts

• Must adhere to safety procedures and operations

• Must be able to troubleshoot production issues and write Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Must be able to keep up with production schedule

• Develop work plans for emergency repair of critical assets

• Collaborate effectively with Human Resources to ensure recruiting and staffing needs are met. Oversee job

  changes and promotions for internal candidates

• Perform quality checks or equipment

• Actively participate and implement the root cause assessment during daily incident report investigations,

  deviations of procedure, customer complaints, or any other noncompliance to finished goods, specification of

  raw material, or others.

• Deep knowledge of industry and processes

  QUALIFICATIONS

  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Ability to solve practical problems and to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

  EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  Bachelor's degree (B.S./B. A.) from a four-year College or University; or five to seven years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education

• Ability and experience in successfully supervising and directing people and their work. Lead by example, jumping in when necessary to keep the operation moving. Ability to motivate and lead employees

• Ability and willingness to communicate routine and urgent processing issues and needs to Leadership. Escalate issues as appropriate and in a timely fashion to ensure information is shared effectively

• Ability to work successfully with all levels of employees and internal groups/teams, while providing leadership and coaching as appropriate and necessary. Ability to work with outside vendors and suppliers

• Collaborative: ability to influence people in all roles, and levels in the organization

• Strong leadership, management, operational and analytical skills

• Ability to think and act strategically with the capacity for growth in strategic thinking ability

• Strong problem-solving skills, proven project management and continuous improvement experience, and

  coordination of multiple projects simultaneously

• Open and direct communicator; excellent verbal and written communication skills

• self- motivation, independent work habits

• Strong computer skills

  SKILLS

  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports. Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees.

• PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is required to regularly bend, twist, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear.

  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distant, and vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Dexterity in eye/hand coordination, feet (foot pedals) manual (picking, pinching, holding, grasping), and wrist motion (repetitive flexion/rotation). Working conditions may include small spaces, dust, fumes/odors, hot/cold temperatures, inside/outside noise, vibration, standing on concrete for long hours and wet or uneven surfaces.

  WORK ENVIRONMENT

  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or cold conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

  1. Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively
  2. Walks and stands continuously throughout the day
  3. Use your hands and fingers to operate the keyboard or machinery 4. Work at temperatures of 38-45 degrees
  5. Wet and sometimes slippery ground conditions
  6. Squat, squat, push, pull, and grab from time to time
  7. Ability to read and write in English () attention to detail 8. Able to follow commands

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