Plant Manager

at OLDCASTLE INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. in; Newnan (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Medical / dental / disability benefits

Retirement savings plan

Wellness programs

Inclusive culture and growth

Job summary

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH company, is seeking a Plant Manager to lead on-site production, safety, and continuous improvement at the Newnan, GA facility. The role drives collaboration across operations, sales, engineering, accounting, and transportation to optimize safety, efficiency, and customer service.

The Plant Manager will oversee scheduling, equipment use, and staff development, ensuring drawings and designs are correctly applied and that material procurement supports smooth

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required or preferred.
• 6+ years in a leadership role in industrial manufacturing.
• Experience with precast/concrete or building materials is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and environmental practices on site and lead by example.
• Lead production scheduling to meet customer needs and on-time delivery.
• Develop a focus on customer service and proactive communication across the team.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure proper drawings are used during the manufacturing process.
• Hire, supervise, orient, train and retain operations staff.
• Promote a clean workplace that is tour-ready at all times.
• Read drawings, plan production tasks from those drawings, and coach employees to produce correctly.
• Operate or coach use of plant floor tools as needed to be a better coach and troubleshooter.
• Lead meetings and inventory counts; drive safety best practices in leadership meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the General Manager.

Skills

Leadership

Production scheduling

Safety culture

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

Job description

Oldcastle, a CRH company, is reinventing what's possible in building solutions. We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers, and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products. Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.

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Job Summary

The Plant Manager is the senior leader on site and is responsible for everything that goes on inside the fence-line and is the driver of the production process. We look to the Plant Manager to build a collaborative environment between operations, sales, engineering, accounting, and transportation. This dynamic leader will be pushing continuous improvement in workplace safety, production efficiency, product cost, and customer service.

Job Location

• This role will be on site at our facility in Newnan, GA.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure the plant employees and guests on site comply with safety and environmental practices - lead by example and build a safety first culture
• Lead production scheduling to meet customer needs including timely delivery
• Develop a keen focus on customer service and proactive communication across the team
• Partner with the engineering team to ensure proper drawings and designs are being used during the manufacturing process
• Purchase material/services to successfully operate the facility
• Successfully hire, supervise, orient, train and retain operations/product staff
• Promote and maintain a clean workplace that is "tour-ready" at all times
• Ability to read drawings, plan production tasks from those drawings, and coach employees to produce product correctly
• Ability to operate some of the standard tools on the plant floor such as overhead cranes, hand tools, batch plant, etc. While the Plant Manager will not be asked to operate these things continuously, having some of these skills will make him/her a better coach and troubleshooter
• Be a leader and coach leadership. Motivate crews during morning huddles. Lead effective Mid-Day meetings. Coach Leads on how to set expectations on a whiteboard and have them followed. Lead inventory counts. Promote safety best practices in meetings with other Plant Managers
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the General Manager as deemed appropriate and necessary by them

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree is preferred or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience working in a leadership role in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience with precast/concrete or building materials is a plus
• Proven track record of developing, leading and maintaining a continuous improvement mindset at the plant
• Ability to work on your feet for the majority of the day in a production/plant environment subject to areas that are unheated and/or non-air conditioned
• Ability to work with computer as necessary (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP)
• Ability to lead and direct other individuals and work with other group leaders

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

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CRH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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