Plant Manager

OLDCASTLE INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Wellness programs

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Oldcastle Infrastructure in Ogden, UT is seeking a Plant Manager to lead all on-site operations, drive safety culture, and optimize production efficiency. This role requires coordinating with sales, engineering, accounting and transportation to meet production, quality and delivery goals.

The successful candidate will champion Lean initiatives, coach leaders, manage inventory, and ensure compliance with environmental and safety standards while delivering strong customer service and cost control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, operations, engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of leadership in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience with precast/concrete or building materials is a plus.
• Proven track record of developing and maintaining a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Ensure employees and visitors comply with safety and environmental practices, lead by example to foster a safety-first culture.
• Lead production to meet output, quality, and on-time shipping targets; optimize scheduling to meet customer needs.
• Develop a focus on customer service and proactive communication across the team.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure drawings and designs are used correctly during manufacturing.
• Apply Lean tools (5S, Kaizen) to improve processes and expand capacity; drive root-cause analysis for quality.

Skills

Leadership

Industrial manufacturing

Lean manufacturing

Safety culture

Communication

Drawings interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, operations, or engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

AX

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 and safety process. We look to the Plant Manager to build a collaborative team 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 is an onsite position located in Ogden, UT

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
• Work with EHS, managers, and staff to continually have a safety-first culture
• Lead production to hit out-put production, product quality, on-time shipping, and scheduling to meet customer needs
• 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
• Experience building, maintaining and adjusting Lean systems to drive insight and continuous improvement
• Experience using systematic Lean frameworks (5S, Kaizen) and tools to improve processes and expand capacity (value stream mapping)
• Experience with quality management systems to drive root cause analysis and corrections
• Embrace teamwork across multiple departments to hit production output and increase financial goals
• Ability to set financial goals, develop a plan and execute the plan to exceed them
• 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
• Be able to have critical conversations with employees to help develop and coach them
• 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 in business, Operations, Engineering or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience working in a leadership role in an industrial manufacturing environment preferred
• 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, AX)
• 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.

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

EOE/Vet/Disability

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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