Plant Manager

CRH plc; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Wellness program

Career growth

Job summary

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH company, seeks a Plant Manager in Ogden, UT. This onsite role leads safety, production, and continuous improvement across operations, sales, engineering, accounting, and transportation.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years in industrial manufacturing leadership, with Lean and quality system experience. You will coach teams, optimize cost, and ensure on-time delivery for customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, or engineering.
• 8+ years in a leadership role in industrial manufacturing.
• Experience with precast/concrete or building materials is a plus.
• Proven track record in continuous improvement mindset.
• Willingness to work in a production/plant environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety-first culture and compliance on site.
• Drive production output, quality, and on-time shipping.
• Collaborate with engineering, sales, and transportation.
• Develop Lean initiatives to improve efficiency.
• Set and execute financial goals for the plant.
• Hire, train, and retain operations staff.
• Maintain a clean, tour-ready workplace.
• Coach supervisors and lead daily/weekly meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Safety culture

Production planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, Operations, Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

AX

Job description

Job ID: 530007

Exempt

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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