Plant Manager

IMPACT Search and Placement, LLC; Ohio; Sur place; USD 125 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Full benefits package

Relocation assistance

Base salary + quarterly bonuses

Résumé du poste

Woodweb is seeking a hands-on Plant Manager for our Northern Ohio facility. You will lead daily plant operations, production planning, quality assurance, and safety, ensuring we meet customer requirements and production targets.

You will drive Lean initiatives, manage a diverse team across production, maintenance, and quality, and partner with purchasing and logistics to optimize materials and schedules. This role demands strong leadership and a proven track record in manufacturing leadership.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience supervising production personnel.
• Experience with manufacturing processes involving liquids, resins, solvents, and additives is preferred.
• Strong understanding of safety requirements and regulatory compliance (OSHA) is essential.
• Experience with production planning, inventory control, and maintenance.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive continuous improvement.

Responsabilités

• Lead daily plant operations to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
• Coordinate production activities based on demand, inventory, materials, capacity, and labor.
• Oversee batch manufacturing and ensure compliance with formulas, sheets, and quality standards.
• Monitor yields, batch times, material usage, labor efficiency, and equipment utilization.
• Establish KPIs and maintain accurate production records and batch documentation.
• Coordinate changeovers, cleaning procedures, and cross-contamination controls.
• Oversee raw materials handling, storage, and inventory accuracy.
• Lead safety, EHS, and regulatory compliance across the plant.
• Manage staffing, training, performance appraisals, and discipline.

Connaissances

Supervising production personnel

Manufacturing leadership

Root-cause analysis

OSHA safety knowledge

Production planning & inventory

Equipment maintenance knowledge

Description du poste

PLANT MANAGER

Pay: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00+ per year

Northern Ohio

• Base Salary + Quarterly Bonuses
• Full Benefits Package
• Relocation Assistance Available!

Key Responsibilities

1. Plant Operations & Production

• Manage daily plant operations to meet production schedules, customer requirements, and company objectives.
• Plan and coordinate production activities based on sales demand, inventory levels, raw-material availability, equipment capacity, and labor.
• Oversee batch manufacturing of board, fillers, primers, and UV coatings, and related products.
• Ensure production batches are manufactured according to approved formulas, batch sheets, work instructions, and quality standards.
• Monitor production yields, batch times, material usage, labor efficiency, and equipment utilization.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, downtime, waste, rework, and production losses.
• Establish appropriate production KPIs and communicate performance to management.
• Ensure accurate production records and batch documentation are maintained.
• Coordinate production changeovers and cleaning procedures to minimize downtime and prevent cross-contamination.

2. Raw Materials & Inventory

• Oversee receiving, storage, handling, staging, and use of raw materials and finished goods.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels for resins, pigments, solvents, additives, fillers, packaging, and other production materials.
• Work closely with Purchasing and Planning to ensure raw materials are available when needed.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies, material losses, and excessive usage.
• Establish proper procedures for handling hazardous and flammable materials.
• Ensure materials are properly labeled, stored, segregated, and rotated.
• Support cycle-counting and physical inventory programs.

3. Quality Control

• Work closely with Quality Control/Quality Assurance to ensure products meet established specifications.
• Ensure production personnel follow approved formulas and manufacturing procedures.
• Investigate batch deviations, off-specification products, customer complaints, and recurring quality issues.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions where necessary.
• Monitor first-pass yield, rework, scrap, and batch failures.
• Ensure proper retention samples and batch records are maintained.
• Promote a "quality at the source" culture throughout the plant.

4. Maintenance & Equipment

• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs.
• Establish preventive-maintenance schedules and ensure completion.
• Coordinate equipment repairs and outside contractors when required.
• Identify equipment reliability issues and develop plans to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Participate in capital equipment planning and facility improvement projects.
• Ensure equipment is operated safely and according to manufacturer requirements.

5. Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)

• Maintain a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, fire-code, hazardous-material, and environmental requirements.
• Ensure employees are properly trained in chemical handling, PPE, spill response, lockout/tagout, forklift operation, and other applicable safety procedures.
• Maintain SDS and chemical-management programs.
• Ensure proper handling and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
• Monitor flammable-liquid storage, ventilation, grounding/bonding, and ignition-source controls.
• Conduct regular safety inspections and address identified hazards promptly.
• Investigate accidents, near misses, spills, and safety incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain required permits, inspections, records, and regulatory documentation.

6. Personnel & Leadership

• Lead, supervise, and develop production, warehouse, maintenance, and other plant personnel.
• Establish clear expectations for productivity, quality, attendance, safety, and workplace conduct.
• Develop staffing plans and ensure appropriate coverage for production requirements.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, training, performance reviews, and disciplinary actions.
• Cross-train employees to improve flexibility and operational continuity.
• Develop supervisors and lead personnel to strengthen the plant's leadership structure.
• Promote teamwork and effective communication between Production, Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse, Purchasing, and Sales.

7. Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce costs, improve quality, and increase throughput.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing, 5S, root-cause analysis, standard work, and other continuous-improvement practices where appropriate.
• Track and reduce material waste, labor inefficiency, equipment downtime, and rework.
• Establish measurable improvement projects and report results to senior management.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and work instructions.

8. Shipping & Warehouse

• Oversee finished-goods staging, packaging, labeling, and shipping activities.
• Ensure orders are accurately picked, packaged, and shipped according to customer requirements.
• Maintain appropriate warehouse organization and inventory accuracy.
• Coordinate with Logistics and Customer Service to meet shipping requirements.
• Ensure proper transportation and labeling requirements are followed for regulated or hazardous materials.

9. Financial & Business Management

• Manage plant operating expenses within approved budgets.
• Monitor labor, overtime, raw-material usage, utilities, maintenance, waste, and other operating costs.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities without compromising safety or product quality.
• Participate in annual budgeting and capital expenditure planning.
• Provide management with regular reports on plant performance, production costs, capacity, and operational issues.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Production output vs. plan
• On-time production completion
• Batch cycle time
• Production yield
• First-pass quality
• Rework and scrap
• Material variance
• Labor efficiency
• Equipment downtime
• Preventive-maintenance completion
• Inventory accuracy
• Overtime
• Safety incidents and near misses
• Workers' compensation performance
• Customer complaints related to manufacturing
• Waste generation and disposal costs
• Cost per batch / cost per unit

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience supervising production personnel.
• Experience with manufacturing processes involving liquid raw materials, pigments, resins, solvents, additives, and other chemical materials.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment and batch-processing operations.
• Working knowledge of OSHA and chemical manufacturing safety requirements.
• Experience with production planning, inventory control, quality systems, and maintenance.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a hands‑on manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with flammable and combustible liquid manufacturing.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems.
• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience.
• OSHA/EHS training or certification.
• Experience managing capital projects and equipment installations.
• Experience with environmental permitting and hazardous-waste management.
• Experience with ISO or other formal quality-management systems.

Physical & Work Environment

This position requires regular presence on the manufacturing floor and the ability to work around manufacturing equipment, chemicals, noise, dust, odors, and temperature variations.

The employee may be required to:

• Wear appropriate PPE, including safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection, respirators, or protective clothing as required.
• Stand and walk throughout the facility for extended periods.
• Climb stairs and access production and storage areas.
• Lift or move materials within applicable safety limits.
• Work around mixers, pumps, tanks, forklifts, filling equipment, and other industrial machinery.
• Respond to production, quality, maintenance, or safety issues outside normal office hours when necessary.

Leadership Expectations

The Operations / Plant Manager is expected to lead by example and establish a plant culture based on:

Safety Quality Delivery Productivity Cost Continuous Improvement

90-Day Priorities

• Assess plant safety and regulatory compliance.
• Review production capacity and current production schedules.
• Evaluate staffing, organizational structure, and employee capabilities.
• Review raw-material and finished-goods inventory accuracy.
• Analyze production yields, batch times, downtime, waste, and rework.
• Evaluate preventive-maintenance practices and critical equipment.
• Review quality issues and customer complaints.
• Establish a daily/weekly plant-performance reporting system.
• Identify the highest-impact operational improvement opportunities.
• Develop a 6–12 month plant improvement plan with measurable objectives.