Plant Manager

UFP Industries, Inc.; Stafford (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Health savings account with company

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Stock purchase program with employee %

Educational reimbursement

Wellness programs and challenges

Job summary

Quest Design & Millwork in Stafford, TX is seeking a Plant Manager to lead plant operations, drive production schedules, ensure safety, and optimize quality and efficiency. You will oversee a management team, coordinate across shifts, and align with company goals and budgets.

The role emphasizes asset protection, performance coaching, and coordinating maintenance, inventory, and QA initiatives to meet production targets.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of work experience as a production manager or equivalent is required.
• Preferred experience and knowledge of UFP’s organization, culture, and product lines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook, Epicor.
• Forklift operator certification is required.
• Working knowledge of shipping truck capacities.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that plant assets are properly managed and safeguarded.
• Staffs, develops, and coaches the production management team and evaluates performance.
• Develops and approves production and shipping schedules and coordinates between shifts.
• Oversees quality standards and implements quality improvement initiatives.
• Monitors production levels, yield, scrap, and inventory to meet goals.
• Manages maintenance activities and safety compliance.
• Prepares reports and supports budget and expense tracking.

Skills

Forklift certification

Shipping knowledge

Leadership

Microsoft Office

Tools

Epicor

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Quest Design & Millwork is a Stafford, Texas–based company specializing in turnkey environmental design for the homebuilding, multi-family, and development industries. They design, fabricate, and install sales centers, design centers, welcome centers, and other branded retail environments from small 250 sq ft color rooms to large 15,000 sq ft design centers. We're currently looking for a Plant Manager to join the team in Stafford, TX. The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall management and coordination of plant operations consistent with cost, profit, quality, and productivity objectives. Works under the general direction of the Operations Manager.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures that all plant assets are properly managed and safeguarded.
• Staffs, develops, and coaches the production management team, evaluates performance, and initiates corrective action as required.
• Develops and/or approves the master production schedule and shipping schedule as well as coordinating production activities between shifts and other functions.
• Assists in developing capital expenditure recommendations.
• Establishes quality standards for operations and initiates and manages quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures the plant is properly staffed to meet production levels and goals.
• Monitors plant output, cuts/yields and scrap to ensure efficient resource utilization and initiates corrective action as required.
• Ensures appropriate production data is entered into the system.
• Establishes the use of raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods and coordinates inventory requirements with management consistent with inventory levels/turnover goals and coordinates month-end inventories.
• Responsible for ensuring the yard meets Company conditions and is laid out for efficient operations.
• Analyzes production operations and initiates corrective actions to ensure efficient product flow.
• Monitors expenses, reviews P&L and other financial and business documents to compare to budget and initiates corrective action as required.
• Manages activities of the Maintenance Department.
• Ensures the plant complies with HR Company policies and procedures and Federal, State and local laws, rules and regulations.
• Participates as an active member of the plant Safety Committee and ensures that plant operations are consistent with Company and OSHA policies, practices, and procedures.
• Prepares various reports as required.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of work experience as a production manager or equivalent is required.
• Preferred experience and knowledge of UFP’s organization, culture, and product lines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook, Epicor.
• Forklift operator certification is required.
• Working knowledge of shipping truck capacities.

Bonus/Incentive Pay

Annual performance bonus opportunity based on Company and specific business unit ROI and PBOP achievement criteria and individual job responsibility and performance.

Benefits currently offered to our employees:

• Medical insurance
• Health savings account with company contribution
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Basic and voluntary life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Stock purchase program with employee discount
• Educational reimbursement
• Wellness programs and challenges
• Other supplemental benefits

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Wondering what the companies of UFP Industries are all about? We're successful. We've been around for more than 65 years, and we've been profitable every year since our founding. We work hard, and we know how to set and beat records. We're competitive. Our line of work is demanding, but you'll get back what you put in and have fun doing it. We're family. We care for each other and want to see each other succeed. We enjoy watching each other build great careers and take advantage of the many opportunities we have to advance. And that makes UFP Industries a great place to be. We work hard and smart. We learn and grow from each other, from experience, from trial and error, from success. We collaborate to maintain our competitive edge. And we do it all on a global scale.