Plant Manager

Pyp; Wayland (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading plant operations company in Wayland, Massachusetts, is seeking a skilled Operations Manager. The role involves overseeing all phases of plant operations, ensuring efficiency in production, quality control, and customer service. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of supervisory experience, excellent leadership skills, and proficiency in managing budgets and performance outcomes. This position may require occasional travel and lifting up to 75 pounds, with an emphasis on maintaining a safe and efficient work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of managerial/supervisory experience in production, operations, or distribution.
• Ability to efficiently manage budgets and financial projections.
• Experience in quality control processes and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all departments related to plant operations and ensure efficiency.
• Develop and maintain customer relationships to enhance service retention.
• Manage key performance indicators related to productivity and profit margins.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Budget management

Quality control

Analytical skills

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Description

Summary: Responsible for general supervision of all phases of plant operations including production, quality control, high quality customer service, maintenance, receiving, and shipping. To assure that the plant is run in a safe, efficient, and proper manner. Manages subordinate staff in the day‑to‑day performance of their jobs.

Essential Job Duties

• Oversee all departments for the specific facility pertaining to production, administration, distribution, and safety.
• Develop relationships with and provide service to existing customers in efforts to promote customer retention and loyalty.
• Interact with customers to determine better service needs and implement changes accordingly.
• Manage key performance indicators relative to sales growth, collections, productivity, inventory control and profit margins.
• Establish accurate budget projections and work within the designated budget.
• Oversee product quality control and implement efficient changes as necessary.
• Manage aspects of human resources for all departments by hiring, terminating, and reassigning personnel to appropriate tasks as required.
• Assume other duties as assigned.
• Identify deficiencies and implement a plan for continuous improvement.
• Actively reaching out and being involved in the local community.
• Ability to develop leadership at the lead person and foreman levels.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manage the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling and reviewing work, ensuring quality standards.
• Responsible for hiring, terminating, training and developing, reviewing performance and administering corrective action for staff.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 5+ years of managerial/supervisory experience related to production, operations, and/or distribution.

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience management in salvage yards.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc. Ability to create, maintain and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations to support business objectives.
• Frequently communicates complex information across departments and interacts with management. Can present, resolve and address delicate situations. Can motivate and persuade others.
• Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation. Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedents and practices.
• Decisions impact the management and operations within a department or business unit. May contribute to business and operational decisions that affect the department.
• Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional areas. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others.
• Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.

Essential Physical Demands / Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, push, pull, squat, bend, reach, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or sit for extended periods.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. On occasions, an employee may be asked to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• The employee may be exposed to hazardous situations, conditions, and equipment. Must be able to work in cramped spaces or underneath vehicles that may require getting into awkward positions. May regularly wear personal protective equipment (PPE). May be exposed to extreme temperatures and high noise levels.
• Travel may be required periodically, including overnight stays (contingent on position requirements).