Plant Manager (Protective Coatings)

LB Foster; Willis (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Holidays and vacation accrual

Career development opportunities

Job summary

LB Foster Company is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee all plant operations including safety, quality, and production. The role focuses on improving productivity, efficiency, and customer satisfaction across manufacturing processes.

The candidate will lead continuous improvement, manage budgets, and develop staff through coaching and training, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and company standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent work experience.
• 6 years of leadership experience with at least 3 years in manufacturing or related environment.
• 2 years pipe and/or coating industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee overall plant operations including safety, quality, and production.
• Ensure compliance with EHS and state/federal regulations.
• Manage facility budgets, expenses, and systems to meet AOP targets.
• Lead continuous improvement in safety, environment, quality, and equipment upgrades.
• Develop procedures and systems to meet customer needs and delivery timelines.
• Oversee hourly employee relations including hiring, training and scheduling.

Skills

LEAN Manufacturing

Six Sigma

5S Principles

Leadership

Communication

SAP experience

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field

Associates or better

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

As a Plant Manager, you will be responsible for managing and overseeing overall plant operations including finance, manufacturing, engineering, materials, maintenance, safety, and quality while making recommendations to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency of all operations.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the safety of all employees, and for ensuring compliance of all aspects of EHS, and State and Federal regulations.
• Responsible for all areas of operation, continuous improvement, and EHS programs.
• Manage facility operations budgets, expenses, and systems to meet or exceed the AOP targets.
• Lead in continual improvement process of safety/environmental, quality, manufacturing, equipment upgrades, and plant administrative functions and personnel policies.
• Ensure production is met within budget and action plans developed and implemented to improve operational efficiencies and continuous improvement
• Responsible for identifying and analyzing KPIs to help improve results.
• Facilitate and lead the development of procedures and systems specific to meeting customer needs and satisfaction, timeliness and delivery of goods and services.
• Oversee hourly employee relations including hiring, training and scheduling.
• Facilitate and lead safety training, investigations, and positive preventative behavior.
• Accountable for the performance and results of the plant by adopting and executing business unit's plan, including business, production, operational, and strategic priorities
• Provide both direct and indirect training for staff – leadership training, function training and career training.
• Report to General Manager all challenges and plan to resolve project discrepancies.
• Develop and build teams by encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members; identify potential in personnel, and sponsor, mentor and ensure development.

Education, Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field or equivalent work experience required.
• 6 years of experience in leadership roles with minimum of 3 years in a manufacturing or related environment; direct operational supervisory experience is required.
• 2 years pipe and/or coating industry experience preferred.

Skills/Abilities:

• Thorough understanding of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Experience in applying LEAN Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and 5S principles.
• Ability to coach and mentor employees on a one-on-one basis as well as group.
• Strong decision making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate at all levels of the Corporation.
• Computer literate and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams); SAP experience, a plus
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, and production methods.
• Thorough knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacturing and distribution of goods.

At LB Foster Company, our culture reflects our passion for integrity, accountability, and safety. We have a long history of providing a safe workplace for our employees, striving to be good stewards of the environment, and establishing strong and respectful relationships with our customers and communities. These fundamentals have provided the foundation upon which we have managed our business for more than a century. We continue to strengthen our culture with a focus on SPIRIT. Within the company lies a spirit of teamwork and innovation that drives a culture around continuous improvement and high performance.

Core Competencies:

• Safety
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Integrity & trust
• Strategic agility
• Accountability
• Critical thinking
• Change Management
• Project Management

The Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision benefits the first day of the month after hire
• Market-leading 401(k) program with company match, no vesting period
• 10 paid holidays per year and vacation accrual plan
• Career development and advancement opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

Associates or better in .UNSPECIFIED.

Bachelors or better in .UNSPECIFIED.

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