Plant Operations Leader — 24/7 Manufacturing

Anchor Glass Container LLC; Sapulpa (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Glass Container LLC, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with four strategically located production facilities across the US. We seek an Operations Manager to oversee 24/7 plant production, drive safety, quality, and efficiency, and lead a team of 20–30 employees with strong leadership and collaboration.

The role requires managing cross-functional operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering a high-trust

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Manufacturing equivalent.
• Manufacturing experience of 7+ years with 5 years operations leadership.
• Experience in change management, process improvement and optimization.
• Ability to lead in a way that builds trust with a passion to grow and develop self and others.
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels – from shop floor to executive leadership.
• Willing to be accessible 24/7 and holidays to support facility as needed

Responsibilities

• Foster a team environment of strong communication, collaboration, and a willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training, and development to accomplish the company goals and objectives.
• Foster a culture that includes an open, high trust, learning environment.
• Drive overall plant operations which may include finance, manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, materials, quality assurance/control, human resources, and information systems.
• Assist in developing a culture of high trust, clear metrics, leading indicators, ownership, and accountability.
• Assist with aligning objectives within each function to achieve the business strategic goals.; including safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and people development.
• Observe 24/7- daily operations to ensure facility performance is aligned to and achieves business objectives in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, and people development.
• In conjunction with General Manager, coordinate plant activities through the planning with departmental managers to ensure the manufacturing objectives are accomplished and contribute to the overall success and instill a culture of accountability to perform against these objectives.
• Understand and ensure all regulatory compliance standards are met.
• Ensure technical objectives are met and any roadblocks or issues are quickly resolved.
• This role will lead between 20-30 employees (Salary), strategic partners, and suppliers.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Change management

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Manufacturing equivalent

Job description

Anchor Glass Container LLC, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with four strategically located production facilities across the US. We seek an Operations Manager to oversee 24/7 plant production, drive safety, quality, and efficiency, and lead a team of 20–30 employees with strong leadership and collaboration.

The role requires managing cross-functional operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering a high-trust