Plant Operations Manager

Merchants Metals; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Merchants Metals in Houston is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a 140+ strong production team in a 24/7 manufacturing operation. You will drive safety, quality, and on-time delivery while controlling costs and improving processes in partnership with safety, quality, materials, maintenance, and HR.

You will build capabilities, set goals, oversee budgets, and report results to upper management. The role requires deep production management knowledge, lean/six sigma thinking, and a proven track

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of production management.
• Experience leading teams of 100+ people.
• Knowledge of quality standards and health & safety regulations.
• Understanding budgeting concepts and performance evaluation.
• Experience reporting on key production metrics.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong people skills and leadership ability.
• Detail-oriented with organizational strength.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 140+ person production team in a 24/7 manufacturing operation.
• Promote a culture of trust, integrity, and safety in the plant.
• Plan staffing with HR and manage turnover metrics.
• Create and maintain a safe work environment; ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Ensure products meet quality standards and ASTM/industry specs.
• Monitor production; drive improvements and hold functions accountable.
• Lead daily operating rhythms and cross-functional shift meetings.
• Participate in plant strategy, budgeting, and performance reporting.

Skills

Production management

Team leadership (100+)

Quality and safety standards

Budgeting concepts

Key production metrics reporting

MS Office proficiency

People skills

Organizational leadership

Decision making

Data-driven approach

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering

Tools

Production tools

Job description

Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

Lead a team of 140+ production employees in the manufacturing of goods in the Houston plant. Maintain a safe work environment while leading the team to deliver a high-quality product, on time, with best in industry costs! This is a 24/7 operation.

The Houston plant has safety, quality, materials, maintenance, and HR supporting functions. It is the responsibility of these functions to develop & improve processes that support a more optimal production process. It is the responsibility of the production/operations team to lead people and execute the processes defined by the supporting functions and to deliver on the established metrics.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Directly Reports to: Plant Manager

Direct Reports: 2nd Shift Production Superintendent & Production Supervisors (6)

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership (50% of time):

• Building relationships
• Communicating and aligning team to vision
• Setting goals and objectives & regular performance management
• Career/personal development of team
• Recognition/appreciation
• Disciplinary action
• Weekly 1 on 1’s
• Develop supervisors into excellent leaders: so they do all the things above and spend most of their time on people as well

Responsibilities/Duties:

People

• Promote a culture of trust, integrity, care within the plant
• Resource planning: Set appropriate staffing levels and coordinate with HR to fill/maintain positions
• Responsible for turnover metric within production team

Safety

• Create & maintain a safe work environment
• Comply with environmental standards set by the safety team

Quality

• Ensure products meet quality standards defined by quality department
• ASTM/Industry standards
• Process CTQs

Oversee all production processes

• Monitor production to resolve issues – hold supporting functions accountable to action when needed
• Develop, implement, and lead daily operating rhythms (MDI). Ensure Daily meetings between supervisors and each department, daily cross functional shift meetings, support at plant staff meetings.

Participate in plant strategy development – establish a team, structure, processes that will support plant/business metrics

• Participate in annual budget process
• Own productivity & OT metrics
• Own adherence to schedule metrics
• Own production consumables & supplies budget
• Report/Present to upper management

Requirements

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Deep knowledge of production management
• Previous experience managing teams of 100 or more
• Understanding of quality standards and health & safety regulations
• Knowledge of performance evaluation and budgeting concepts
• Experience in reporting on key production metrics
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Strong people skills with an outgoing, friendly, and positive attitude
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, management and leadership skills
• Able to oversee multiple competing tasks and priorities and perform quality work efficiently with minimal supervision
• Outstanding communication ability
• Strong decision-making skills and a data/results-driven approach; attention to detail

REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in production, manufacturing operations, or other related fields
• Knowledge of production tools and equipment
• Knowledge of principles, concepts, theories, and practices of area of responsibility, (Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma)
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred