Plant Operations & Safety Manager

Midwest Dry CAST; Luverne (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Midwest Dry CAST is seeking a plant supervisor to drive safety, quality, and efficiency in production and shipping/receiving. You will guide hourly and daily production goals, oversee scheduling, and ensure compliance with policies and procedures in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role requires strong mechanical aptitude, blueprint reading, and hands-on leadership with a track record of managing teams and improving processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production experience preferred.
• Previous experience in a management role preferred.
• High level of mechanical ability to understand how machines work.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret blueprints, technical procedures, and government regulations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, create reports, and present data to managers, customers, and employees.

Responsibilities

• Ensure employees are trained on, fully understand, and follow all safety rules and regulations
• Ensure employees are trained on, fully understand, and follow all policies and procedures
• Responsible for maintaining quality standards for all products manufactured and purchased
• Prioritize, schedule and delegate work assignments, and directly supervise the plant employees to ensure hourly and daily production goals are met
• Maintain PM logs to ensure all maintenance is being done correctly and on time
• Responsible for process flow and continuous improvement planning
• Responsible for production scheduling to ensure proper on hand inventory levels
• Responsible for the Corrective Action Process and ensuring CAR’re adequate
• Develop and recommend plant capital and operating budgets
• Capable of performing all Duties and Responsibilities of supervisors, leads, and plant employees
• Other duties and responsibilities as needed

Skills

Production experience

Management experience

Mechanical aptitude

Blueprint reading

Data reporting & analysis

Job description

Midwest Dry CAST is seeking a plant supervisor to drive safety, quality, and efficiency in production and shipping/receiving. You will guide hourly and daily production goals, oversee scheduling, and ensure compliance with policies and procedures in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role requires strong mechanical aptitude, blueprint reading, and hands-on leadership with a track record of managing teams and improving processes.