Plant Production Manager — Safety, Quality & 24/7 Ops

Rock Entertainment Group; Conover (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pregis LLC in Conover, NC operates a 24/7 plant and seeks a Production Manager to drive safety, quality and operational excellence across a 60-70 person production team. You will lead shift supervisors, monitor KPIs, and guide improvements in uptime, throughput, and cost control.

The role requires a strong background in manufacturing leadership, familiarity with cost management and SOP development, and the ability to translate business objectives into actionable projects.

Qualifications

• BA from a four-year college (Engineering Degree is a strong plus).
• 10+ years of experience in plant leadership in a manufacturing business in lieu of degree.
• Prior experience managing direct reports is required.
• Prior experience with web-handling/adhesive coating/solvent coating preferred
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
• Familiarity with industry standard equipment and technical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all production goals are met.
• Safety – Reporting and compliance.
• Develop Job Safety Assessments (JSA’s).
• Help establish a zero incidents safety culture.
• Perform safety audits throughout the plant via EASE initiative.
• Responsible for Environmental, Health and Safety, including waste management.
• Ensure compliance and accountability; including disciplinary process.
• Provide monthly safety score card.
• All employees follow safety rules and know the Critical Safety Rules.
• Develop a 5S culture.
• Minimize quality returns/customer complaints.
• Ensure the quality of the manufactured products through SOPs.
• Develop corrective actions to eliminate the re-occurrence of quality issues – scrap reduction.
• Enforce quality procedures.
• Collect, sustain and analyze KPI data and initiate corrective actions.
• Support achievement of plant targets: Safety, Productivity, Quality, WIP/Inventory levels.
• Implement Cost Saving initiatives to increase profitability.
• Ensure On Time Delivery In Full of products to our customers.
• Provide daily KPI’s to the Plant Manager by facility score card report.
• Work with scheduling to increase productivity and minimize changeovers.
• Develop strategies to maximize labor utilization.
• Review employees’ performance and elaborate a succession plan.
• Ensure training and job responsibilities are clearly laid out for new employees.
• Manage the manufacturing team to meet performance goals and SOP adherence.
• Disciplinary actions/logs as needed.
• Drive accountability on the floor - discipline as required.
• Collaborate with other departments as cross-functional team.
• Manage supervisors and establish goals and accountability for safety, quality and performance.
• Develop Standard Operator Procedures/Standard Work.

Skills

Leadership

Data analytics

Safety culture

Team management

Process improvement

Education

BA from a four-year college

Engineering degree a strong plus

Tools

SAP

Job description

Pregis LLC in Conover, NC operates a 24/7 plant and seeks a Production Manager to drive safety, quality and operational excellence across a 60-70 person production team. You will lead shift supervisors, monitor KPIs, and guide improvements in uptime, throughput, and cost control.

The role requires a strong background in manufacturing leadership, familiarity with cost management and SOP development, and the ability to translate business objectives into actionable projects.