Plant Manager

**Responsibilities**
- Establish the overall vision and direction for the implementation of plant administration including quality and health and safety.
- Monitor plant performance against goals and KPI’s to ensure that progress is being made and corrective actions are taken if necessary.
- Responsible for appropriate staff levels to meet requirements of the facility.
- Responsible for recruitment, hiring, terminations and performance management.
- Manage the morale in the facility by setting and demonstrating a strong business ethic for dealing with employees, suppliers and customers.
- Enhance and develop policies, procedures and service systems to meet goals of the facility.
- Collaborate with sales on scheduling production of goods.
- Ensuring products are being manufactured as per AIL’s QA.
- Review and approve plans for control of planned output, budget spending, material efficiency, engineering effectiveness and human resources.
- Budget preparation and monitoring P&L to ensure expense control
- Monitor financial performance to ensure the facility is meeting or exceeding budgetary commitment.
- Manage customer questions and concerns related to product assembly that are escalated from the sales department in a professional and efficient manner to meet customers needs and timelines
- Update Work Orders with appropriate information to provide information more quickly and easily to customers.
- Measure and monitor key production and customer service areas.
- Proactively plan production goals.
- Examine reports (e.g. inventory, production and daily reports) to determine the operational activities of the company and ensure optimum performance.
- Ensure all reporting employees adhere to company policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as required.

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary diploma or degree in a business or technical field.
- P. Eng and/or CET designation would be considered an asset.
- ERP / Visual experience would be considered an asset.
- Heavy steel manufacturing including roll forming experience would be considered an asset.
- 5+ years of previous management experience with proven leadership abilities.
- A clear and solid understanding of personnel policies, practices, procedures and other operational issues faced by the organization.
- Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
- High level of integrity, confidentiality and accountability.
- Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization and execution skills.
- A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution and people management skills.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles would be an asset.
- An inquisitive mind that believes in continuous improvement as well as innovation in a team environment