Plant Manager

**Company Overview**

Norwesco has become the market leader and manufacturer of rotationally molded poly and welded steel bulk storage and material handling products in North America. Tank is growing rapidly and is always working to expand its capabilities and diversify product offerings consistent with the company values of growth and service to its customers.

**Job Summary**: We’re looking for a Plant Manager to join the Norwesco team You will direct and organize the overall operational activities of the plant of 25 employees to obtain optimum efficiency and maximize profits. You will review team activity, operations, and production reports to determine required changes in operations.

**This job is for you if**
- You are an effective people leader and hold people accountable as well as celebrate success.
- You love to improve the way a plant runs.
- You are comfortable wearing multiple hats including safety, managing financial performance and love to deliver on operational metrics.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Manage the successful scale up of a growing facility.
- Maintain Tank Holding’s operational hierarchy: Safety, Quality, and Productivity.
- Develop and maintain a communication system to exchange information, enhance understanding and provide feedback between all plant operations and shifts.
- Hire, train, and develop hourly employees.
- Troubleshoot and problem solve mechanical issues
- Develop and maintain a system to manage the plant’s raw materials, components, and product inventories.
- Ensure company policies are adhered to through enforcement and accountability.
- Assist corporate management with implementing a training and development program at the plant level.
- Hiring, lay-offs and terminations of production, maintenance, shipping and administrative employees.
- Oversee all injury, property damage and near-miss incident investigations.
- Interact and work with all functions of the corporate structure to ensure continued profitability of the company.
- You manage and direct the production, maintenance, shipping and administrative functions required at the plant level.

**Knowledge, **Skills, and Abilities
- Demonstrated effective people leadership abilities in managing employees to enhance team-building skills is required.
- Experience managing a plant wide safety program is required.
- Education: B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Operations Management, or similar field is required
- Industry experience: Knowledge of machine and processes, equipment, and materials is required.
- Ten years or more of experience managing employees.
- Possess the mental maturity and temperamental ability to maintain sound employee relations is required.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and delegate responsibilities to appropriate resources.
- Understanding of mechanical equipment, operation, and maintenance.
- Years of Supervisory experience: 5-7 years of progressive experience in manufacturing supervision is preferred.
- Experience managing an ISO certified facility is preferred.

**Physical Requirements**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Occasional, represents 1 to 33% or 1-2 hours of an 8-hour work day.

Frequently, represents 34 to 66% or 2 1/2 to 5 1/2 hours of an 8-hour work day.

Regularly, represents 67 to 100% or 6 to 8 hours of an 8-hour work day.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside.

**Travel Requirements**

Position may require occasional travel to the US

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.