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Job Description
The Plant Manager will oversee the overall operations of a manufacturing facility, ensuring safety, efficiency, and productivity while managing staff, budgets, and compliance in a sustainable wood bioenergy production environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and optimize daily plant operations
- Maintain a safe work environment complying with OSHA and other regulations
- Develop systems to track productivity, performance metrics, and standards
- Manage the plant budget and financial performance, including capital spending
- Increase production capacity and efficiency while controlling costs
- Allocate resources effectively to maximize asset utilization
- Implement strategic initiatives aligned with company objectives
- Monitor and adjust operational costs to stay within budgets
- Recruit, manage, and develop plant staff through coaching and training
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or relevant discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive operations management experience in manufacturing plant operations in a 24/7 operating environment with direct responsibility for safety, environmental compliance, quality, reliability, production, and financial results.
- Strong knowledge of business and management principles including budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation, and human resources.
- Ability to manipulate, analyze, and interpret large amounts of data including pressures, temperatures, material flow rates, etc.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Suite as well as other applications.
- Must be able to analyze financial and cost data and develop conclusions and recommendations.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Strong team building, decision-making, and leadership skills.
- Must be able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees.
- Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.
- Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
- Must be able to climb stairs and ladders in a wide range of environmental conditions including heat, cold, and rain.
- Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery.
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range (not specified)
Work schedule (24/7 operating environment)
Work environment perks (outdoor environments, hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial conditions)
Safety and health protections (strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, wearing safety equipment)
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