Assistant Plant Manager

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Pay: $65,000 - $70,000 depending on experience

Responsible for the day-to-day performance of all departments in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations governing this facility. Assist the Plant Manager in ensuring that the plant is run in a safe, efficient, and proper manner.

Essential Job Duties

• Oversee all departments pertaining to production, sales, administrative, and distribution and make recommendations as needed
• Interact with customers for better service needs and implement changes approved by the Plant Manager accordingly.
• Help to formulate procedural changes to ensure correct handling of products and services.
• Oversee quality control and recommend and implement changes as necessary.
• Participate and/or facilitate monthly plant safety meetings.
• Help maintain communication within plant, Region, and company networks.
• Acting Plant Manager in the absence of Plant Manager.
• Managing human resources for all departments by hiring, terminating, and reassigning as required in addition to scheduling for coverage.
• Administer disciplinary action as necessary.
• Assumes other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervise the work of others, including planning, assigning and scheduling work, reviewing work and ensuring quality standards, training staff and overseeing productivity. May offer recommendations for hiring, termination and pay adjustments, but do not have final responsibility for making these decisions.

Minimum Requirements

Education & Experience

• High School graduate or G.E.D. equivalent required.
• 5+ years of related experience required; Fully competent professional; In-depth knowledge and experience.

Preferred Requirements

• Degree or equivalent work experience.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc. Ability to create, maintain and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations to support business objectives.
• Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills. May train others in functional areas, interact with others and make presentations to department or middle management.
• Problems encountered are routine, somewhat repetitive and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures.
• Decisions generally affect one’s own job or assigned functional area.
• Results are defined; sets personal own goals and determines how to achieve results with few or no guidelines to follow; supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.

Essential Physical Demands/Work Environment  

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, push, pull, squat, bend, reach, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or sit for extended periods.
• The employee may be exposed to hazardous situations, conditions, and equipment. Must be able to work in cramped spaces or underneath vehicles that may require getting into awkward positions. May regularly wear personal protective equipment (PPE). May be exposed to extreme temperatures and high noise levels.
• Travel may be required periodically, including overnight stays (contingent on position requirements).
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401k with Generous Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
• Short-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts

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