Plant Manager

Description

About Us

Family-owned and operated since 1970, we are an industry-leading gas distributor founded on unparalleled customer service. Our industrial, medical, food, and specialty gas products support a variety of industries that work daily to improve the world we live in, and our ongoing commitment to serve spans the southwestern United States with 16 locations across California and Arizona. Discover the most interesting industry you've never heard of!

Position Overview

The Plant Manager is responsible managing the day-to-day operations on the plant floor while increasing production and revenue. You will manage scheduling, oversee daily operating reports, and increase production by providing leadership and developing strategic plans.

Key Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lead, manage and develop plant employees to assure the necessary capabilities and culture to maintain an effective operation. This includes establishing direction, gaining commitment, delegating, and building organizational capabilities.
• Ensuring all staff members adhere to OSHA general standard as it relates to a manufacturing facility, Safety SOP's.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the facility to include the understanding of and ability to explain basic mechanical theory to direct reports coordinating vendors, projecting and establishing preventative maintenance programs and schedules, while directing the maintenance staff to insure that all equipment is properly maintained and operational. * Workforce Planning/ Scheduling
• Insure our products meet or exceed our QC standards, using specified SOP testing methods.
• Manage any special projects / improvements as directed.
• Create a work environment that ensures the safety and health of employees, community and environment
• Focus on continuing to improve the competitiveness of the operations.
• Recognize customer commitment and drive activity for continued quality improvement
• In conjunction with senior group management, establish and manage activities to meet short and long term plant goals
• Improve efficiency and capacity through capital expenditure improvements in process and procedure, and as well as formal and informal continuous improvement activities

Requirements

• 5+ years of managing employees including in a leadership role
• Demonstrated ability to implement recommendations and drive change initiatives
• Understand compliance issues and safety-sensitive areas
• Ability to operate or willingness to train for forklift operation
• Strong attention to details, highly organized, computer literate
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, high volume shipping distribution center
• Exceptional teamwork skills and maintains good relations with team members to ensure deliveries consistently arrive on time
• Must possess appropriate mathematical and analytical skills to determine the acceptability of the product(s) based on established criteria.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and stand for extended periods.
• Effective communication with both internal and external customers, both orally and in writing required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Supervisory Responsibility

Direct supervisory responsibilities

Travel

Occasional travel between locations

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position, on-site.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base rate with performance-based incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and life, 401k match
• Professional development opportunities and ongoing training
• Healthy work/life balance and a collaborative and inclusive company culture

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the organization's ongoing needs.

WestAir Gases and Equipment, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.