What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager position at Divert?
About Divert
Divert, Inc. is an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™. The company creates advanced technologies and sustainable infrastructure to prevent wasted food, driving social and environmental impact.
Today, the U.S. alone generates more than 100 million tons of wasted food annually, with over 50% going to landfills or incinerators. What’s more, wasted food contributes 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Divert is tackling these crises head on, delivering immense progress towards eliminating wasted food through its unique solutions – from converting wasted food into renewable fuels to feeding those in need.
Divert works with the top retailers in the industry, including Ahold Delhaize, Albertsons, CVS, Kroger, Target, and others, and nearly 5,400 retail stores across the U.S., providing technology, logistics, and anaerobic digestion facilities to help retailers reach their sustainability goals. The company processes more than 232,000 tons of wasted food a year and, through its collaboration with some of the nation’s largest food retailers and relationships with local food banks and nonprofits, Divert has facilitated the donation of more than 10 million pounds of food to people, rather than going to waste.
Position Summary
The Production Manager is responsible for leading day-to-day plant operations at our Winston Salem, NC facility. In this facility, Divert receives unsold food from the client, analyzes the content, and then separates organics to be processed by our partner's digesters. This is a complex process that requires individuals working in the facility to work in a collaborative, team-centered manner. The successful individual demonstrates strong leadership, mentorship, technical training and is mechanically inclined, comfortable working with standard and proprietary production equipment.
Reporting directly to the Plant Manager with a dotted line to the Director of Plant Operations, the Production Manager will lead the way to:
Promote a safe and healthy workplace! Engage your team in an effort to maintain the Divert culture in the plant by executing processes that support empowerment and structured independence.
Lead by example! Assure a safe work environment through culture, training, and reinforcement of acceptable behavior.
Take it seriously! Assure established operating discipline is being maintained consistently.
Daily Production Leadership includes:
Responsible for leading the day to day execution and management of the plant operations processing plan, logistics plan and staffing plan while working with the Plant Manager to ensure proper adjustments are made as needed
Spend your days on the plant floor (at Gemba) working with the plant operations teams to execute the plan for the day
Immerse yourself and develop a full understanding of all processes and equipment.
Create/Manage Standard Work, SOPs and processes to ensure proper plant operation and compliance to all regulations/permits.
Management and execution of Technician training program
Required Qualifications & Skills:
If no Bachelor's degree, you will need a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in industrial processes and team leadership as described above
Experience in leading teams in a manufacturing or production environment.
Responsive and proactive leader with the ability to resolve conflicts while maintaining a positive and professional work environment
Hands on leader who thrives in a role where they spend the majority of their time on the plant floor working with the operations team
Able to support the operations team on nights and weekends, as needed
The ideal candidate...
Is passionate about our planet and reducing our carbon footprint
Has the ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete, manageable components and think through optimal solutions
Enjoys “getting their hands dirty” by digging into complex operations
Takes a high degree of ownership over their work
Has strong listening skills; open to input from other team members and departments
Is a “Big picture” thinker, which is key to addressing top-level concerns and finding the best path forward from all of the available data
What's In It For You?
Compensation range: $95k-$115k / Year
Health, Vision and Dental Benefits (effective the first of the month following your date of hire!)
Life Insurance
401K with company match
Paid Time Off
Opportunities for Advancement with a Rapidly Growing, Mission-Driven Organization
Please Note: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Divert Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Salary : $95 - $115
