Area Manager

Area Manager   

This position is responsible for overseeing the Operations personnel and manufacturing process of biomass. This position has full ownership of ensuring a safe, quality focused, and operationally driven work shift that delivers company Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). Likewise, this role requires a leader that is responsible for developing an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible team to ensure that HSE, Quality, Productivity and Continuous Improvement expectations are met/exceeded. 

As Area Manager, you will manage the operations and manufacturing process of biomass to achieve and exceed facility and company goals and objectives.

What does this mean?   

You will provide leadership for the Operations Team, as well as being expected to contribute at both a strategic and facility level in order to identify priorities and recommend solutions to support the business. 

So, what will you be doing?  

• Daily safety walks to audit housekeeping and paperwork with prompt feedback to supervisors and area managers
• Safety:   Create a “Safety First” culture
• Enforce rule and policy compliance with positive reinforcement, counselling as needed, and timely disciplinary actions when needed
• Audit JSA’s, POWRA’s, Hot work, LOTO, and Confined space documentation
• Create quarterly goals for direct reports with clear objectives for safety, housekeeping, dust score, and environmental compliance
• Show no tolerance for bending/breaking of company policies and procedures for all employees with impartial application of coaching, training, and disciplinary processes
• Frequent reference to golden rules and policies in discussions with employees
• Exhibit high expectations, rapid feedback, and daily goals for operations to drive excellence
• Come to meetings with situational awareness and prepared plans to drive safety, quality, and productivity to highest possible level
• Create quarterly operational and production goals for direct reports that support continuous improvement of operational team and achievement of facility goals
• Support supervisors to manage time and attendance for plant to proactively fill gaps, build bench strength, and provide full coverage for daily shifts
• Provide leadership for Area Managers for planned maintenance, problem solving, and debottlenecking of processes to optimize daily on quality production.
• Hold Area Managers accountable to provide active leadership in Safety, Quality, Cost Control, Productivity, and Environmental compliance.
• Exhibit active leadership across plant.   Encourage, coach, and intercede as necessary to achieve plant goals.
• Insure 8D’s are completed for safety and production incidents to support continuous improvement

• Housekeeping:     Implement housekeeping standards to minimize hazards and to eliminate OSHA recordable and lost time injuries

• Walk with Safety manager, Plant manager, and Area Managers at least once per day to 
• assess plant housekeeping and compliance.
• Give frequent and timely feedback to crews, supervisors, and individuals to improve plant housekeeping and dust score
• Ensure temps and outside services are properly utilized to keep plant in best possible condition at least possible cost          

• Personnel:  Responsible for overall facility personnel including hiring, training, coaching, setting expectations, ensuring compliance to rules, procedures, and regulations, discipline, performance, and terminations if necessary.             

• Lead the hiring process for all operations employees, and staff as appropriate 
• Ensure temps and outside services are properly utilized to keep plant in best possible condition at least possible cost          
• Develop training manuals, standard operating procedures, and Lock-Out Tag-Out documents
• Schedule, train and maintain training records for all operations employees 
• Ensure that health and safety programs and plans are developed and implemented in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements 
• Ensure that the biomass is produced in compliance with the manufacturing and quality specifications 
• Communicate and support the philosophy of the Continuous Improvement Process 
• Continuously encourage, seek, identify, and implement the means and methods to improve plant productivity and efficiency without compromising product quality, safety or environmental 
• Ensure that operations employees are informed and updated on key business and organizational issues
• Additional Responsibilities and Special Projects as assigned by Plant Manager

Who are you? 

•  B.S. Degree preferred; 10 years Operations or related with previous management experience preferred; candidate must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; knowledge of specific production process a plus.

What’s it like to work at Drax?   

If you like a fast-paced, changing environment, come be part of a great team!   

At Drax, we’re at our best when we help each other achieve the things that are important to each of us.   

We’re passionate about our role in providing a supply of stable, renewable energy and if you want to play your part, then why not apply today?  

Curious to learn more about us? We recommend you connect with us on LinkedIn for more insights.  

• We care about what matters – we help each other achieve the things that are important to each of us
• We’re a can-do kind of place – we’re empowered and encouraged to make informed decisions, act, and do the right thing
• We see things differently – we share inspiration and insight right across Drax, and search for new ideas and ways of working
• We listen carefully – we make sure that people feel genuinely heard, acknowledged and that what they say matters
• We do what we say we’ll do – we’re proactive, committed, and reliable –and trust others to be the same

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