Production Manager

Glen-Gery, one of the Nation’s leading brick manufacturers, is looking to hire an experienced Production Manager for the plant location in Adel, IA.  This person will be responsible for overseeing the operations of brick manufacturing as well as ensuring the implementation of Plant Daily Fundamentals such as Safety, Quality, Productivity, Housekeeping and Preventative Maintenance.

Coordinates with:     Plant Manager, Distribution Manager, plant office staff, corporate                                                 managers and outside vendors

Duties and Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of this position is to assist the Plant Manager with overseeing the operations of brick manufacturing and the production processes. Key duties include ensuring the implementation of Plant Daily Fundamentals: Safety, Quality, Productivity, Housekeeping and Preventive Maintenance as well as implementation of the Business Daily Fundamentals:  developing people, building a strong team, satisfying customers, communicating, knowing and controlling costs, and growing the business.

• Coordinate with Plant Manager and supervision team to develop a safety conscious climate and culture for all personnel by ensuring safe operations, following all safety policies and procedures and encouraging good housekeeping. Maintain compliance with OSHA, MSHA, EPA and DEP and other relevant regulatory agencies. Conduct safety meetings such as tool box talks and any daily departmental meetings which are required for the continual operation of the department.

• Supervise teams working throughout the plant processes including raw material processing, manufacturing, quality control, firing, packaging, shipping/inventory and maintenance. Must be able to work under pressure due to emergency situations and unscheduled downtime.

• Participate in new product development and provide input to distribution and sales force regarding production capabilities and scheduling.
• Continually monitor and improve quality and productivity by measuring performance to standard and inspecting product daily. Review production performance reports with supervisory staff and identify variances from plant budget, instituting corrective action as required.
• Develop plans for plant preventive maintenance, capital expenditure projects and plant improvements in conjunction with plant management and corporate engineering. Ensure safe and effective implementation of these initiatives. 
• Responsible for recruitment and scheduling of hourly production employees, performance management and handling of any employment related issues in an organized labor environment. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Good leadership skills including oral/written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Good analytical and problem solving skills with a desire to develop and work in a team environment
• Basic computer skills

Qualifications:

• College degree required, preferably in Engineering
• 5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment. Building products industry experience preferred

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and as such, the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required.