Power Plant Operations Manager jobs in Anderson, IN

Overview

The Plant Manager will coordinate and direct all aspects of plant operations to increase revenue and profitability while providing a leadership style that will promote a work environment that will foster harmony and ownership by all members of the organization.  Additionally, the Plant Manager will ensure safety policies are enforced stringently and set identifiable goals and objectives for staff.

Who We Are

Founded in 1944, HSM is a third generation privately held company which offers a proud rich history immersed in manufacturing innovation and our commitment to our people. We have 25 unique locations across the United States.  Our Corporate Headquarters is in Hickory, NC and houses our leadership, Finance, EHS, Human Resources, Benefits, and additional teams.

HSM specializes through its subsidiaries, in the manufacturing of components for furniture, bedding, transportation, packaging, automotive, and healthcare industries. We also design and construct automated production machinery for these industries. We likely have manufactured something you use every day like sofa or bed springs, pool noodles, recliner mechanisms, packaging supplies, fabricated sofa cushions, bus seats, and much more.  

Our commitment to excellence goes far beyond our products and processes; it is centered on the people who make it all possible. If you're interested in learning more about our company culture, as well as the benefits we offer our employees, please visit our website or social media pages.

Responsibilities

• Monitors all plant activity, internal systems, and operations for accuracy and compliance with company rules, standards, expectations, and applicable laws.
• Controls significant manufacturing projects, plans and schedules facility assignments, and sets priorities.
• Motivates workforce, outlines and delegates methods to surpass all company goals and objectives, while ensuring the safety of each person within the facility.
• Ensures the use of proper safety PPE, equipment and work methods. Maintains constant awareness of unsafe and hazardous conditions and practices.
• Leads the facility’s safety process with cross-functional team implementing behavioral based safety systems.
• Monitors operational costs to established plant budget, to include review of sales forecast and appropriately adjust operations to surpass profitability targets.
• Identifies opportunities that best utilize the location’s infrastructure to meet customer demands.
• Resolves problems by adjusting priorities, schedules, and the reassignment of workforce.
• Controls obsolete and excess inventory; provides inventory models to maintain inventory accurately.
• Monitors corrective actions to ensure the location is improving quality, efficiency, service, profits by analyzing and enhancing those actions.
• Confirms the location(s) is meeting contractual obligations to the customer.
• Ensures sufficient capacity is available to carry out the objectives and delivery of products.
• Reviews all internal and external reporting.
• Analyzes operations to evaluate performance of the location(s) and its staff in meeting objectives, and to determine areas of potential cost reduction and improvements.
• Understands and complies to all Company policies.
• Approves and monitors work completion and performance.
• Champion for Continuous Improvement and leads entire team to develop actions that drive waste out of all processes and products through the use of work center KPI boards.
• Conducts employee meetings, counsel and bring resolution to team member issues.
• Prepares weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance updates of the operation to be presented to management to highlight improvements and abnormal conditions including immediate actions.
• Travel to other locations, customers, and suppliers may be required (less than 25%).

Qualifications

• Associates Degree with 2 years Mfg. leadership experience, Bachelor’s Degree, preferred.
• Equivalent to five to seven years in increasingly responsible experience in a manufacturing facility
• Proven ability to work with cross functional teams and in a project management environment required
• Experience proving strong and effective leadership skills.
• Experience managing multiple departments and/or shifts.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination of people and capital resources.
• Must possess all other qualities critical for managerial success including leadership, self-confidence, motivation, decisiveness, flexibility, sound business judgment, and determination
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes (required), specific assembly operations (preferred)
• Must have the ability to consider and evaluate the relationships between numerous factors.
• Ability to extract, compile, and analyze a range of data from written sources, individuals, or multiple work orders.
• ISO experience preferred, but not required.
• Ability for implementation of Lean Principles (required).
• Ability to lead various cross-functional teams in Root Cause analysis.
• Ability to develop systems and tools to track, manage, maintain, and improve quality systems.
• Ability to solve practical problems and apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.
• Personal computer and software programs, including Microsoft Office Suite, JD Edwards or similar ERP system.
• Must have highly developed interpersonal skills

Top Benefits

As a Plant Manager at HSM, you’ll enjoy:

• 401k Contribution Match up to 4% (100% Vested from Day 1), 9 paid holidays, 3 Weeks of Vacation (Prorated after 60 days), Affordable Total Package Benefits offerings for you and your family, On-Site No-Cost Medical Clinics for you and Covered Dependents, Teladoc 24/7 ($0 copay), Global Healthcare and Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Development Assistance.

Company Summary

At HSM Solutions our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, innovation, and celebrating our successes together as a team. We provide our employees with the tools and resources they need to achieve their goals and to make a meaningful impact on our customers, our company, and our communities. If you're looking for a place that's not just a job, but a spot where you can grow and make a real impact, then HSM Solutions is the place for you. 

Contact Information

If you would like to apply for a position, please visit our career site at www.hsmsolutions.com/careers for a prompt response from our recruitment team. If you have any questions or would like to follow up on your application, please don't hesitate to contact us at jobs@hsmsolutions.com.

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EEOC

HSM prohibits discrimination based on any protected status, workplace harassment/bullying, and retaliation for filing a complaint or providing information related to a complaint. HSM provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual's protected status: race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/parental status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected status.