Plant Manager Jobs

Reporting to the Director, Manufacturing, the Plant Manager will oversee our Montée-des-Liesses facility from all aspects of regional manufacturing (production, quality, warehousing, and distribution, maintenance, and improvement to building).

The position will also include managing Expenses Budget and Staff (HR related issues) and last but not least, ensuring Environmental and Health and Safety policies, procedures and guidelines are implemented and respected.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all aspects of regional manufacturing operations:

• Oversee semi-annual inventory counts and variance investigation.
• Investigate and handle specific customer complaints as required.
• Through Production Control, ensure the co-ordination of production schedules to maximize plant efficiency and Overall Equipment Availability optimization (O.E.E.).
• Ensure product quality standards are met and Production efficiencies are maintained.
• Review and provide solutions to ensure production goals and maintenance requirements are met and communicate production trends.
• Approve requisitions for materials and supplies.
• Through the Distribution Management team, responsible for optimizing inventories of raw materials and finished goods to ensure customer service and uninterrupted Production whilst minimizing working capital.
• Lead production efficiency projects and build/maintain a culture of LEAN

Accountable for the annual regional operations Capital and Expense Budget:

• Provide accurate, responsible cost estimates in response to requests from various areas regarding new products or processes.
• Using available system or Plant developed information, tracks Plant costs and identifies projects or programs where costs can be positively affected.
• Monitor capital spending to ensure the approved budget is respected.
• Perform a general review of all PDS's to ensure the information offered by the Plant is reflective of what should be expected and to ensure the product is consistent with the plant's capabilities.
• Provide justification for approval for expenditures when the expenditure is over authorization limits.
• Make recommendations to improve efficiency and evaluate/ recommend new equipment purchases.
• Establish and manage project teams to deal with new products where significant Plant implications are evident.
• Provide annual capital and operating budget preparations for approval.
• Review all new products proposed for the plant and ensure a proper analysis is done by relevant personnel.

Recruiting, training, and motivating and ensuring that staff is informed, trained, and motivated and that Human Resource issues are identified and attended to as necessary:

• Approve overall vacation schedules for personnel to ensure production is not interrupted.
• Evaluate production employees `performance as a first- and second-line manager.
• In collaboration with the Human Resources Representative, discuss and finalize any disciplinary measures, up to and including termination of employment.
• Interview and hire key positions: Managers and Supervisors
• Ensure that all employees are trained to perform their intended function in an efficient, safe and responsible manner. This includes ensuring employees` awareness of the ISO Procedures and Work Instructions
• Plan for the overall personnel requirements for the manufacturing operations.
• Maintain an up-to-date succession/back up plan for key roles in the operation.

Responsible to ensure Environmental and Health and Safety policies, procedures and guidelines are implemented and adhered to:

• Monitor compliance to the Health and Safety procedures and takes appropriate action to deal with non-conformances.
• Provide input and solutions for continuous improvement actions to ensure accurate completion of incident reporting.
• Ensure that activities are in place to minimize the generation of waste materials.
• Ensure safety and environmental issues are enforced.
• Ensure the Plant remains in compliance with the Insurance requirements as communicated.
• Support the development and implementation of Health and Safety policies that comply with government regulations and that also assure a safe work environment for all employees and visitors.

The Plant Manager assists as required for company initiatives where the work may not be directly related to the Eastern Region Operations.

Qualifications:

• Ability to manage a combination of 150 Hourly, Technical, Salaried, and managerial staff in a 24-hour, union operating environment.
• Ability to plan and coordinate large projects.
• Microsoft Suite including MS Project
• Well-developed supervisory skills in the areas of Leadership, Group dynamics, Performance appraisal/performance management, Organization management and Project Management
• Specific knowledge of the ISO standards and its role in a facility.
• Ability to manage the Capital and to explain additional costs or savings.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing techniques and processes with sensitives (mechanical and electronic systems for automation, manpower planning, budget management, LEAN operations practices, etc.)
• A minimum of 15 years previous experience in manufacturing processes in increasingly responsible roles with previous plant managerial experience, inclusive of production, maintenance, and plant logistics.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methods and the methodology for effective problem resolution
• Knowledge of laws and best practices to support appropriate direction in the facility in Environmental Health and Safety matters.
• Excellent communication and people skills (oral and written)
• Ability to communicate in French and English (oral and written)
• PLC Programming
• Ability to create reports and write clear proposals.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Strong understanding of principles of quality management
• Result- oriented
• A degree in engineering or science, or equivalent training and experience.