HWI has a fantastic opportunity to join our Operations Team as a Manager, Plant III.
Summary
The Manager, Plant III is a highly specialized and critical position accountable for contributing to HarbisonWalker Internationals overall business performance through the overall operation of the plant; ensuring safety, production, quality and capital efficiency goals are met. This role is responsible for having adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation, etc).
Responsibilities
- Developing, implementing, and maintaining manufacturing plans and KPIs to ensure the plant operates at optimum levels with efficient utilization of people, equipment, and resources; directing the resolution of operational, manufacturing, maintenance and quality issues to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays
- Minimizing rework, scrap and material losses; continuously seeks and implements cost and waste reduction initiatives; utilizing tools like 5S, Lean and 6Sigma
- Ensuring KPIs and targets are developed for departmental activities
- Managing plant safety program(s) in a manner that supports a positive safety culture
- Reviewing and directing all aspects of plant quality system
- Managing engineering activities; developing and implementing short-term and long-term capital project plans; ensuring capital projects are delivered to scope, on time and within budget
- Overseeing inventories of supplies, raw materials and finished; ensuring raw material planning and procurement meet manufacturing needs
- Identifying, managing, and developing talent to maximize individual, team and organizational effectiveness; fostering a culture of engagement and accountability; coaching through feedback, development planning and performance management; using effective change management skills to effectively plan, implement and evaluate change management objectives
Requirements
- Requires B.S. in Engineering, Science or related field
- Requires interpersonal skills in dealing with employees and customers
- Requires strong management skills with the ability to supervise multiple teams
- Requires leadership, team building, and management skills
- Encouraging to team and staff; able to mentor and lead
- Excellent conflict-resolution and decision-making abilities
- Requires knowledge of refractory materials, products, and operations
- Requires computer operation skills including, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, CAD and Oracle ERP
- Requires strong decision making and problem-solving skills
- Requires strong mechanical aptitude
- Requires knowledge of LEAN Manufacturing and LEAN Management principles
- Requires experience in working towards Lean production
- Requires knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Standards Quality Management Systems
- The Manager, Plant III requires four plus (4+) years of manufacturing and management experience in an industrial manufacturing operation.
- Project Management qualification preferred
- Lean/ Six Sigma, Green Belt certification preferred
Physical and Environmental Requirements
- Physical Activity: Requires more than 2/3 of time reaching; 1/3 to 2/3 of time standing, sitting, speaking/hearing; and less than 1/3 of time walking, climbing/balancing, stooping/ kneeling/ crouching/crawling, tasting/smelling.
- Lifting: Requires lifting up to 100 pounds less than 1/3 of time.
- Vision: Requires accurate close and distance vision, color vision, and the ability to focus.
- Environment: Requires 1/3 to 2/3 of time in an office setting; and less than 1/3 of time working near moving technical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic/caustic chemicals, outdoor weather, and/or in extreme heat.
- Noise: Requires exposure to moderate noise.