Plant Manager

Job description

**Position Purpose:** Manage all aspects of production, maintenance, scheduling and shipping with a keen focus on safety. **Primary Duties & Responsibilities:** - Follow and enforce established safety rules, policies and procedures. - Maintain OSHA regulatory compliance in all aspects of written programs, procedures, associate training and plant operations. - Ensure best practices are followed in all production-related functions and maintain positive workplace culture and associate morale. - Ensure all necessary safety documentation is recorded, retained, and updated as necessary. - Maintain plant cleanliness and neat and orderly work areas. - Active participant on Division Safety Committee. - Establish areas of responsibility for immediate subordinates, give general direction to various departments to ensure adherence to production schedules, standards of performance, quality and safety programs and company policies. - Direct production, maintenance and shipping team regarding production requirements, equipment utilization, quality/quantity standards, safety/housekeeping, equipment repair and maintenance. - Ensure customer specifications are met during the manufacturing process. - Ensure timely corrective action to manufacturing-related internal quality audit deficiencies. - Ensure nonconforming product is properly identified and segregated for disposition. - Analyze reports indicating manpower, attendance, job bidding, labor costs, overtime, equipment efficiencies, production shipments and the like. - Investigate, determine and implement corrective measures to improve operations deviating from established standards. - Develop and implement improvements for methods, equipment, material handling techniques and similar projects. - Analyze capital equipment needs, employment levels and budgets; make recommendations regarding these applications. - Maintain industry contacts and remain informed of new developments, programs, machinery and trends. - Drive inventory management and track industry news and pricing of all necessary supplies such as ink, skids and adhesives. - Oversee and direct supervisors and managers with associate performance and disciplinary management, approve associate change status requests and make effective recommendations to General Manager for discipline, promotion, transfer or termination. - Staff, train and mentor production, maintenance and shipping supervisors and management, preparing them for new responsibilities and future challenges. - Full-time role in a non-temperature regulated manufacturing plant/warehouse setting. **Skill Sets:** - Ability to drive results, problem solve and lead others in situations lacking necessary detail - Effective collaboration with all departmental managers to achieve organizational objectives - Strong verbal and written communication and mentoring skills - Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook - Knowledgeable of plant equipment and operations - Strong attention to detail - Proficient in lean methods - Achieve proficiency in and utilize company project management software and other data management systems (i.e. Amtech job costing and RPM modules and UKG HRIS) **About BCI:** Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. (BCI) is a privately held, employee-owned company with twelve (12) corrugated manufacturing facilities, providing an extensive range of corrugated packaging products. Located in ten states, our services and capabilities include custom-designed corrugated packaging, point-of-purchase displays, point-of-sale packaging along with fulfillment and logistics. Simply stated, we do not just make boxes. We build the means to shape impressions and influence perceptions. BCI provides competitive pay and a robust benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability benefits, 401(k), paid time off and holidays.