Plant Manager

at  UHY LLP

A great UHY client is seeking a Plant Manager to join their team. The ideal candidate will have food/pharmaceutical plant experience, people managing experience, and hands on experience.
The Plant Manager role is an onsite position. This is a client direct hire position.

Plant Manager Objectives

• Ideate and implement strategic improvements for production, quality, and labor utilization throughout the facility
• Provide leadership to ensure effective utilization of plant personnel and equipment
• Collaborate with functional departments in the implementation of improvements
• Investigate and implement innovative manufacturing processes to reduce costs and improve product quality
• Apply lean manufacturing principles in designing, specifying, and validating world-class manufacturing processes that achieve organizational goals

Plant Manager Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate manufacturing operations for production, machinery, processing, and packaging departments
• Ensure that production line schedules are in accordance with facility capabilities, customer requirements, and financial planning
• Manage materials replenishment, quality standards, and performance metrics in support of organizational goals and objectives
• Manage cost structures for manufacturing by keeping operational expenses within budget allowance, and investigate cost-reduction measures
• Create documentation protocols and ensure that all records of operations are properly maintained and reviewed
• Ensure all staff are trained in Good Manufacturing Practices as defined by FDA
• Ensure all staff are trained in OSHA requirements
• Maintain a positive employee morale
• Oversee maintenance department to accomplish a 98% up time
• Verify preventative maintenance program

Plant Manager Required Skills & Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in plant operations Food or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.
• Proven skills in leadership and management
• Demonstrated understanding of lean manufacturing principles
• Able to work in a dynamic & fast paced environment
• Excellent organizational & project management skills
• Attention to details
• Effectively prioritize tasks & multitasks
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in operations management, business, engineering, or related field

UHY Advisors’ Resource Solutions Group provides clients with accomplished professionals to support finance, accounting, internal audit and tax teams. Whether it is project work, loaned staff support or business process outsourcing–we are ready to meet your needs.
Our team has extensive experience with a wide range of clients from middle market, closely held organizations to large Fortune 500 companies. We focus on finance and accounting, internal audit, IT audit and tax. We offer direct, personal involvement from senior practitioners and strive to meet clients’ needs rapidly.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $150,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• This is a client direct hire position. Please confirm your understanding.
• Do you have experience in food or pharmaceutical manufacturing?

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Plant management: 10 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In perso

• Plan and coordinate manufacturing operations for production, machinery, processing, and packaging departments
• Ensure that production line schedules are in accordance with facility capabilities, customer requirements, and financial planning
• Manage materials replenishment, quality standards, and performance metrics in support of organizational goals and objectives
• Manage cost structures for manufacturing by keeping operational expenses within budget allowance, and investigate cost-reduction measures
• Create documentation protocols and ensure that all records of operations are properly maintained and reviewed
• Ensure all staff are trained in Good Manufacturing Practices as defined by FDA
• Ensure all staff are trained in OSHA requirements
• Maintain a positive employee morale
• Oversee maintenance department to accomplish a 98% up time
• Verify preventative maintenance progra