Plant Manager

Who we are:

Atkore is forging a future where our employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and communities are building better together – a future focused on serving the customer and powering and protecting the world.

With a global network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, Atkore is a leading provider of electrical, safety and infrastructure solutions.

Who we are looking for:

We are currently searching for a Plant Manager to be based out of Hobart, IN. Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Plant Manager will direct and manage the operations for safety, production scheduling, manufacturing, maintenance, and quality. This position will coordinate plant activities through the plant leadership team to ensure manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.

What you'll do: 

• Demonstrate and promote our Atkore values of Integrity, Respect, Excellence, Teamwork and Accountability through actions and decisions.
• Lead a culture where no accidents are acceptable in the workplace; provide Safety and Health direction and support to personnel; ensures compliance with OSHA and environmental regulations; prioritizes shop floor organization and plant cleanliness as essential to successfully running a plant.
• Drive an operational excellence agenda that accelerates the facilities improvement curve by implementation of Lean concepts such as SMED, TPM, OEE practices and optimizing operations for profitability.
• Develop a presence on the shop floor and a working relationship with the operators that allow for a positive work culture and high engagement while ensuring headcount, skills, and training are aligned with global business objectives.
• Establish and improve working capital initiatives to meet/exceed business targets, creating a flexible asset base while improving quality and equipment reliability.
• Establish, maintain, and refine performance metric goals and objectives. Maintain and be accountable for KPI visual reporting while actively participating in Lean Daily Management activities, including GEMBA walks.
• Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, workforce, wages, and salaries.
• Manage Value Stream Managers and function as escalation point for operational issues.
• Align with the Lean group to provide operational support for continuous improvement and participate in Kaizen teams and lead if necessary. Identify opportunities for improvement and team with appropriate support functions to develop and implement solutions.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field and a minimum of 5 years plant/general management experience in a manufacturing environment. (MBA Preferred).
• Working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.
• Six Sigma / Project Management experience. Black Belt strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Proven experience as a mentor/developmental manager for employees with ability to work both as a member of a team, a team leader or as an individual contributor.
• Experience managing in a matrixed organization.

Within 3 months, you’ll:

• Complete your Atkore immersion program.
• Understand how your job will help deliver Atkore’s strategy.
• Study and standardize procedures to improve efficiency of workers.
• Monitor productivity and assist workers with productivity problems.
• Begin learning our product, services, and key customer drivers to be the customers first choice by providing unmatched quality, delivery, and value.
• Provide effective associate relations within plant operations by ensuring employment practices are fair and consistent.

Within 6-months, you’ll:

• Drive lean concepts into plant.
• Establishing and refining performance metric goals and objectives.
• Build the best organizational structure and managing headcount to optimize productivity across the plant.
• Partner with Safety and HR to investigate and provide corrective measures for on-the-job accidents, injuries, production issues, and HR issues.
• Provide comprehensive leadership by developing the strategy and directing all aspects of operations.
• Identify ways to strengthen the team’s commitment to Atkore’s core values of Accountability, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.

Within 12-months, you’ll:

• Be managing an efficient team that delivers Atkore’s strategy.
• Have meaningful performance conversations with your direct reports.
• Increase hourly production rates using Lean Daily Management.
• Implement Improvement plans and ensure Strategy Deployment Process and operations related projects are focused on.
• Oversee operations metrics/KPI’s and drive to targets.
• Partner with Planning and Scheduling departments to ensure alignment between Operations and Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning process accuracy, and production expectations.

Atkore is a four-time Great Place to Work© certified company and a two-time Top Workplaces USA award winner! We’re committed to creating an engaged, aligned workforce driven by a collaborative culture. Our team strives for breakthrough results and stays focused on being standout leaders. We consistently live the Atkore mission, strategic priorities, and behaviors consistent with our core values.

Join our team and align yourself with an industry leader!