Leaders Staffing is seeking an experienced Bilingual Plant Manager to work at one of our customers, located in Goshen, IN.

* Must be willing to work 2nd Shift hours.

Summary/Objective:

The Plant Manager (PM) is responsible for managing and leading manufacturing department group leaders, team leaders, and team members for assigned areas / shifts to ensure safety, quality, positive work environment, customer requirements, and fabrication manufacturing needs are met. Provide leadership and motivation to direct reports in manufacturing system that emphasizes safety, quality, customer satisfaction, accuracy, productivity, cost reduction, housekeeping, efficiency, training, teamwork, and morale.

Required Education and Experience

• 2 years of college preferred and a minimum of a high school education and 3 years of fabrication factory-related experience.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office and Navision.
• Preferred Education and Experience
• Fabrication Manufacturing / industry experience a minimum of years
• Management / Leadership experience at least 3 years required.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ensure fabrication manufacturing operations are running effectively in the areas of safety, quality, efficiency / productivity, cost, and team member morale.
• Provide direction and motivation to group leaders focusing on safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and morale.
• Conduct daily fabrication manufacturing production area audits to ensure procedures for safety, quality, equipment, and training are being followed and all aspects of manufacturing are effective including correcting sub-standards.
• Lead development of Group Leaders.
• Implement short- and long-term corrective actions for manufacturing problems.
• Ensure all departmental procedures are compliant with quality and environmental management systems and programs.
• Monitor daily build sheets and analyze efficiency rates and downtime to ensure customer requirements are being met.
• Coordinate and maintain standardization of process/methods.
• Lead identification of manufacturing problems and eliminate waste.
• Develops, leads, monitors, and participates in a Manufacturing continuous improvement system.
• Implement, monitor, and maintain a clean, organized department.
• Assists Production Manager in developing, planning, and maintaining the budget including making adjustments to achieve targets.
• Review and track Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) including leading problem solving for negative trends or goals not met.
• Participates in management discussions and planning sessions to help formulate cost reduction, product improvement, and problem-solving activities.
• Develops and maintains positive team member relations centered on mutual trust, dignity, respect, fairness, consistency, two-way communication, teamwork, and harmony.
• Provides direction and motivation to team members emphasizing quality, efficiency, productivity, cost reduction, safety and health, and morale.
• Ensures further development of group leaders, team leaders, and team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, corrective action, and cascade training. Update team member training matrix and schedule any needed training.

Competencies:

• Communication Proficiency / Coaching
• Organizational Skills
• Staffing
• Initiative
• Thoroughness
• Time Management
• Management Proficiency
• Financial Planning and Strategy
• Process Improvement
• Decision Making
• Strategic Planning
• Quality Management / Contro

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has the following positions reporting to it:

• Team Leaders
• Production Supervisor

Travel:
Travel will be minimal and would be primarily local during the business day.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person