Plant Manager

Architectural Precast Innovations (API) has spent 60 years perfecting our processes and production to become a top precast producer and certified through PCI. We provide unmatched attention to details so that every customer feels like our only customer We follow the most stringent production and installation tolerances, ensuring superior quality and durability of our products. However, what truly sets us apart is what happens before and after the sale. We are currently searching for a critical member of our team, the Plant Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Hands on leadership in establishing operations standards for safety, quality, on time delivery, cost control, process improvement and waste reduction.
• Identify potential operational risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, enhancing the organization’s resilience and adaptability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operations, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
• Drive and instill a culture of continuous improvement.
• Give direction to each department at the start of each shift. Ensure ALL department hold daily task meetings (10 Minutes) to review the days expected work, issues and changes from the previous day’s work, etc. – Keep all communications open.
• Foster a culture of clear accountability and high productivity.
• Build trusting relationships encouraging open dialogue and transparency.
• Enforces high performance standards, ensuring the team’s focus aligns with our mission.
• Be results and data driven and be able to effect change based on data.
• Promote a focus on our customers’ needs and anticipate and respond to changes.
• Ensure company policies and guidelines are followed to ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
• Responsible for the performance of all manufacturing employees, this includes all departments of manufacturing.
• Responsible for coordination of manufacturing and logistics issues and challenges.
• Participates in yearly budget preparation with regards to “Manufacturing” expense workbooks periodically reviewing for budget compliance.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in management/business preferred
• General knowledge of precast processes as they relate form building, reinforcing, concrete finishing and handling.
• Concrete experience with knowledge of mix designs and materials used.
• In depth experience with root cause analysis
• Understanding of Lean Principles
• Knowledge of financial management of projects
• Must have supervisory experience
• Proactive thinker