Plant Manager

Plant Manager

Description

Great Western Building Systems seeks a highly motivated and experienced Plant Manager to join our team. This is a unique opportunity to manage an established team, and to build on our existing successes.

The ideal candidate is an experienced leader, thrives off organization, is detail-oriented, and has strong communication skills. The candidate should be an inspirational motivating leader who is successful in instilling values for safety, quality, and efficiency throughout the Team. 

Great Western Buildings manufactures high quality custom pre-engineered steel buildings for do-it-yourselfers, contractors, and anyone looking to build a strong, cost-effective permanent structure.

Our Culture

Our work environment is fast-paced, fun, and oftentimes exciting. Our team is built of a diverse group of individuals who all bring their own strengths to achieve our high goals. 

Responsibilities

Manufacturing Operations

• Maximize our leading edge ERP software to focus on results that expand throughput, eliminate bottlenecks, and minimize waste 

• Ensure the shop and yard are highly organized, clean, and efficient

• Evaluate current strategies and make adjustments to streamline manufacturing, maintenance, and material movements including staging, bundling, packing, loading, and shipping

• Oversee preventive maintenance and ensure sufficient down time is blocked out in the schedule; predict when to take advantage of maintenance opportunities

• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce inventory costs through purchasing, re-use, lead times, and strategic management

Data Best Practices

• Communicate KPIs to individual Teams and help them achieve their goals

• Ensure material movements are accurate and in real time by training staff to utilize scanning systems throughout the shop for each event (material staging, production, bundling, and shipping)

• Utilize and manage data to ensure all production and materials are accurately tracked and production/delivery schedules are upheld

• Track, monitor, and evaluate production data to make informed decisions and evidence based continuous improvement recommendations to upper management

Staff Management 

• Maintain a cohesive and effective manufacturing team by leading cooperation between maintenance, safely, quality control and shop personnel

• Efficiently match staffing to variable production needs and schedules

• Cross train capable employees to prevent downtime and increase flexibility

• Identify gaps and provide guidance and training to improve the team’s productivity, efficiency, quality, and self worth

• Bring in new talent as needed and train them to perform to their best potential

• Retain and reward valued employees

Leadership

• Inspire, motivate, and encourage the manufacturing team to professionally meet and exceed standards and production goals

• Strive to learn all aspects of the building systems we produce to become a trusted leading resource to staff and customers when needed

• Identify Team Leads and mentor them for succession planning

Other

• Collaborate with the Controller, President, and General Manager, to make decisions that support business goals

• Work with project management, detailing, engineering and sales to fill the pipeline for the shop

• Follow all safety protocols including wearing PPE and required PPE at all times. Required PPE is defined as gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe boots. Additional PPE, such as hard hats, flame-resistant clothing, hearing protection, face shields, respirators, etc, may be required depending on the specific tasks being performed or the work area.

• Duties, responsibilities, and reporting relationships may fluctuate or evolve in light of your skill, experience, and the company’s needs

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 5 years experience managing overall operations (safety, quality, procurement, logistics, maintenance, budget, etc.) in a custom manufacturing environment

• Welding knowledge and experience required

• Experience managing 30 employees

• Ability to comfortably use computers and software ERP programs, Excel, Google sheets, email, etc.

• Experience in an industrial custom steel manufacturing plant preferred

• Experience with moderate to complex project management involving materials and manufacturing processes

• Experience with moderate to complex operations with products on manufacturing lines including cutting steel plate, fitting, welding and painting

• Knowledge of machines and tools used for steel fabrication (plasma tables, saws, auto-welders), including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance

• Ability to apply quality control for moderate regulatory & testing requirements

The work environment is primarily indoors, and will, at times, be exposed to natural weather elements such as heat, cold, sunlight, darkness, wind, rain, lightning, snow, and dust. The noise level in the work environment. is usually moderate.

Compensation and Benefits 

• $75,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year, depending on experience and performance

• Comprehensive benefits package after 90 days of employment 

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• Health Saving Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Life Insurance

• Paid time Off 

• Paid sick leave

• Employee assistance program

• More! 

Job Type

• Full-Time

• Monday - Friday

• Some nights/weekends

Ability to Commute/Relocate 

• Grand Junction, CO 81501: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required) 

Work location: On Location