Plant Manager

Join our team and work for the market leader of construction tools at MARSHALLTOWN Hammer (previously V&B Manufacturing)! 

Here at MARSHALLTOWN Hammer, we pride ourselves on creating a healthy company culture where new and good ideas are embraced, where excellence and effort are rewarded, decisions are made efficiently, and where we have the resources available in our top-notch facilities to accomplish the goals in which we set out to achieve. Our team strives to problem-solve the constantly evolving needs that arise at our facilities. If being a part of a team that aims to manufacture superior quality tools, works hard, is nimble, and challenges the status quo, then joining the MARSHALLTOWN Hammer team is the right opportunity for you!

As the Plant Manager, you will be responsible for managing production operations through proper employee training, efficient planning, staging a work-to-production schedule, and effective assignment of work ensuring production orders are completed within our quality specifications and on time. The right candidate will provide leadership, guidance, and supervision of employees. This person will contribute through value-added activities in quality improvement, efficiency enhancement, and process improvement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maintaining a safe environment for all employees and ensuring everyone is working safely
• Directing employees to complete production orders to the schedule in a timely and quality manner
• Ensuring employees are properly trained and working safely
• Staging production to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective processing of orders
• Identifying ways to improve work methods and implementing those changes
• Ensuring work areas are well-organized, tools and fixtures are working properly, and areas are free of safety hazards
• Coaching and providing employees with regular feedback and completing quarterly evaluations on a timely basis
• Understanding and applying company policies consistently
• Performing quality assurance checks throughout the department
• Other duties and project work as assigned

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Keeps immediate supervisor informed of important matters which must be handled at that level, with emphasis on critical incidents related to employee safety and security.
• Contributes to a cooperative working effort by demonstrating a willingness to perform other job-related work, as needed or requested.
• Decision-making and authority is exercised with good judgment, recognizing when others must be involved.
• Shows initiative in gaining and maintaining the skills, abilities, and knowledge required to perform this position in at least a fully qualified and satisfactory manner.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment, required.
• Two years demonstrated supervisory, leadership, training, and coaching experience, required.
• Ability to multitask and manage shifting priorities with frequent interruptions.
• Successful completion of a forklift driving test and the material handler written exam, provided.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills to all levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with MRP systems.

 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Must be able to communicate face-to-face and over the phone
• Lifting up to 40 lbs, unassisted
• Frequent sitting, standing, and walking, as well as occasional bending, twisting, kneeling, climbing, pushing/pulling, and reaching above shoulder level
• Work environment includes noise >85db as well as frequent exposure to hot and cold temperatures in the manufacturing facility
• Requires ability to read, write, calculate, and reason

MARSHALLTOWN offers comprehensive total rewards packages to include competitive wages, matching 401k retirement plans, Dental, Traditional and High Deductible Health Plans with employer HSA contributions, and vacation eligibility, just to name a few!

MARSHALLTOWN is proud to provide equal employment opportunity to individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, protected disability or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.