Plant Supervisor (Dallas)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety, Health, Environment, and Compliance:

• Promote a safety-first culture and ensure all employees work in compliance with company safety policies and regulatory requirements.
• Lead safety meetings, workplace inspections, hazard recognition activities, and corrective action initiatives.
• Investigate incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions and implement preventive measures.
• Ensure compliance with environmental permits, regulatory requirements, ISO standards, and company policies.
• Support and promote all Quality, Safety, Health, Environmental, and Sustainability programs.

Production and Operations Leadership:

• Direct and coordinate daily plant operations to achieve production, quality, efficiency, and cost objectives.
• Monitor and optimize furnace operations, expansion processes, packaging systems, and material handling equipment.
• Establish daily production priorities and communicate expectations to operations personnel.
• Monitor production rates, yields, downtime, quality performance, and operating costs.
• Ensure customer orders are produced and shipped according to schedule.
• Coordinate shift coverage, staffing plans, and operating schedules to support business needs.
• Develop and implement operational improvements to increase efficiency and productivity.

Quality Management:

• Ensure all products meet established quality specifications and customer requirements.
• Monitor process controls, testing activities, and quality performance trends.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective actions related to product quality issues.
• Work closely with quality personnel to maintain compliance with internal and external quality standards.

Equipment Reliability and Maintenance Coordination:

• Partner with Maintenance to prioritize and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and uptime.
• Participate in troubleshooting production and equipment issues.
• Support capital projects, equipment modifications, and process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure operational readiness of furnaces, packaging systems, screens, dust collection systems, compressors, conveyors, and material handling equipment.

Inventory and Material Management:

• Monitor raw material, packaging material, and finished goods inventories.
• Ensure inventory accuracy through proper material tracking and reporting.
• Coordinate raw material deliveries and finished product shipments.
• Support warehouse and logistics activities to maintain customer service levels.

Leadership and Employee Development:

• Supervise, coach, train, and develop plant personnel.
• Establish clear performance expectations and provide regular feedback.
• Conduct employee performance evaluations and support employee development plans.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, communication, and employee engagement.
• Participate in recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and workforce development activities.
• Develop future leaders and strengthen workforce capabilities within the operation.

Continuous Improvement:

• Lead Lean Manufacturing, 6S, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze operational data and identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, safety, and cost performance.
• Implement standard work practices, operating procedures, and process controls.
• Drive initiatives to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and enhance operational reliability.

Reporting and Administrative Responsibilities:

• Prepare and review production, quality, safety, maintenance, and inventory reports.
• Maintain accurate operational records and documentation.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and communicate results to management.
• Assist with annual budgets, cost control initiatives, and operational planning activities.
• Provide regular updates to management regarding plant performance and improvement opportunities.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Directly supervises production personnel and shift leaders.
• Provides leadership and direction for all operating personnel.
• Coordinates activities between Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Shipping, and Warehouse functions.
• Participate in employee selection, training, performance management, and disciplinary actions.
• May serve as acting site leader in the absence of the Perlite Development Manager.

Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Industrial Technology, Operations Management, Manufacturing, or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing or industrial operations experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in perlite, mineral processing, mining, aggregates, cement, lime, refractory, or similar process industries preferred.
• Experience with furnace operations, thermal processing systems, bulk material handling, screening, packaging, and shipping operations preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong leadership and team development skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of MSHA, environmental, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and manufacturing reporting systems.
• Strong organizational, planning, and decision-making capabilities.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work in industrial plant environments with exposure to dust, noise, heat, and moving equipment.
• Ability to walk, climb stairs and ladders, bend, stoop, and lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Ability to work extended hours when necessary to support operational requirements.
• Success Measures

The Perlite Plant Supervisor will be evaluated on:

• Safety performance
• Production attainment
• Product quality performance
• Equipment uptime and reliability
• Cost management
• Inventory accuracy
• Employee development and retention
• Continuous improvement achievements
• Customer service and delivery performance

****This position is located in Dallas, Texas****

Salary Range - $95k - $110k