What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager position at safetytechnology?
Humanetics is a high-tech global industrial technology group. We engineer extraordinary safety, digital, and sensor solutions for critical environments to put humans at the heart of industrial design. We are the pioneers of crash test dummies and a leading provider of virtual simulation software, integrated crash test systems, precision sensors, specialized fiber optics, and laser-based material engineering. Our highly specialized solutions are used in the development of every car on the road today, space missions, guidance systems, operating theatres, biomedical devices, haptic surgery, energy generation, semi-conductor chip manufacturing, and many applications at the cutting edge of human innovation. Our sensor and measurement capabilities create data from critical environments and deliver precision tools to enable customers to answer critical questions and empower decisions that drive performance. When we innovate, humans thrive.
Role Purpose: The Plant Manager is responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects of the manufacturing plant’s operations. This includes ensuring efficient production processes, maintaining high safety standards, and achieving production goals. The Plant Manager will work closely with various departments to optimize productivity and ensure the plant runs smoothly.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Oversee Daily Operations: Manage and direct all daily operations of the manufacturing plant, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Production Management: Plan, organize, and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed customer expectations.
- Efficiency Optimization: Analyze workflow, labor, and equipment to maximize efficiency and minimize costs. Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, and wages. Develop strategies to enhance plant performance and employee satisfaction.
- Quality Control: Ensure product quality and on-time shipping by monitoring production output and implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Resource Allocation: Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
- Data Analysis: Collect and analyze data to identify areas of waste or overtime and develop systems to track and optimize productivity.
- Employee Management: Address employee issues and lead cultural changes in accordance with organizational initiatives. Develop and implement a clear plan to bring all personnel to the expected skill levels necessary to operate the business at the targets set forth. Provide direction, development and leadership to all reports. Evaluates performance of plant personnel.
- Budget Management: Work with corporate managers on budgets, forecasting, and planning, and implement cost-effective solutions. Prepares teams annual budget including capital expenditures and provides input to management team.
- Safety Compliance: Perform routine safety checks on equipment and ensure adherence to all safety protocols.
Supervision: Production, maintenance, shipping, receiving, material and test lab.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in related field or five years production management experience in a manufacturing environment.
- ISO 9001:2025 and ISO 17025:2005
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Outlook.
- Excellent communication, ability to give clear verbal and written direction.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills to interpret production information.
- Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.
- Experience with managing a large group of people.
- Knowledge of the automotive industry
- Understanding of impact events, material behaviour and manufacturing processes
- Ability to work within a diverse workforce.
- Ability to follow through on work assignments, realistic scheduling, and observance of deadlines.
- Ability to work under conflicting and frequently changing priorities.
- Able to provide strong listening, interpersonal, team working and organizational skills.
- Ability to provide support to staff.