What are the responsibilities and job description for the EPS PLANT MANAGER position at Speedling Inc?
Who We Are
At Speedling we are motivated by our customers' success. We understand the vegetables in our greenhouses are the same veggies at home on our table. We take pride in knowing the flowers we grow will be seen in stores across the country. We understand our EPS facility gives local fish farmers the containers they need to ship their products across the country and expand their business.
Over 55 years of experience as an industry leader gives us the knowledge and ability to provide for our customers' ever-growing needs for high-quality transplants for seeded vegetables, ornamentals, hemp, and vegetative propagated products.
Every day we look to improve, innovate, and achieve our goal of providing quality products at the best possible price and value for our customers.
The agricultural industry is unique in its camaraderie, the desire to see success across the industry – we want to be a part of your success. At Speedling, we are here to help you grow.
This position is for you if:
- You have a strong background in a manufacturing environment and have 5 years of manufacturing supervisory experience.
- You are skilled in optimizing production processes, equipment efficiency, and workflow.
- You are mechanically inclined, familiar with conducting mold changes, electrical experience a plus.
- You are bilingual in English and Spanish (this is preferred).
Join our team
As the EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) Plant Manager, you will be responsible for meeting productivity, efficiency, customer service, cost, quality, safety, and organizational excellence goals through both individual effort and effective team leadership. This role develops plans and strategies to grow the customer base while supporting the creation of new strategic programs. The Plant Manager ensures strong short- and long-term sales and profitability, maintaining awareness of operational challenges, financial performance, and inventory levels. The EPS Plant Manager also provides clear direction, leadership, coaching, and support to the team, promoting empowerment, collaboration, hands-on learning, and continuous improvement.
The job details
- Oversees daily production operations, ensuring productivity, efficiency, quality, safety, and on-time delivery
- Maintains and improves production processes, equipment, and facilities, including preventive and corrective maintenance programs.
- Manages workflow, staffing, training, and performance, partnering with HR on employee relations and development.
- Ensures compliance with quality standards and leads corrective/preventive actions related to customer issues.
- Enforces safety policies, conducts incident investigations, and drives continuous improvement in safety programs.
- Oversees inventory planning, material availability, and purchasing needs to support uninterrupted production.
- Manages delivery operations, including driver efficiency, costs, and just-in-time performance.
- Ensures proper water quality for both drinking and production use.
- Implements supportive ideas and initiatives within the department and collaborates with other teams to achieve company-wide goals and objectives.
What we offer
- Our Employees are our #1 Asset! Speedling offers a competitive salary, mentoring with amazing people, medical, dental, company-paid life insurance, pet insurance, 401(k) plan with a healthy company match, paid vacation, and holidays.