Assistant Plant Manager

Eric'sons is a trench drain manufacturing company with three locations in the United States. We are looking for an Assistant Plant Manager for our Ogden, UT location. This position is a direct hire, regular full-time position. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, accident and disability coverages. We also offer a 401k plan with company match, PTO and paid holidays.

Position overview: The Assistant Plant Manager is in charge of overseeing plant operations through partnership with the Plant Manager. This position’s responsibilities revolve around managing the daily plant operations, answering and assisting production supervisors with technical questions and issues, assessing the workforce performance and perform administrative support tasks such as producing progress reports and presentations, managing budgets and schedules, answering inquiries and handling calls and correspondence. Additionally, the Assistant Plant Manager role is essential to leading and encouraging the workforce to reach goals, all while implementing the company's policies and regulations.

Responsibilities:

· Follow and enforce all safety processes and procedures

· Support Plant Manager and other managers by managing day-to-day operations

· Provide direction, apply manufacturing knowledge and leadership to meet the business plan and achieve both short- and long-term goals and objectives

· Coordinate production planning

· Set and maintain production standards

· Schedule and conduct plant meetings and ensure content aligns with production goals and expected best practices

· Monitor production schedules to ensure goals are met for on-time completion, shipping and delivery to customers

· Facilitate changes and drive best practice initiatives plant-wide

· Develop, initiate and maintain KPIs for department managers and perform performance evaluations to ensure KPIs are attainable and consistently accomplished

· Drive accountability amongst all departments plant-wide

· Monitor inventory for raw materials and coordinate purchasing efforts with the Procurement Manager

· Collaborate with other departments to ensure jobs are completed to specifications

· Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

· At least 3 years of manufacturing management experience required

· Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Teams, Sharepoint. Outlook) and ERP systems required

· Progressive leadership and management experience preferred

· Ability to understand, troubleshoot and allocate industrial machinery to appropriate tasks and uses

· Familiarity with machine maintenance and repair

· Proficiency on Mechanical Computer-aided design, such as Auto-CAD and similar software, is preferred

· Ability to use and train others to use programs that convert.dxf files to industrial machine files and code, inclusive of knowledge of CAD systems

· Dependability and reliability to report to work are a must

· Must be able to work overtime as required

· Effective communication skills, both written and oral, required

· Must be able to read work orders and shop drawings

· Must be at least 18 years of age

· Bilingual (English and Spanish, both oral and written) is a plus

· Must be authorized to work in the United States

Education:

· Degree in Engineering or other technical education preferred

Supervisory requirements:

· Yes: department managers will report directly to the Assistant Plant Manager

Competencies:

· Ability to maintain positive attitude under pressure

· Ability to forge effective business-related partnerships with all members of plant management

· Self motivated and proactive

· Ability to work as part of a collaborative team

· Ability to travel for training as necessary

· Ability to work at a moderate to fast pace to keep up with production demands

· Ability to understand verbal and written instructions

· Ability to withstand extreme temperatures (hot and cold)

· Ability to stand/walk/crouch/kneel/bend for duration of shift (up to 10 hours)

· Ability to lift 50 pounds frequently