Assistant Plant Manager

Candidates must have experience in Automated Welding operations

ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER

Primary Job Duties:

• The Assistnat Plant Manager is responsible for continuous improvement in production key measure performance and customer satisfaction for the plant.


• Assures adequate staffing and training to execute production and operational plans.


• Complete the departmental training and development plan annually.


• Complete the annual performance review of each direct report and review any indirect reports for each team member in the Operations Department.


• Leads operations function within their area of responsibility, providing direct leadership to all Operations staff.


• Supervise the operations of production personnel to ensure all manufacturing processes are running within budget and to the schedule.


• Be continually aware of customer shipping requirements, work schedules, and quality levels required to meet these schedules. Ensure that quality is maintained and that costs are held to a minimum.


• Manage the Production Superintendents and/or Supervisors on daily schedules, staffing and production attainment.


• Oversee the hiring and training of technical production employees to ensure a competent workforce.


• Assures adequate staffing and training to execute operational plans.


• Drive excellence in customer and internal quality through process standardization and team


• Set operational performance goals in line to meet Profit Plan targets.


• Study daily operating results, meet daily with subordinates, and have daily contact with various department heads on operational performance gaps.


• Directs and/or supports investigation of operational issues and follow-up to ensure that issues have been corrected or to determine the next best course of action.


• Establish individual personnel objectives through analysis of and familiarity with each individuals job function. Help develop employee potential and leverage individual, and managerial capabilities.


• Consult with the Plant Controller to develop annual operating budgets and controls.


• Supply accounting with staffing requirements for costing-out to determine the annual profit plan.


• Give accounting monthly labor-hour estimates of indirect and direct labor for forecasting profit by the month. Determine purchased burden on supplies and materials to ensure proper and accurate cost control and accounting.


• Support plant safety and CI programs by ensuring that operations support is involved with the implementation into the manufacturing process.

Required experience:

• Minimum 10 years working in a production leadership role in the automotive manufacturing environment.


• Knowledge of IATF 16949 requirements.


• Fluent in MS Office applications.


• Ability to analyze complex data and communicate findings in verbal or presentation format.


• Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent.


• Quality and lean management experience


• Experience in welding and automated assembly strongly desired.