Plant Manager

Plant Manager Job Highlights

Company Profile

Arcosa provides infrastructure-related products and solutions with leading brands serving engineered structures, construction, and transportation markets.

Job Profile

Meyer Utility Structures, an Arcosa subsidiary, is seeking a Plant Manager who will be responsible for sustainable earning results, increasing market revenue, streamlining/standardizing workflow, and creating a team environment to increase productivity.

This role will also include identifying and driving continuous improvement efforts, optimization of inventory networks, plant line capacity, process planning capabilities and systems, supporting short/long term improvement, delivery performance, flexibility, and availability.

Overall Objective-

The Plant Manager is to meet customer expectations, maintain compliance with quality guidelines and regulatory requirements, ensure a safe and secure work environment for all employees, contractors, and visitors while reducing costs, increasing service levels, and achieving operation manufacturing excellence as Best in Class.

Educational Qualification

• The applicants should have passed a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized college/university.

Work Experience

• The candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience managing overall operations (safety, quality, procurement, logistics, maintenance, budget, etc.) in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience in a Union Environment is preferred
• Experience in an industrial steel manufacturing plant is preferred

Duties/Responsibilities

• Communicate the vision for the plant and communicate strategy and objectives effectively
• Develops and administers financial budgets and activities to fund operations, maximize investments and increase efficiency
• Directs and manages resources to implement tactical business plans and programs to see work through completion
• Ensures operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by partnering with the maintenance department and vendor/contractors to coordinate preventive maintenance requirements
• Ensures that team has necessary resources and removes barriers where appropriate
• Exhibits a strong work ethic and focus on Lean Manufacturing, safety, quality, productivity, and P&L management
• Follows up on critical tasks and holds people accountable for adhering to process and protocol
• Identifies talent correctly and shows ownership of all aspects of plant staffing and retention
• Oversees employee and plant safety to ensure OSHA and company policy compliance
• Oversight of production, distribution, cost accounting, sales, and customer services
• Persistent in achieving desired results
• Prioritize the necessary resources and create the tactical steps required to accomplish goals on time
• Sets clear and consistent expectations for performance and leverages resources available to accomplish goals
• Stage work and recalibrate throughout the day as necessary to meet customer demand

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Able to apply quality control for moderate regulatory & testing requirements
• Experience with moderate to complex project management involving materials and manufacturing processes in a steel fabrication environment
• Has led moderate to complex operations with products on manufacturing lines including cutting steel plate, fitting, welding, and outfitting
• Moderate knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and practices

Employer’s Statement

Arcosa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.