Plant Manager

Job Profile: Plant Manager - Houston

Purpose of the job:         The Plant Manager is responsible for the safe manufacturing of high-quality recycled rubber products in an efficient, productive and cost effective manner while being highly customer service oriented internally and externally.  The Plant Manager also provides leadership, coaching and development to his/her direct reports (Production, Maintenance & Administration) to promote the NWR core values and support the achievement of the company objectives.  The Plant Manager plays a key role in defining and exemplifying the performance culture of the plant and inspiring all plant employees in the achievement of greater results.

Reports to:                             Vice President of Operations

Direct Reports:                     Maintenance & Production Supervisors (5), 1 Admin

Responsible for:                   50 employees

Plant Schedule:                    24 hrs/day, 7 days/week         

Location of Job:                18210 Beaumont Hwy, Houston, TX 77049

Key Result Areas:

1. Safety: Achieve a 0 Lost Time Incident rate, improve safety culture, and reduce risk score


2. Quality: Achieve > 94% 1st grade mat quality


3. Service: Achieve > 98% On-time shipments and > 98% Complete shipments and <7 days to ready


4. Plant Performance: Achieve the annually budgeted volume and productivity targets and develop an actionable list of throughput, productivity, and efficiency improvement initiatives to show measurable continuous improvements.


5. Cost: Achieve budgeted cost per unit targets and identify an actionable list of initiatives to reduce cost per units.


6. People: Hire required Production, Maintenance and Administration staff to achieve plant performance. Ensure that all employees receive proper onboarding support and ongoing performance reviews with emphasis on demonstration of the NWR core values, and individual productivity and attendance. Achieve annual Turnover rate of < 20% and Absenteeism Level of < 3.5%.

Responsibilities:

1. Operations – Be an effective member of the larger Operations Team.


2. Leadership - To support NWR’s growth vision and to create the desired performance culture


3. Health & Safety, Quality, Environment – To create a safety culture, lead the process of systems development, implementation and management including audits and compliance measures.


4. Reliability – To improve plant performance and consistency of results through employee development, preventive maintenance, process improvements & capital projects implementation.


5. Productivity – To create a culture of continuous improvement and engagement by all people to make processes more efficient.


6. Cost – To build and deliver the budgeted cost per mat Including all budgeting activities and on-going cost management.


7. Capital – To support the execution of all current capital projects and the development and justification of all future capital projects.


8. People – Collaborate with HR for all employee related matters including hiring, training, coaching & development, performance management, communications, and formal/informal rewards.


9. Customer Service – To foster a positive team ethos geared towards profitability, satisfying customer requirements, and a sense of urgency to address customer concerns.


10. And most of all…. To proudly represent the Houston plant and inspire its employees to achieve their potential.


11. Other duties and projects as required.

Core Values:

1. Respect for all


2. Own it


3. Results focused

Competencies:

1. Energizing leadership with strong motivational capabilities


2. Critical thinker and analytical decision maker


3. Very good listener and clear communicator with strong oral, written and presentation skills.


4. Ability to work well with individuals from different backgrounds and skills at various levels in the organization.


5. Effective time management, Job task planning and organizing.


6. Creative, solution-oriented individual who can think out of the box and thrives in an innovative environment.


7. Someone who exhibits strong initiative, needs little to no supervision and direction, highly organized and takes pride in their work.


8. Is a good fit for NWR and our core values.

Prerequisites

1. 8 plus years manufacturing management experience


2. Minimum of 3 years experience in maintenance


3. University degree preferred (mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, process engineering)


4. Energizing leadership and inspirational people skills


5. Strong financial acumen in support of budgeting activities and investment justification


6. Lean & Six Sigma working knowledge and track record of results.


7. Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.


8. Maintenance management experience (CMMS)


9. A successful track record in developing and implementing effective manufacturing systems (QMS, CMMS, ERP, HS&E, MES, KPI Reporting, etc.)


10. Strong capital planning and execution experience


11. Previous experience with management of rapid change in a high growth environment would be an asset.


12. Proficient with office suite and Excel


13. Ability and availability to travel internationally as required.