What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager position at GD Energy Products?
GD Energy Products – New Name, Same Legacy
The company you have known as Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has a new name – GD Energy Products. Now for more than 160 years, we have made it our business to lead the industry with unmatched products and services; and I can promise that while our identity may change, deep down, who we are as a company never will.
GD Energy Products is looking for a Plant Manager to work in Fort Worth, TX.
When joining GD Energy Products, you will be eligible for many of our competitive benefits, including: vacation, 401K matching, paid holidays, sick days, full medical/dental/vision benefits, short/long term disability, maternity/paternity leave and many more!
Job Summary
Responsible for planning, managing and directing all manufacturing, plant engineering, customer service, and materials management functions for the Tulsa location . Responsible to meet plant, division, and corporate goals and objectives consistent with established policies and procedures and to ensure safe and efficient operations, satisfy customer requirements and maintain profitability .
Supervisory Responsibilities
The company you have known as Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has a new name – GD Energy Products. Now for more than 160 years, we have made it our business to lead the industry with unmatched products and services; and I can promise that while our identity may change, deep down, who we are as a company never will.
GD Energy Products is looking for a Plant Manager to work in Fort Worth, TX.
When joining GD Energy Products, you will be eligible for many of our competitive benefits, including: vacation, 401K matching, paid holidays, sick days, full medical/dental/vision benefits, short/long term disability, maternity/paternity leave and many more!
Job Summary
Responsible for planning, managing and directing all manufacturing, plant engineering, customer service, and materials management functions for the Tulsa location . Responsible to meet plant, division, and corporate goals and objectives consistent with established policies and procedures and to ensure safe and efficient operations, satisfy customer requirements and maintain profitability .
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Provides leadership to plan, schedule, organize and staff manufacturing and manufacturing support functions . Assures that all functions within the manufacturing organization are properly staffed and coordinated, and that personnel are properly qualified, directed and trained to perform their responsibility at a high level .
- Responsible for creation, submittal, approval and implementation of objectives , strategies and business plans.
- Responsible for business planning to include operating budgets, capital budgets, sales budgets and overall management and control of this plant.
- Accountable for profit and loss of the plant.
- Leads subordinates to produce products and components of the highest quality, lowest cost and delivered on time to customers, utilizing the principles of Lean Manufacturing.
- Complies with overall safety and environmental government regulations and internal company policies to insure a safe workplace for employees and environmental responsibility and stewardship.
- Responsible for standard margins and variances for all manufacturing locations.
- Participate in setting strategies for manufacturing operations . Support and communicate the strategies and objectives to employees.
- Develop and implement near and long-term capital projects
- Implement processes to attain continuous improvement in all areas of including, but not limited to, safety, cost of quality, productivity and asset management.
- Ensures that employee relations programs are in place to maintain a non-union environment.
- Establishes and maintains effective communications program to keep plant employees informed of conditions, schedules, corporate initiatives and other pertinent information.
- Manages performance appraisal program for manufacturing employees to insure consistent measurement of performance.
- Establishes plant operating budgets to meet cost standards and maintain product margin goals.
- Involves corporate and division resources when necessary to address opportunities or resolve problems that may require more resources than at hand.
- Maintains open communications with Product Engineering with regard to design problems, product performance, new product start-up and test results.
- Develops and manages manufacturing controls to assure that production schedules are achieved to meet sales requirements . Includes the timely machining of material and assembly of parts to fulfill production schedules without adding unnecessary cost to inventory expense.
- Coordinates customer requirements with division sales, marketing and plant materials management.
- Maintains open communications with sales and marketing personnel regarding capacity constraints and operating problems that may affect forecasts.
- Conducts periodic production status meetings with staff, reviewing performance with respect to master schedule and develop action plans to deal with variances.
- Plans and develops manufacturing facilities and equipment for efficient production of products.
- Maintains good community relations.
- Regular attendance is an essential function of the job.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
- Ten (10) years’ experience in plant operations, with at least three (3) of those in a plant manager role of similar scope.
- Ten (10) years’ experience in plant operations, with at least three (3) of those in a plant manager role of similar scope.
- Bachelor Degree in Engineering , Business or related field, MBA desirable
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
- Must be able to travel occasionally to other manufacturing facilities and branches within the United States
