Assistant Plant Manager

· Establishes goals, objectives and guidelines covering all phases of plant operations and staff activities to maintain an efficient, functional, operational and profitable plant.

· Directs, guides and motivates immediate subordinates in attainment of projected goals and objectives to increase operational efficiency.

· Establishes and enforces procedures and controls within the plant to attain projected goals and objectives.

· Supports and promotes Company philosophies and policies to establish support and organization within the plant.

· Participates in making decisions and approvals to exercise control over vital elements of the plant organization and formulates such decisions based upon Company policy and other pertinent data.

· Assist with Plans and forecasts plant

with respect to equipment, manpower, materials and facilities to establish budgets for labor and materials and to complete the organizational structure by requesting reports from departmental subordinates and transcribing the information into the required forecasts and/or reports.

· Initiates and implements new methods and procedures in areas such as scrap control, manufacturing techniques and work force utilization to capitalize upon deployment of the plant facilities and to increase the efficiency of the operations by becoming familiar with related industries through meetings, seminars and periodicals.

· Participates heavily in customer relations by both receiving and calling on customer representatives to promote a sound relationship and to act as liaison between them and the plant to solve problems which have or might arise.

· Recommends acquisition of capital equipment to update present equipment, to increase plant efficiency and to compensate for design and product changes.

· Maintains contact with civic and business leaders in the community relations and to improve the Plant’s local image by participation in organizations with company interests.

· Assists with recommending changes in organization classifications, compensations and/or fringe benefits for salaried and plant personnel to provide working conditions equivalent to or better than those in the area.

· Assists the Plant Manager in reviewing job performances of each subordinate so that employee training and development maybe utilized per Company policy.

Qualification

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The

listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

College degree in industrial management, engineering or business administration or equivalent.

Eight (8) to ten (10) years of experience in supervisory positions at progressively higher levels,

Preferably in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent.