Assistant Plant Manager

About Divert

Divert is a circular economy company on a mission to prevent food from being wasted through nationwide infrastructure and innovative technologies. Founded in 2007 the company provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste facilitates edible food recovery to provide to people in need and transforms unsold food products into renewable energy to power communities. Through this integrated approach to reducing wasted food Prevent Provide Power Divert works with customers across the U.S. to reduce wasted food and positively impact people and the environment.

Diverts Integrated Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Plant receives unsold food from clients analyzes the content separates the packaging from the organics that can then be digested ultimately processing the mixed liquor through our anaerobic digestion tank. The end result is RNG sold to the local natural gas pipeline and a reduction in waste going to a landfill.

What youll do:

Reporting to the Plant Director and as part of the Site Leadership team Assistant Plant Managers at Divert are an integral part of the overall company growth and success through their leadership of the site production team. With direct mentorship this role offers significant opportunities for career development.

Responsibilities

Safety and Quality Management:

• Proactive approach to creating a safe work environment through culture training and risk identification/mitigation.
• Unwavering commitment to quality customer focused approach to deliver product safely on time and above standard.
• Regular engagement of regional safety and quality teams to continuously grow our local site quality and safety programs.
• Ensures the plants production and sanitation practices comply with all company standards and government regulations.

Operations:

• Develops firsthand expertise in the operation of all site processing equipment. Partners with the Plant Director Maintenance Manager Continuous Improvement and Engineering to increase total plant throughput and drive efficiency.
• Leads hires mentors and develops front-line supervision and hourly staff through regular training coaching and accountability.
• Systems based approach SOPs Standard Work Training and Development. Partners with cross-functional support to deploy best practices within the facility.
• Leads change management through the site MOC process.
• Develops and executes daily and weekly plans in close coordination with the site. Maintenance Manager and Transportation Supervisor.
• Drive reliability best practices in close cooperation with site maintenance manager. Collect measure analyze and continuously improve site reliability and run rates.
• Continuously identify opportunities to reduce plant operating costs. Develops and leads improvement plans for value capture.
• Manage contractor work for plant improvements.

What were looking for:

• Bachelors degree in engineering or Operations Management is preferred
• 5 years operations/engineering/maintenance experience in industrial environments (manufacturing/energy/chemical/wastewater treatment)
• 3-5 years people leadership experience specifically direct oversight of one or more teams or shifts
• Hands-on leader who thrives in a role with 24/7 operations.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation and support the operation team on nights and weekends as needed.
• Experience operating complex continuous automated production operational systems
• Experience with pressurized liquid and gas systems chemical handling/storage instrumentation and controls systems
• Strong leadership skills independent thinking organizational/planning abilities excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven experience adapting to new challenges and learning quickly in a fast-paced environment

Whats In It For You

• Compensation range: $120000 - 145000 / Year 10% target bonus
• Health Vision and Dental Benefits (effective the first of the month following your date of hire!)
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Paid Time Off
• Opportunities for Advancement with a Rapidly Growing Mission-Driven Organization

Divert Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If you need assistance or accommodation please contact the Divert Recruiting Team