Plant Manager
Bethlehem, GA - USA
Job Summary
Position Summary
The Plant Manager will oversee all daily operations of the manufacturing facility including raw material input processing screening packaging and shipping. This role is responsible for driving production efficiency managing site budgets ensuring strict compliance with OSHA and environmental regulations and leading a multi-disciplinary team of technicians and laborers. The Plant Manager will also coordinate labor resource allocation in line with customer delivery requirements and equipment work orders in coordination with the Operations Manager and Customer Relations/Production Manager. The Plant Manager will also provide oversight for the field service teams providing cryogenic services.
- Operational Excellence: Direct all daily production activities to meet output targets product purity standards and delivery schedules
- Safety & Compliance: Enforce strict adherence to federal and state regulations including OSHA safety standards environmental permits and air/water quality compliance
- Maintenance & Reliability: Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs for heavy industrial equipment including conveyors kilns packaging systems and transport equipment
- Team Leadership: Recruit train mentor and manage production supervisors maintenance technicians and field service technicians fostering a collaborative accountability-driven culture
- Budget & Cost Control: Jointly develop and manage the plants operational budget (OpEx) and capital expenditure (CapEx) projects with the Operations Manager to reduce waste and improve cost metrics
- Quality Assurance: Partner with the Operations Manager to ensure mineral outputs consistently meet specific chemical and physical tolerances required by clients
- Experience: 5 years of operations management experience in a heavy industrial setting specifically within mineral processing mining aggregates or cement manufacturing
- Education: Technical degree in Mining Chemical Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or a related technical field desired. Equivalent experience in lieu of formal education will be considered
- Regulatory Expertise: Practical knowledge of OSHA regulations workplace safety protocols and environmental permitting
- Technical Skills: Understanding of mineral processing systems . Mechanical and electrical trade experience with previous hands-on experience. Must be comfortable in confined spaces and able to work at heights up to 200 feet with personal protective equipment and fall prevention devices. Ability to work seamlessly with MS Office applications key to success
- Leadership: Proven track record of managing diverse workforce teams resolving operational bottlenecks and implementing continuous improvement methodologies
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Cogent Analytics is a business consulting firm, which provides powerful solutions to the American small business owner.