Plant Manager

Company Overview:Balfour Beatty Total Power Group (TPG) headquartered in Goldsboro North Carolina is a specialized business unit of Balfour Beatty US dedicated to the design engineering manufacturing testing commissioning and lifecycle support of traction power and critical electrical power systems. Since 1990 TPG has been a trusted provider of customized electrification solutions for the rail transit aviation industrial and mission-critical infrastructure markets throughout North from an 80000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Goldsboro TPG designs and manufactures high-quality electrical equipment including DC and AC switchgear rectifier units containerized substations surge arresters protective relays and other custom-engineered power distribution systems. The company provides comprehensive turnkey services spanning system design equipment fabrication systems integration factory and field testing commissioning operations and maintenance training and long-term technical Summary:The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of plant operations to ensure safe efficient and cost-effective production while maintaining the highest standards of quality and customer satisfaction. This role oversees production maintenance engineering quality safety inventory and personnel to achieve operational excellence and continuous Responsibilities:Operations Management:Direct and oversee daily manufacturing operations to meet production schedules and customer and implement strategies to improve productivity efficiency and operational and monitor production metrics and implement corrective actions when effective utilization of labor equipment and plant capacity planning and workflow Scheduling:Develop implement and oversee the master production schedule to ensure customer delivery requirements and business objectives are production schedules with Estimating Project Management Supply Chain Purchasing and Inventory Control to balance customer demand material availability and manufacturing production sequencing to maximize equipment utilization minimize changeover time and improve overall plant production progress daily identify scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks and adjust schedules as necessary to maintain on-time labor equipment and raw materials are aligned with production requirements while maintaining cost with maintenance and engineering teams to incorporate planned maintenance and capital projects into production schedules with minimal operational Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and production planning meetings to align manufacturing priorities with customer demand and strategic business contingency plans to address unexpected equipment failures material shortages labor constraints or changes in customer continuous improvement initiatives that enhance scheduling accuracy production flow inventory optimization and on-time customer delivery & Team Development:Lead coach and develop supervisors managers and production performance expectations and conduct regular performance a culture of accountability teamwork collaboration and continuous employee engagement and professional staffing requirements succession planning and workforce & Regulatory Compliance:Champion a culture of workplace compliance with OSHA environmental and company safety with Safety in incident investigations and implement corrective in regular safety inspections and audits take and implement corrective measures and promote preventive safety Management:Ensure products consistently meet customer specifications and quality with Quality Assurance/Control to resolve production continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing defects and compliance with ISO customer and industry quality standards where Management:Develop and manage annual plant operating plant financial performance including labor material and overhead opportunities for cost reduction without compromising safety or key performance indicators (KPIs) and implement improvement Improvement:Lead Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma Kaizen or other continuous improvement improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).Reduce downtime scrap rework and production automation and process improvement & Asset Management:Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance programs are effectively equipment uptime and capital improvement and equipment replacement with engineering to improve manufacturing Chain & Inventory:Coordinate with purchasing planning and logistics teams to ensure material inventory levels and warehouse on-time delivery supply chain efficiency and inventory Focus:Ensure customer expectations for quality delivery and service are consistently customer audits and corrective action with Sales and Customer Service to resolve operational issues impacting Qualifications:Bachelors degree in Engineering Manufacturing Business Operations Management or verifiable experience will be considered in lieu of degree. 710 years of progressive manufacturing leadership 5 years managing manufacturing operations in a supervisory or management understanding of Lean Manufacturing managing budgets and financial of OSHA and environmental with ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Office Qualifications:Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt with ISO 9001 IATF 16949 or other quality management leading multi-shift manufacturing management Skills:Strong leadership and people managementStrategic planning and executionFinancial and business acumenExcellent communication and interpersonal skillsProblem-solving and decision-makingConflict resolution and coachingContinuous improvement methodologiesProduction planning and schedulingChange managementData analysis and KPI managementKey Performance Indicators (KPIs):Safety Incident RateOverall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)Production ThroughputOn-Time DeliveryFirst Pass YieldScrap and Waste ReductionLabor ProductivityManufacturing Cost per UnitInventory AccuracyEmployee Turnover and RetentionCustomer Quality ComplaintsBudget PerformanceWorking Conditions:Primarily based in a manufacturing exposure to machinery noise and varying to walk the production floor for extended lifting of up to 25 require evenings weekends or on-call availability to support Factors:The ideal Manufacturing Plant Manager demonstrates:A commitment to safety and operational leadership with the ability to motivate diverse teams.A leadership style focused on respect collaboration and team work.A data-driven approach to organizational and planning skills.A continuous improvement mindset focused on quality efficiency and customer ability to balance strategic objectives with day-to-day operational UsBalfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction our teams build unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live work learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by relentless curiosity a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm we are challenging the construction industrys assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our ranked among the nations largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color age sex sexual orientation gender identity religion national origin disability veteran status genetic information or any other criteria protected by federal state or local law.