Hiring Manager - Sukhpal Singh
Salary Exempt Position
Company - United Salt Baytown, LLC
Core Responsibilities:
- Leads, coaches, and develops approximately 30 employees, aligning staffing and performance expectations with safe execution and production priorities.
- Owns department safety performance, including incident prevention, near-miss reporting, corrective-action closure, training completion, and audit compliance.
- Directs daily production planning and execution to achieve schedule, output, throughput, quality, scrap, and on-time completion targets.
- Partners with Maintenance to prioritize work orders, strengthen preventive maintenance, resolve root causes, improve OEE and uptime, and reduce production interruptions.
- Provides hands-on leadership during staffing gaps, changeovers, and breakdowns by safely operating, adjusting, and troubleshooting can-line equipment.
- Maintains accountability for material and finished-goods inventory accuracy, availability, and control.
- Ensures production, safety, quality, workforce, and compliance documentation is timely, accurate, and complete.
- Builds workforce capability through onboarding, cross-training, coaching, skill development, and succession readiness.
Qualifications:
- A technical degree from a 2-year accredited college, equivalent or greater.
- 5+ years of experience in a high -volume production/manufacturing/logistics facility
- Mechanical aptitude sufficient to operate, adjust, and troubleshoot can line equipment and assist in running the line if needed.
- Ability to read, write, and interpret documents.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups.
- Ability to work with other departments, especially maintenance, to achieve production goals.
- Be organized and can plan ahead.
- Proficiency in Spanish is a plus.
Supervision Skills:
- Meets the Qualifications requirement for a technical degree from an accredited two-year college or a higher-level equivalent; a bachelor's degree is preferred.
- Five or more years of progressive leadership experience in a high-volume production, manufacturing, or logistics environment.
- Demonstrated mechanical leadership and technical aptitude to safely operate, adjust, and troubleshoot can line equipment and support line operations when needed.
- Strong written communication and document interpretation skills to provide clear direction and ensure operational compliance.
- Confident verbal communicator who can lead meetings, present expectations, and engage groups effectively.
- Proven ability to align cross-functional departments, particularly Maintenance, around safety, reliability, and production goals.
- Highly organized, forward-looking leader with the ability to anticipate needs, set priorities, and execute plans.
- Spanish-language proficiency is preferred and supports effective leadership of a diverse workforce.
Accountable For:
- A safe and collaborative maintenance operation that meets company policies, regulatory requirements, and established performance goals.
- Reliable equipment performance and timely completion of maintenance work.
- Clear communication with plant leadership and affected departments regarding maintenance priorities, schedules, risks, and outages.
- Accurate maintenance documentation, inventory controls, and department records.
- Effective use of department resources and adherence to approved maintenance budgets.
- Maintenance support for FSMA audit readiness and site emergencies, mock-disaster, and product-recall drills.
Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, with individuals and groups at all organizational levels. Prepare routine reports, policies, and correspondence while maintaining collaborative working relationships.
- Read and interpret drawings, safety regulations, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals.
- Apply analytical and mathematical concepts-including probability, statistical inference, geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions-to practical maintenance and operational situations.
- Demonstrate innovation, sound problem-solving, strong initiative, and the ability to work independently.
- Build effective interpersonal relationships and contribute as a collaborative team member.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel.
Preferred:
- Bilingual in English and Spanish.
- Working knowledge of SAP or another computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Experience with industrial equipment, instrumentation, and electrical systems.
- Familiarity with reliability-centered maintenance principles.
- PLC troubleshooting experience.
Physical demands:
- Frequently climbs, balances, stoops, kneels, crouches, and crawls while performing job duties.
- Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods.
- Works approximately 50% of the time on the manufacturing floor and 50% in an office environment.
- Regularly lifts and moves objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Occasionally lifts and moves objects weighing up to 100 pounds with assistance.
- Requires close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, as well as depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- The position is primarily a day shift position, 6 am - 3:00 pm. Flexibility is required to cover other shifts and occasional weekend work.
Organization (For Managers and Supervisors Only)
Positions Reporting Directly to this Position
- Can Line Material Handler
- Can Line Operator
- Can Line Lead Tech
Other Requirements:
- Must be able to complete and pass post-offer checks, including, but not limited to, background, drug, references, and education.