Plant manager (aluminum manufacturing)

Reports to the COO and is responsible for overseeing plant operations from maintenance, admin, extrusion,and extrusion support.

This position is responsible for providing guidance, support and mentorship to the managers and departments of Customer Service, Engineering, Extrusion, Extrusion Support, and Maintenance. This position is also responsible for achieving short and long-term strategic goals to ensure growth of the department and organization.

Duties:

• Ensure that safety is always the number one priority at Alexandria Industries; promote and support a safe work environment and safety-oriented culture by following all safety programs and guidelines.
• Exhibit active servant leadership in order to model and support the company’s values and vision.
• Build connections with people at all levels of the organization to build a strong culture.
• Be a culture warrior of Alexandria Industries with a passion for making our company an employer of choice.
• Conduct and attend meetings to continuously foster positive working relationships among employees, while promoting company values, productivity, and efficiency.
• Develop and implement strategic business objectives.
• Prepare budget and monitor expenses for all departments.
• Coordinate the financial budget activities for all aspects of the business to fund operations, maximize investments and increase efficiency and productivity.
• Analyze operations to evaluate performance of company and staff to determine areas of cost reduction
• and continuous improvement.
• Provide support to Quality leadership to create and sustain a strong quality foundation throughout the organization to continuously meet organizational quality goals.
• Utilize and develop plant production measurement systems to improve machine utilization and productivity.
• Ensure that each department is appropriately staffed to meet production needs and offer strong customer service.
• Ensure that the facility and equipment are in safe working conditions under the guidelines of our safety policy and state and federal laws.
• Ensure that manufacturing systems are in place to inform employees of proper work instructions and to allow employees to update the systems with production information

Qualifications:

• Associates or Bachelors degree in business, engineering, or related program preferred
• 10+ years of leadership experience required
• Must have 5+ years of overseeing a 6000 series aluminum extrusion operations