Plant Operations Manager

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What we offer:

• Competitive salary and bonus

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time - 15 days of vacation first year

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one

• Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities with outstanding resources

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

• JCI Employee discount programs

• The manufacturing facility is located within a business park, spanning 14 acres and totaling 165,000 square feet, with over 200 employees.

What you will do:

You will be responsible for leading nine (9) supervisors and for overseeing all day-to-day manufacturing activities required to produce our final product (Air Handler Units) at the Albany, Missouri plant facility. You will also support continuous improvement activities on the shop floor using lean manufacturing tools and coordinate the activities of production departments (Fabrication and Assembly processes) ensuring that all production goals are met in a timely and cost-effective manner. To achieve this, you will work with supervisory staff to achieve production metrics, including productivity and on-time performance and coach and mentor team leaders in matters regarding production employee performance.

How you will do it:

• Allocate and manage resources (manpower, equipment and materials) to optimize production output with respect to delivery, quality and cost.

• Lead teams in achieving goals in safety, quality, cost, delivery, and other plant goals.

• Manage shifts by effectively utilizing supervisors and their resources.

• Coordinate activities of various departments and/or shifts to ensure that all areas are working on the appropriate tasks.

• Develop strategic operating, capital, and other plans to improve effectiveness of operation.

• Adjust plant capacity to meet customer demand.

• Work with team to develop and implement materials management strategy (make/buy, Kanban/MRP, master scheduling time fences, inventory levels, vendor stocking).

• Maintain effective working relationship and communication with all departments and see to the professional development of all assigned personnel.

• Lead large capital projects from conception to completion.

• Establish budgets and operating targets.

• Participate in Product Team meetings to help effectively improve the product line performance.

• Analyze operational performance and develop priorities for improvements.

• Responsible for all aspects of shop floor management in assigned areas.

• Assure that safe work practices are followed.

• Assist in relevant Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems (JCMS) action items/activities as they pertain to your knowledge/skill set and technical ability.

• Responsible for driving Safety Performance in the Plant to achieve and maintain Gold Status (Goal of No Recordable/ No Lost Times).

• Ensure Safety Training is completed as required for direct reports.

• Responsible for performing two (2) Behavior Based Safety Observations monthly.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

What we look for

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree. Engineering or Business background

• Five (5) to ten (10) years of manufacturing experience

• Previous experience Managing Management level staff

• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing as well as other training in formal problem solving and operational analysis

• Must be able to communicate with superiors, peers and subordinates in a professional manner

• Demonstrate initiative and willingness to seek out improvements through the use of Lean Manufacturing tools

• Develop plans that meet a variety of goals simultaneously and be able to change these plans as business conditions change and utilize analysis tools to determine opportunities for improvement.

• Must be willing to work additional hours and varied working hours to effectively manage people across all shifts

• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access)

• The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds

Preferred:

• Previous HVAC experience

• Experienced with SAP or other MRP system

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $126,000-150,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This role offers a
competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at

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