Plant Manager na Arcosa Traffic Structures

Arcosa Traffic Structures is searching for a Plant Manager.  In this role, you will be responsible for forecasting and sustaining earning results, streamlining/standardizing workflow and creating a collaborative team environment to increase productivity and develop a culture of safety, respect, and empowerment. Responsibilities for this role will also include identifying and driving continuous improvement efforts, optimizing inventory, increasing plant capacity, improving process planning capabilities, driving short- and long-term continuous improvement, and delivery performance. 

The Plant Manager’s overall objective is to meet and exceed customer expectations, maintain compliance with quality guidelines, manufacturing codes, and regulatory requirements, ensure a safe and secure work environment for all employees, contractors, and visitors while reducing costs, increasing service levels and achieving operation manufacturing excellence.

• Own and develop employee and plant safety culture in order to ensure OSHA and company policy compliance
• Develop and accurately forecast financial budgets and activities to fund operations, maximize investments and increase efficiency
• Lead production, material procurement, production planning, distribution, cost accounting, EHS, and customer service teams
• Direct and manage resources to implement tactical business plans and programs to see work through completion 
• Develop and communicate the vision for the plant and implement strategy and objectives effectively
• Set clear and consistent expectations for performance, hold teams and individuals accountable and leverage resources available both at the plant and division levels to accomplish goals
• Ensure the team has necessary resources and removes barriers where appropriate
• Ensure operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by developing the maintenance department and vendor/contractors to coordinate preventive maintenance requirements
• Prioritize the necessary resources and create the tactical steps required to accomplish goals on time
• Identify talent correctly and develop a collaborative team of key contributors 
• Show ownership of all aspects of plant staffing and drive retention
• Exhibit a strong work ethic and focus on Lean Manufacturing, Safety, Quality, Cost, Productivity and P&L management
• Lead the team and company at being an active and contributing partner in their communities
• Consistently and accurately achieve desired and promised results 
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

• Minimum of 5 – 10 years’ experience managing overall operations (Safety, Quality, EHS, Procurement, Logistics, Maintenance, Budget, etc.) in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Bachelor’s degree highly preferred
• Experience in an industrial steel manufacturing plant preferred
• Microsoft Office suite experience and proficiency with Excel
• Excellent ability to communicate and interface with peers and customer representatives
• Experience with moderate to complex project management involving materials and manufacturing processes in a steel fabrication environment 
• Has led moderate to complex operations with products on manufacturing lines and cells including cutting steel plate, fitting, welding, and outfitting
• Able to apply quality control and manufacturing best practices for customer specification, code and regulatory & testing requirements
• Considerable knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and practices and able to communicate specific projects with sustainable results
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making abilities
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Flexibility to be available after hours, weekends and holidays as needed to support operations

• Work environment includes plant, warehouse, production, and non-production areas
• This position may require work/maintenance coverage beyond the normal hours, shift, and on weekends/holidays
• Ability to tolerate both high and low temperatures, loud noises typical of a manufacturing plant.