Mt. Vernon, IN, USA
39 days ago
Production Manager
Company Introduction:

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Job Summary:

Introduction

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other.  Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career.  You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Team or Function Overview

This position will be on the Mt. Vernon, Indiana plant operations team, located about 20 miles west of Evansville. This GAF site was founded in 1973 and produces a wide variety of asphaltic shingles and rolled roofing materials. 

Summary

As a Production Manager you will have ownership for the manufacturing of company products, specifically residential asphalt shingles, consistent with required quality standards, safe work practices, effective housekeeping and compliance with personnel policies. The Production Manager manages the production line, applying continuous improvement principles and methods and promoting participation related management techniques.

Essential Duties 

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Manage daily production operations in partnership with the production teams to maximize production efficiency including volume or product produced, run rates, raw material utilization, yield loss, downtime, and slowdown while producing high quality product in a safe manner. Ensure that standards and expectations are in place, routinely communicated, clearly understood and consistently met. 

Provide formal objectives and measurements for plant personnel and is involved in machine troubleshooting, efficiency studies and capital improvements.

Ensure that production crews are well trained, involved and committed to meeting production, quality, and safety requirements. Assure that equipment and machinery complies with all outside regulatory agency requirements and that employees are adequately protected against safety hazards and that the plant is operated within environmental permit requirements. 

Meet daily production schedule and requirements. Work jointly with logistics and purchasing to ensure appropriate inventory mix is available, while balancing both production efficiency and raw material demands. 

Develop, implement and track compliance to production department expense budgets. Control key cost elements to ensure achievement to ensure achievement of budget spending goals. Guide production supervision to achieve a balance between production needs, machine reliability and overall repair cost. 

Provide leadership and direction to the production department. Responsible for maintaining an environment for good employee relations to prevent any union organizing attempts. Work closely with human resources and supervisors to ensure appropriate staffing is maintained. Participate in the hiring process to ensure we staff motivated team members. Ability to effectively communicate the Bonus Plan to all employees to maximize participation and impact on performance. 

Physical Demands 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to use hands to fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; to raise and lower objects without mechanical aids; to extend hands and arms in any direction to reach, push or pull objects; to bend at the knees and at the waist; and to talk or hear.

Frequent sitting, walking, and standing, and occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and balancing.

The employee must have the ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lbs., frequently lift and/or move 25 lbs., and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 lbs with 2 man lift. Product & raw materials in excess of 50 lbs. must be moved with two employees.

Must be able to climb ladders and/or stairs. Must be able to safely mount and dismount mobile equipment.  Work on elevated open grating.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as the telephone.

Under This Roof, We Require

A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemical or Mechanical preferred

Minimum four years of experience in manufacturing management with project management experience. 

Demonstrated experience in process and quality improvements, implementing strategy for production operations, hiring/training/coaching employees and performance management.

Additional experience in a high volume manufacturing operation, preferably continuous web process.

Under This Roof, We Also Value

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (such as Outlook and Excel)or G-Suite is a plus

Familiarity with standard manufacturing concepts, practices, and procedures is helpful

How We Protect What Matters Most 

We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. 

Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.

Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.

Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence. 

Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program. 

We put diversity and inclusion into action with our Employee Resource Groups, which unite employees based on common perspectives, identities, demographic factors, or out of a desire to be an ally.

How We Protect What Matters Most:1. We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. 2. Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood. 3. Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions. 4. Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence. 5. Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program. 6. We put diversity and inclusion into action with our Employee Resource Groups, which unite employees based on common perspectives, identities, demographic factors, or out of a desire to be an ally.

GAF complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR Services at 833-HR-XPERT.

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).
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