Assistant Plant Manager

The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.

Qualifications and Detail about the Position

Broad Function

The Assistant Plant Manager is responsible for working with and supporting the Plant Manger to oversee the operations and personnel at the ATC plant. This position is responsible for meeting all production and quality goals while enforcing plant safety protocols and production rules and regulations.

Essential Functions

• Promote, demonstrate, and instill Brock's Bsafe and Bbest culture in all aspects of the business.

• At the direction of the Plant Manager executes daily operations of the plant to ensure that all production, quality, and safety goals are met.

• Plan, schedule, coordinate and / or monitor products through the complete production cycle based on customer orders and delivery requirements for the production floor.

• Work from engineering plans and production specifications to establish production schedules, labor loading, and capacity requirements.

• Assist with coordinating production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedule.

• Participate in hiring, promoting, training, and developing direct reports.

• Perform plant inspections including walking through the plant on each shift while looking and listening for equipment and process problems.

• Hold self and others accountable for safe operations, wear required PPE, and actively participate in regular safety training and testing.

• Perform quality-control tests and log accurate results according to established procedures.

• Keep accurate and up-to-date records of activities, shutdowns, abnormal operations, troubleshooting, and problem areas.

• Assist the Plant Manager with labor and material resource planning.

• Monitor production process and recommend adjustment of schedules as needed.

• Maintain a clean and safe plant, meeting all company, state, and federal requirements.

• Assists the Plant Manager in selection and maintenance of equipment.

• At the direction of the Plant Manager will confer with department heads to ensure coordination of purchasing, production, and shipping as needed.

• Assist with shift production schedules.

• Provides support in plant meetings and conducts plant meetings in the Plant Manager's absence.

• Works with Plant Manager to interpret company policies to plant operators and enforce safety regulations.

• Investigate quality and customer incidents as directed and takes action to prevent recurrence.

• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.

• Make or recommend revisions to planned production schedules as necessary when schedules cannot be met.

• At the direction of the Plant Manager reschedule rework, unfinished parts, and assemblies, new production releases, and special orders.

• Establish effective communication with various departments as necessary to meet production requirements.

• Routinely monitor 'scheduled' versus 'actual' data for labor and material transactions to ensure a smooth workflow.

• Continuously monitor resource and operator capacity, and provide recommendations to the Plant Manager, such as the need for overtime allocation, new machine purchases, etc.

• At the direction of the Plan Manager perform ad hoc data analysis and create concise reports to reflect inventory accuracy, schedule and forecast adherence and other metrics as needed to evaluate efficacy of the strategy.

• The Assistant Plant Manager would stand in for the plant manager when Plant Manager is out of office.

Working Conditions

• Utilization of personal protection equipment.

• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

• 20/40 vision with or without correction in at least one eye.

• Reach with hand and arms for handles, grip and / or feel objects.

• Stand or walk for long periods of time.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.

• Ability to read and interpret job specifications and design drawings.

• Dependable and self-motivated.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Education & Experience

• Associate degree, vocational technical diploma, or equivalent technical experience (required).

• Engineering degree preferred.

• 3 years of experience working in a process production environment with understanding of process flow.

• Experience working with a union workforce preferred.

• ISO and OSHA experience / knowledge, a plus.

Location Information:

ATC Regional Office - Wood Dale

Location of Job:US:IL:Wood Dale

Shift:

Exempt: Yes

Work Type:Full Time

Working Conditions:

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit Retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.