Wet End Production Manager

Morton Salt is an iconic, 175-year-old company with a strong heritage and a bright future. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

Accountabilities:

• Ensures environmental, health, and safety (EHS) performance and compliance.

• Accountable for the wet end operations (including well fields, pan house, and boiler and engine room operation).

• Manages area budget/cost, volume, and quality. Manages department project capital budget.

• Accountable for rotational supervisors (performance managing and coaching and guidance) on the off-shift operations.

• Manages equipment and process reliability.

• Works with other departments to meet plant goals and commitments.

• Participates in production and maintenance coordination.

• Ensures that department is using standard business processes.

• Oversees networks and consistency across the plant.

• Drives improvement on efficiencies and processes.

• Delivers on special project assignments.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in capital budget and portfolio management.

• Responsible for developing and managing the shift schedule for rotational supervisors.

• Reports performance and forecasts to the primary materials business.

• Participates in succession planning activities.

• Facilitates interactions between organizations.

• Develops area manufacturing strategy and cascades the strategy to establish individual employee expectations.

• Completes compliance requirements, including compliance matrix, and other training for position, as required.

• Responsible for maintaining safety, quality, and legality of all product and ensuring employees do likewise.

• Must ensure principles of HACCP are followed throughout the plant and by all employees.

• The Process Engineer will perform the duties of the Wet End Production Manager when on vacation or absent.

• Performs other related duties, as required.

Operational Performance:

• Ensures department goals are aligned with plant business imperatives.

• Ensures performance goals are met.

• Establishes and ensures achievement of all unit key performance indicators (KPIs).

• Ensures adherence to standard work processes.

• Ensures compliance with corporate standards (e.g., financial, code of business conduct) and adherence to company policies.

• Manages area budget/cost, volume, and quality.

• Supports business processes and requirements.

• Serves as corporate steward.

People Management/Development:

• Promotes open and honest communication.

• Fosters "team building."

• Fosters a culture focused on problem solving and process improvement.

• Ensures decision making at proper levels.

• Ensures clear roles and responsibilities.

• Engages workforce.

• Maintains positive employee morale.

• Determines resource planning and deployment strategy.

• Performs recruiting and staffing activities, as needed.

• Facilitates performance management and employee development activities.

• Manages employee and labor relations matters in conjunction with human resources, as appropriate.

• Ensures systems and processes are in place to maintain smooth operations during employee absences and staffing changes.

• Fosters culture that values diversity and promotes respect, inclusion, cooperation, and responsibility.

At Morton Salt, we work best when we work as a team, when we treat one another with dignity and respect, and value the unique contributions of others. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, sex, religion, color, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.