Plant Manager

Position Title: Plant Manager PLANT LOCATION: Willoughby, OH REPORTS TO: Vice President of Operations POSITION SUMMARY Plans, organizes, and directs all aspects of plant operations: Safety, Production, Quality Assurance, Customer Service, Shipping, Maintenance, and Administration. Has final responsibility for safety, cost control, quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Monitor and control costs to achieve goals. • Monitor and control: quality, customer satisfaction, and productivity. • Regularly meet with the Sales staff to ensure that Paulo is promptly resolving any customer issues and to review plant business process improvement initiatives for increasing customer satisfaction. • Regularly meet with the Sales staff to ensure that actions to develop and win new business opportunities are defined and being completed. • Supervise directly or indirectly, all personnel at the plant with the exception of the sales staff. Select the best available candidates for positions and develop people to the maximum of their abilities. • Maintain the equipment and the facility to minimize unscheduled downtime, maximize productivity, and maintain a safe, pleasant, and organized working environment. • Ensure that effective communication is occurring with customers, employees, supervisors, and corporate personnel/functions. • Oversee the scheduling of all work, equipment, and staff so that work will be completed per customer TAR requirements and as efficiently as possible. • Utilize lean manufacturing principles to create a productive and continuously improving operation. This includes constant evaluation of plant layout, work flow, and minimizing waste. Focus should be on keeping work simple, efficient to do, and easy to manage. • Implement and sustain effective safety, environmental, and 5S programs. • Create an environment that will fully engage plant employees to constantly improve and sustain a successful business operation. • Define and implement action plans to support the plants and corporate strategic initiatives. • Be familiar with and comply with applicable government regulations, including safety, environmental, and transportation requirements. • Coordinate the efforts of plant personnel and engineers on joint projects. • Travel to and participate in job-related meetings, conventions, training, etc. Such travel may include overnight stays of one or more nights. QUALIFICATIONS • Five years of experience in a similar or related operations management position. Must have at least 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment. • Must have a 4-year college degree, preferably a B.S. in Engineering. {Extensive work experience and record of success might substitute for a college degree}. LICENSE(S)/CERTIFICATION(S) REQUIRED: Valid driver’s license and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record in compliance with Paulo’s Vehicle Use Policy. Any certification of process knowledge a plus. Training in supervision, management, and business preferred. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Physical Activities: Physical activities commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this position. Balancing, Climbing, Crawling, Crouching, Feeling, Grasping, Hearing, Kneeling, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Standing, Stooping, Talking, Walking, Writing. Functions require lifting and moving items weighing less than 5 lbs. to over 60 lbs. from floor to waist height and moving a lateral distance of up to 100 feet. Functions also require moving equipment, supplies, etc. up to 5000 lbs. mechanically using pallet jacks, forklifts, hoists, etc. Mental Activities: Mental activities commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this position. • Must be able to apply concentrated attention to the work at hand. • Must be able to read instructions, charts, and production paperwork. • Must be able to understand the rudiments of heat-treating and metal finishing. • Must be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. • Must understand how complicated mechanical equipment functions and is operated. • Must be able to understand and use complicated electromechanical and programmable controls. • Must be able to read and understand financial reports, scientific, and technical journals. • Must be able to perform the work of those being supervised. Responsibilities: Responsibilities commonly associated with the performance of this position. • Know and understand the employee handbook and company policy. • Assure that customer requirements for service are met and that customers are treated fairly and honestly. • Participate in and encourage teamwork with all Paulo office and plant personnel. Assure open communication between all members of the plant team. • Ensure that employees treat all Paulo equipment, instruments and customer parts with care. • Ensure that all employees perform all duties consistent with safe practice, including wearing safety shoes, safety glasses, etc. • Ensure that all employees perform to specified quality standards and comply with all relevant product quality procedures and requirements. • Develop clear and open lines of communication with Sales, Pricing, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable. • Ensure effective communication between the shifts, Maintenance, and Quality Assurance. • Understand and perform operations in accordance with the established procedures, shop order instructions, and customer requirements. • Work overtime as necessary to meet customer needs. Working Conditions: Working conditions commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this position. • Employee exposed to temperatures sufficiently high in the summer months to cause marked bodily discomfort. • Employee exposed to temperatures sufficiently low in the winter months to cause marked bodily discomfort. • Employee exposed to atmospheric conditions such as fumes, dust, dirt, oil, and smoke. • Employee exposed to hazardous conditions such as chemicals, and moving mechanical parts. • Employee exposed at times to noise levels of 75-120 dbs. While working in various parts of the plant. • Employee exposed to oils and other fluids strong enough to be disagreeable. • Employee exposed to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body while operating a forklift. Machines, Tools, Equipment and Work Aids: Which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position. Forklift, Overhead Hoist, Computer, Blast Equipment, Induction Treating Equipment, Material Handling Equipment, Hardness Testing Equipment, and miscellaneous Office Equipment. Visual Acuity: Visual activities commonly associated with the performance of the functions of the job. Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more with the ability to judge distance and space relationships with a wide field of vision necessary to drive a forklift truck. Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less with the ability to adjust the eyes and bring objects into sharp focus as necessary to read, write, and do calculations. Depth perception with the ability to judge distance and space relationships necessary to climb stairs. Hearing Ability: Hearing activities that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of the job. Employee must be able to communicate by telephone and distinguish information received orally. Employee must be able to distinguish sounds in the office such as a telephone ringing. When in the shop, employee must be able to distinguish sounds in the shop environment, such as forklifts, machinery, warning announcements, alarms, etc. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. “Commonly Associated” is not intended to mean always or only. Activities, demands, conditions, and requirements are linked to both essential & marginal job functions.

Location: Cleveland, OH, US

Posted Date: 4/30/2025