Plant Operations Manager jobs in Anderson, IN

Role description:

The Plant Manager is the leader of the local manufacturing site. This role is responsible for providing proactive equipment machinery support for all capital project and plant needs, focused on improved performance on parts supply and leadership on the management of spare inventories.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain a safe and healthy work environment while complying with environmental regulations and food safety standards
• Ensure machine equipment is supplied to Ardagh quality standards and within customer specification
• Build customer relationships through regular communication and delivered quality
• Lead departments to optimize performance in all aspects of the business
• Drive a continuous improvement culture around collaboration between plants and their equipment needs
• Champion people development, training, employee engagement, and advancement at all levels of the plant organization through servant leadership
• Partner and share best practices with business segment peers to drive overall company performance improvements
• Perform administrative responsibilities necessary to effectively manage the facility
• Leverage project expertise to provide guidance surrounding plant needs and best practices and reducing waste by doing the right practcies at the right time
• Drive favorable P&L results through the items the plant controls (i.e. productivity, labor cost, spending)

Minimum skills / qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field or significant industry experience
• Ten (10) years of manufacturing experience with a proven track record of successful team building
• Great communicator with effective organizational and planning skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Preferred skills / qualifications:

• Master's in engineering, business administration, or a related field
• IS machining proficiency
• Glass container or other glass manufacturing experience
• Lean Six Sigma certification

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then, we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 16,000 people with revenues of almost $7 billion.

Today we have a presence across Europe and the Americas.

· Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favorite beverages from?

· Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?

· Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and have a reputation for innovation.

We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $130,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Manufacturing: 5 years (Required)
• Engineering: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person