Windsor

CO - Colorado

Operations: Manufacturing, Production, Maintenance, Utilities

Production Manager - Windsor, CO
This is a full-time, exempt position.

Salary Range: $64K - $120K

The position of Production Manager is responsible for overseeing the effective planning of the production facility. This includes leading employees and ensuring safety and quality procedures are met. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Job Responsibilities:

• Directs the operation of the plant facility within established quality, housekeeping, safety and environmental guidelines set by the company.

• Coordinates daily operations performed by hourly production employees to ensure that work is performed safely and efficiently while meeting expected environmental quality, housekeeping and quantity levels established by the company.

• Makes work assignments to all shift personnel that most effectively utilizes their experience, training and ability.

• Ensures the safety of all personnel through compliance with occupational safety and health regulations.

• Maintains an attitude that incidents are preventable.

• Provides employees with resources, in good working order, to safely do a job and provides necessary training needed to properly operate or wear personal protective equipment.

• Makes recommendations for improvements to company safety and environmental programs, quality and good manufacturing practices and production and material handling procedures.

• Recognizes environmental, safety, and GMP hazards and identifies, discusses, and contains them to keep from affecting employee safety, product quality, and environmental purity.

• Communicates concern for environment, health, safety and product quality to all employees.

• Listens to and responds to employee suggestions and concerns about safety, health, environment, product quality and housekeeping.

• Addresses employee concerns and maintains good communications and morale on shift and within departments.

• Keeps plant management informed of all matters affecting the morale and safety of employees.

• Encourages employees to work safely with environmental awareness and good manufacturing practices in mind. Does so by leading-by-example.

• Identifies training needs and discusses needs with Plant Superintendent and develops a training plan.

• Works with employees to develop a high level of job proficiency.

• May perform production duties temporarily in the event of an emergency or employee absence.

• Evaluates employee performance, providing regular feedback.

• Attends and participates in operation area meetings, safety meeting and supervisor’s meeting.

• Analyzes safety incidents by preparing and completing Incident Analysis within 24 hours of incident and making suggestions for betterment.

• Maintains discipline within the shift and discusses the need for disciplinary action with the Plant Superintendent and Plant Manager.

• Conducts GMP, safety, health and environmental inspections.

• Evaluates management programs.

• Provides positive reinforcement when employees are observed producing good results and safe performance.

• Drive colleagues’ engagement in safety and continuous improvement efforts

• May perform reasonably similar or related duties as required.

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent work experience

• 3-5 years of manufacturing and/or warehousing experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word etc.)

• Ability to team build

• Ability to train.

• Willingness to assume and learn new responsibilities.

• Demonstrated troubleshooting skills.

• Accurate record keeping skills.

Environment:

• Ambient conditions – Work area is, typically, a non-air-conditioned production environment. Hot or cold Temperatures, all seasonal elements, both indoors and outdoors.

• Atmosphere: Dust (Peanut - known allergen), cotton, canola seed, and odor

• Must be able to work around noise levels that may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift.

• Protective clothing required: Uniforms, hardhats, earplugs, safety glasses, hair restraints, steel-toed shoes, gloves and safety harness may be required based on task performed; employees are required to wear all required PPE (i.e., hard-hats, safety glasses, earplugs, uniforms, and steel-toed boots) in addition to job specific PPE requirements. *Employees in roles that require respirators will need to be clean shaven.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to move about or to a work site by ascending/descending stairs, bending, kneeling and prolonged periods of standing and sitting, stooping, bending, kneeling or squatting frequently.

• Ability to operate equipment or machinery that may be located at different heights; may require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights or in confined spaces.

• Ability to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 55 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 50 pounds overhead.

• Requires ability and willingness to wear respirators.

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