Plant Manager - Apple Ice

Plant Manager Monticello NY

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Plant Manager at Apple Ice, Inc. The Plant Manager will be responsible for overseeing plant operations, production planning, and ensuring efficient manufacturing operations. The role involves managing the day-to-day operations of the ice production facilities in Monticello, NY. This unique opportunity will include hands on participation in the building and commissioning of the Monticello facility.

Qualifications

• Plant Management and Operations Management skills

• Safe

• Quality

• Cost Conscious

• Experience in Production Planning

• Knowledge of Manufacturing Operations

• Lean

• Continuous Improvement

• Bottleneck Elimination

• Maintenance Excellence

• Excellent leadership and organizational skills

• Lead by example

• Develop your team

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities

• Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment

• Experience in the ice or food manufacturing industry is a plus

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, is a plus

• This operation will consist of up to 20 individuals when fully staffed, the ideal candidate will enjoy wearing multiple hats, including occasionally putting their hands on the process and performing maintenance with the team

Responsibilities

1. Manage Monticello Production

1. Ice

1. Refurbs

1. Manage Schedules

1. Employee

1. Manufacuring

1. Manage Inventory

1. Finished Goods

1. Raw Materials

1. Manage the Maintenance Function

1. CMMS

1. Perform routine and emergent work

1. Train employees on maintenance

1. Manage spares and keep fill inventory

1. Control costs

1. Maintenance Shop (Lean Orderly Clean)

1. 3rd party vendors

1. Capital Projects

1. Manage all safety aspects of the manufacturing operation

1. Employee behaviors

1. Condition of facility inside and out

1. Ammonia Refrigeration Management

1. Process documentation - food safety requirements

1. PPE

1. Manage LOC (Lean, Orderly, Clean) in all of the assigned areas

1. Lean - we have what we need, but nothing more

1. Orderly - Items we need have a place and are in their place

1. Clean - the equipment, building, floors, breakroom, bathrooms, and employees are clean and ready for food production

1. Other duties as assigned.