Plant Manager

Basic Function

• Under the direction of the Operations Manager, the Plant Manager is responsible for the entire operations of the manufacturing plant.
• The purpose of this position is to manage the manufacturing functions so that he achieves agreed performance in terms of service, quality, and cost.
• He is to lead, promote and facilitate continuous improvement activities with production employees to identify enhanced methods.
• Drive the use of best manufacturing practices such as cost savings, waste elimination and employee performance.

Major Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production metrics of quality, production efficiency, delivery, and safety.
• Team up with other departments to coordinate activities and resolve production issues on timely basis.
• Integrate with the Operations Manager to deliver improvements in reliability, quality, safety & health, and environment performance whilst developing production capabilities.
• Develop and implement innovative strategies to streamline factory operations.
• Liaise with Supply Chain Management to maximize output and minimize downtime/bottlenecks.
• Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs.
• In coordination with the Operation Manager, control the raw material availability with continuous quality testing system.
• Take ownership of, and developing the safety, quality control systems, environmental and product costing systems.
• Have full responsibility of the raw materials inventory and finished goods production line.
• Plan the daily targets for the department and managing resources to safely manufacture good quality AAC brick, at efficient cost, whilst ensuring excellent customer service.
• Hands-on supervision of daily operations including workflow scheduling, management of staff; monitoring production quality; managing production processes; and all other activities required to ensure a quality product on-time delivery.
• Assist the entire operation of the plant and machinery with full technical support.
• Overall supervision of plant, machinery, maintenance, vehicle routing, quality control, …. etc.
• Monitor Day-to-day program scheduling for deliveries to various sites.
• Coordinates the overall maintenance activities through planning and communication with peers, team members, customers (internal and external), suppliers, and technical staff.
• Develop and control plans and budgets for the maintenance area.
• Follow through with daily checks for accuracy and progress.
• Coordination with sales & purchase depts. for the effective output of the plant.
• Screen, recruit, and train new factory workers.
• Collaborate with quality control staff to establish and execute quality control processes.
• Analyze production data to identify and resolve any production issues.
• Collect and review data to reduce inefficiencies and waste.
• Prepare production reports and submit them to top management.
• Regular inspection on finished products to examine quality standards.
• Motivate factory workers to continually achieve factory targets.
• Generate and responsible for the following reports:
  • Maintenance File
  • Production Volume
  • Purchasing of raw materials and spare parts from Egypt and overseas
  • Supply Chain