Production Manager
allnex
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wallingford • Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $135,000 - $165,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead batch production operations in daily activities, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective performance across a 3-shift, 5–7-day operation.
- Ensure compliance with facility policies and procedures regarding environmental, health, safety, and applicable governmental regulations.
- Prepare, analyze, and issue production and performance reports, taking corrective actions as needed to drive improvement.
- Manage plant budget, including staff scheduling and resource allocation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to meet manufacturing standards using Lean tools, 5S, and Management of Change (MOC).
- Deliver the production plan and develop capacity and resource strategies to maintain flexibility and agility in response to short-term challenges.
- Implement business process measurement systems, work process improvements, Lean and cycle-time reduction initiatives, process optimization, workforce engagement activities, and identify and deploy workforce training programs.
- Develop supervisory leadership across all shifts and ensure Safety, Quality, and Delivery goals are consistently achieved.
- Lead, motivate, and develop the organization in alignment with company policies, while managing individual and overall plant staff performance.
Requirements
- 5 years' experience with managing operational teams
- Leading in a union workforce environment
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering or other technical field
- OR 10 years' leading experience in a chemical plant environment
Benefits
- 3 weeks’ vacation (prorated this year)
- 11 holidays a year
- Global Bonus Plan – 10%
- 3% discretionary 401K bonus
- Full medical benefits offered
- 401K company match up to 6% (dollar for dollar)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
batch production operationsproduction performance analysisbudget managementLean tools5SManagement of Change (MOC)process optimizationworkforce training programscapacity planningresource allocation
Soft skills
leadershipteam managementmotivationcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsflexibilityagilityperformance managementcontinuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering