Plant Manager; Ethanol Refinery; NE                                                                 

Job Summary

The Plant Manager is responsible for:

• Managing all aspects of plant operations, including production, maintenance, environmental, health, safety, quality, inventory/warehousing management.
• Knowledge of and compliance with all applicable safety and environmental regulations.
• Familiar with all production processes and is responsible for maintaining consistent production.
• Will have direct supervisory responsibility of the Production Mgr, Maintenance Mgr, EH&S Mgr and Lab Mgr
• Reporting directly to the CEO.
• Location: southeast Nebraska (south of Omaha)

The Plant Manager will support all policies, goals, and objectives of the company while representing the company knowledgeably and professionally.  Must be able to perform primary job functions satisfactorily with, or without, reasonable accommodation. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability required

Essential Job Functions

• Leads others: expects, inspects, and coaches. Provides fast feedback. Holds people accountable.
• Identify and resolve issues efficiently. Collaborate, communicate, and innovate for effective solutions.
• Detail-oriented with strong critical thinking and organizational skills.
• Strong mentoring skills (Active listening, goal-setting, individualized guidance, constructive feedback, etc.)
• Relentlessly pursues being a better-version-of-themselves.
• Leverages systems to drive behaviors. Identifies the system (or lack of a system) that is creating unwanted behaviors and reengineers (or engineers) the system.
• Utilizes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinates all plant operations. Develops and implements operations goals/objectives in support of company strategies.
• Manages effective departmental budgets. Communicates unanticipated deviations to CEO.
• Promotes a proactive (vs. reactive) culture.
• Mentors others to drive knowledge and problem-solving ability throughout operations..
• Ensures operators/technicians are properly trained through a robust qualification/training process.
• Diligently seeks root cause. Master of Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA). 
• Facilitates effective communication and positive working relationships between departments and with peers, superiors and subordinates.
• Contributes to resolving the bad actors list; tracks failures, root causes, and implements changes to ultimately prevent future occurrences.
• Inspires others through a shared vision of the future.
• Drives effective plant shutdowns, completing shutdowns on-time and on-budget.
• Demands best-in-class creation and use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure consistent and steady operation.
• Works closely with the engineering department to implement and integrate profitability and reliability strategies.
• Participates in Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Board of Directors meetings.
• Ensures vendors and contractors are qualified to provide the necessary knowledge and skills to retain best-in-class production.
• Drives effective change through the Management of Change (MOC) process.
• Ensures compliance with safety and environmental programs and regulations.
• Regularly communicates with CEO, often daily.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures and oversees disciplinary action to employees as needed, in coordination with the CEO and Human Resources.
• Facilitates the performance management process to include conducting performance appraisals and regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings with employees. Documents in the performance management system accordingly.
• Manages, approves, and monitors employee PTO requests and attendance.
• Participates in the interview and selection process for new employees.
• Supports and promotes a positive and cooperative team environment that fosters problem solving, shared learning, and positive moral.
• Provides back-up for other department personnel as needed.
• Completes tasks assigned by the CEO along with other duties not listed herein, but which need to be accomplished to maintain safe and productive day-to-day operations within the plant.
• Maintains confidentiality of all employee records and company matters.
• Ensures all local, state, and federal regulations are being met at all times.

Minimum Requirements

• BS-Engineering degree or higher; Chem.E or ME preferred
  • In lieu of an Engineering degree; BS degree w/10 yrs of applicable Plant Manager exp. may be considered
• >10 years of operations experience in a large-scale industrial, continuous-process manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with processing equipment such as evaporators, heat exchangers, centrifuges, drying equipment, boilers, cooling towers, chiller, air compressors, pumps, valves, electrical circuits, and instrumentation.
• 10 years of experience in a supervisory/leadership role.
• Able to read, write, and comprehend the English language.
• The right to work in the U.S. that is not based solely on possession of a student visa or a visa sponsored by a third-party employer.

Skills/Abilities Required

• Proven leader.
• Strong continuous improvement mentality.
• Knowledge of maintenance and reliability principles.
• Proven record of accomplishment of managing production processes.
• Effective budget management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong critical thinking and organizational skills.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Effective delegator.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• General knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations for construction and manufacturing.

Salary: $160-180K w/ 40-50% bonus; Strong benefits / 401K / relocation assist / EOE / NO Sponsorship