Production Area Manager (Rock Springs, WY)

Summary

The Area Manager will initially oversee the Distribution and Shipping operations but must remain flexible to assume other responsibilities as needed to support plant requirements and individual growth opportunities. Incumbents in this job provide leadership and direction in the effective operation and maintenance of equipment and processes in a safe, environmentally sound and efficient manner in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Supervise, schedule, evaluate, train, and motivate direct reports. Maintain high level of confidentiality. The incumbent is also expected to provide leadership in process, organizational, and personnel improvement efforts. He/she will also perform at a high level positively relating to others and positively representing to others the views of his/her leadership. The incumbent will be a proactive maintenance and operations leader, identifying process and equipment vulnerabilities and creating plans to act upon findings.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain good lines of communication among departments, crews, and other supervisors. Ensure direct reports have the training and tools to complete jobs safely and efficiently.
• Strengthening and improving safety in the workplace through compliance with rules and regulations, safety, inspections, and training. Ensure environmental compliance through proper knowledge and enforcement of procedures and requirements. Maintain good housekeeping standards and expectations.
• Participate in and support the CARE about safety program. Effectively encourage new and innovative ways of thinking.
• Set example, sustain open communications, coach direct reports and provide training opportunities, set goals, conduct performance evaluations, remedy employee work issues. Uphold respectful workplace policies, enforce work rules.
• Supervise operating, maintenance, and troubleshooting processes. Communicate precise processes and procedures to direct reports. Attend in-house and outside technical and supervisory seminars and training session.
• Troubleshoot, monitor, maintain equipment. Complete reports and inspections as required.
• Control costs to a budget. Be responsible for equipment uptime and account for equipment downtime. Organize outages to minimize equipment downtime by establishing effective cross-departmental partnerships.
• Develop relationships and collaborate with internal stakeholders and outside agencies to address issues. Examples include but are not limited to: Simplot S&OP, Simplot Transportation, FRA, TSA, contractor track maintenance, etc.
• Responsible for knowledge & communication of yard capacity, car availability, and product inventories.Collaborate with other internal plants to determine loading and unloading priorities.

Typical Education

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Relevant Experience

Required Certifications

• 8+ years related experience and/or training
• Railcar and/or rail fleet management experience is preferred
• Industrial experience is a plus

Other Information

Employment is contingent upon a successful pre-employment drug screening