Production Manager
Company Name:
FMC Corporation
Company Overview:
FMC Corporation is one the worlds leading specialty chemical companies. We are proud that our chemistries are helping to grow the worlds food, enabling new innovations in the pharmaceutical delivery, enhancing foods and beverages, contributing to a more sustainable energy supply, improving health, and advancing the manufacture of hundreds of essential products.
FMC is a globally diverse organization that offers its employees exciting opportunities to work on challenging projects that are important to the achievement of our strategic objectives. Your education and professional experience are valued and put to use from day one. Your success at completing key initiatives can result in a varied, progressive and fulfilling career with FMC.
With a corporate culture of innovation, integrity, responsibility and customer intimacy, we foster The Right Chemistry in everything we do. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. In short, If you are ready to make a difference every day, FMC is ready to talk to you.
Overview:
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to expand their plant management experience and get on a strong career track. The Operations Manager position will direct and coordinate all activities of production and Environment, Health, Safety (EHS) initiatives to ensure the production and shipment of products in a safe, and environmentally sound manner that maintains high standards for product quality and is cost effective, responsive to customer needs and production requirements. The incumbent will also lead and manage production supervisors overseeing the production processes.
Responsibilities:
General Management
Serves as proactive member of management team by providing technical expertise, identifying cost saving opportunities.
Interacts with location and divisional cross-functional groups to optimize plant operations.
Environment, Health, Safety (EHS)
Actively and passionately lead by example to build and maintain a safety culture that avoids injuries and major accidents.
Participate per direction of EHS manager with EHSprograms and activities to provide for safe and productive working conditions in the facility.
Ensure all assigned employees understand and comply with all government, corporate, and plant required EHS rules, policies and standards operating procedures.
Participate in establishing training & drills to increase employee safety awareness.
Production Management
Review production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates in order to plan department operations.
Plan production operations, establishing manufacturing priorities and sequences.
Prepares operational schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delay.
Inspects machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.
Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
Provide operational resources to support investments in projects that improves quality and capability to meet internal and external customer needs and corporate, group, division and site goals.
Planning/Budget/Forecasting
Participate in preparation of annual plant budget and periodic forecasts by preparation of budget estimates for production areas (raw material usages, production forecasts, capital expenditures etc) which serve as the operating plan to achieve desired productivity and cost control objectives.
Pursue profitable growth through the achievement of cost reduction, budget compliance and expanding the scope of activities performed by the production team.
Monitor, communicate and forecast variances from financial performance targets.
Initiate improvement projects for cost reduction and process efficiency improvement.
Quality Assurance
Participate in direction and management of quality process as a member of management team which develops quality objectives and reviews quality process annually.
Ensure production team identifies and prevents non-conformance to quality specification and encourage all employees to identify and prevent non-conformance to quality specifications.
Ensure that non-conformances are investigated and corrective actions developed, implemented and effective for the products in question.
Ensure document control within the production team.
Ensure that adequate traceability is documented and maintained for products under department control.
Approve updated process and instrument diagrams.
Communicate customer complaints to team members.
Participate and support a waste minimization plan for facility such that equipment and procedures are safe and any significant changes are reviewed before implementation.
Direct plant employees in handling hazardous or universal waste. Lead the emergency response plan toward being a respected, fully responsible member of the community and to meet the goal of zero lost time and recordable accidents within the production team
Administration
Ensure that personnel policies, procedures and guidelines are administered within the production team in a consistent and equitable manner;
Develop and direct employees in a proactive manner by fostering both individual employee contributions and development and cooperative teamwork, motivating toward total quality performance and exercising effective communication;
Conduct performance appraisals timely and coach and counsel direct reports to achieve optimal development opportunities;
Establish and communicate performance and behavioral standards and expectations;
Promote multi-skilling among the operator roles in order to create a flexible workforce and to foster the growth of capability within the production team.
Required Education:
Education:
B.S. degree in chemical engineering (highly preferred), chemistry or related technical discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge/Skills
Minimum 57 years management experience in a chemical manufacturing or processing facility.
10 years experience in industrial or chemical technical applications
Managing in a union environment highly preferred.
Strong analytical, personal computer, organizational and leadership abilities;
Strong communication skills (written & verbal);
Strong problem-solving ability;
Expert knowledge of process technology preferred.
May handle hazardous or universal waste, or supervise someone who does.
EEO Statement:
FMC employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career. FMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability or protected veteran status. FMC supports a drug-free woEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
FMC Corporation
Company Overview:
FMC Corporation is one the worlds leading specialty chemical companies. We are proud that our chemistries are helping to grow the worlds food, enabling new innovations in the pharmaceutical delivery, enhancing foods and beverages, contributing to a more sustainable energy supply, improving health, and advancing the manufacture of hundreds of essential products.
FMC is a globally diverse organization that offers its employees exciting opportunities to work on challenging projects that are important to the achievement of our strategic objectives. Your education and professional experience are valued and put to use from day one. Your success at completing key initiatives can result in a varied, progressive and fulfilling career with FMC.
With a corporate culture of innovation, integrity, responsibility and customer intimacy, we foster The Right Chemistry in everything we do. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. In short, If you are ready to make a difference every day, FMC is ready to talk to you.
Overview:
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to expand their plant management experience and get on a strong career track. The Operations Manager position will direct and coordinate all activities of production and Environment, Health, Safety (EHS) initiatives to ensure the production and shipment of products in a safe, and environmentally sound manner that maintains high standards for product quality and is cost effective, responsive to customer needs and production requirements. The incumbent will also lead and manage production supervisors overseeing the production processes.
Responsibilities:
General Management
Serves as proactive member of management team by providing technical expertise, identifying cost saving opportunities.
Interacts with location and divisional cross-functional groups to optimize plant operations.
Environment, Health, Safety (EHS)
Actively and passionately lead by example to build and maintain a safety culture that avoids injuries and major accidents.
Participate per direction of EHS manager with EHSprograms and activities to provide for safe and productive working conditions in the facility.
Ensure all assigned employees understand and comply with all government, corporate, and plant required EHS rules, policies and standards operating procedures.
Participate in establishing training & drills to increase employee safety awareness.
Production Management
Review production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates in order to plan department operations.
Plan production operations, establishing manufacturing priorities and sequences.
Prepares operational schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delay.
Inspects machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.
Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
Provide operational resources to support investments in projects that improves quality and capability to meet internal and external customer needs and corporate, group, division and site goals.
Planning/Budget/Forecasting
Participate in preparation of annual plant budget and periodic forecasts by preparation of budget estimates for production areas (raw material usages, production forecasts, capital expenditures etc) which serve as the operating plan to achieve desired productivity and cost control objectives.
Pursue profitable growth through the achievement of cost reduction, budget compliance and expanding the scope of activities performed by the production team.
Monitor, communicate and forecast variances from financial performance targets.
Initiate improvement projects for cost reduction and process efficiency improvement.
Quality Assurance
Participate in direction and management of quality process as a member of management team which develops quality objectives and reviews quality process annually.
Ensure production team identifies and prevents non-conformance to quality specification and encourage all employees to identify and prevent non-conformance to quality specifications.
Ensure that non-conformances are investigated and corrective actions developed, implemented and effective for the products in question.
Ensure document control within the production team.
Ensure that adequate traceability is documented and maintained for products under department control.
Approve updated process and instrument diagrams.
Communicate customer complaints to team members.
Participate and support a waste minimization plan for facility such that equipment and procedures are safe and any significant changes are reviewed before implementation.
Direct plant employees in handling hazardous or universal waste. Lead the emergency response plan toward being a respected, fully responsible member of the community and to meet the goal of zero lost time and recordable accidents within the production team
Administration
Ensure that personnel policies, procedures and guidelines are administered within the production team in a consistent and equitable manner;
Develop and direct employees in a proactive manner by fostering both individual employee contributions and development and cooperative teamwork, motivating toward total quality performance and exercising effective communication;
Conduct performance appraisals timely and coach and counsel direct reports to achieve optimal development opportunities;
Establish and communicate performance and behavioral standards and expectations;
Promote multi-skilling among the operator roles in order to create a flexible workforce and to foster the growth of capability within the production team.
Required Education:
Education:
B.S. degree in chemical engineering (highly preferred), chemistry or related technical discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge/Skills
Minimum 57 years management experience in a chemical manufacturing or processing facility.
10 years experience in industrial or chemical technical applications
Managing in a union environment highly preferred.
Strong analytical, personal computer, organizational and leadership abilities;
Strong communication skills (written & verbal);
Strong problem-solving ability;
Expert knowledge of process technology preferred.
May handle hazardous or universal waste, or supervise someone who does.
EEO Statement:
FMC employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career. FMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability or protected veteran status. FMC supports a drug-free woEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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