Facilities Manager

Salm Partners is looking to hire a Facilities Manager for our upcoming new production facility.

Responsible for all safety, food safety, operations, maintenance, quality, supply chain and sanitation activities in the facility. Monitors and tracks production /maintenance performance and key performance metric; leads process improvements throughout the operation. Champions lean manufacturing, cost savings and efficiency. Provides process expertise and staff development to insure plan is met. Holds team accountable for compliance with all safety, food safety, quality, SQF, GMP and USDA requirement throughout facility.

Essential responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Promote and ensure compliance with all established safety policies and procedures.
• Oversee production operations across blending, extrusion, packaging, and palletizing areas to ensure an efficient production process.
• Supervise Facilitators/Supervisors/Managers to direction and support to meet goals and plan for future.
• Coordinate continuous improvement efforts; evaluate operations processes and methods and provide recommendations to improve process
• Collaborate with other managers to develop or revise Standard Operating Procedures.
• Identify & eliminate root causes and diminish non-conformance occurrences in the manufacturing processes.
• Ensure routine and pertinent communications of daily production schedule and key information to facility.
• Staffing needs required meet production plan.
• Review daily shift production, maintenance, sanitation, and supply chain reports
• Oversee and address production needs, changes, and schedules.
• Monitor and track downtime.
• Compile weekly production metrics reports, monitoring yield, waste, #2, inedible, and OEE for the shift; present operational results weekly
• Provide trained staff to manage production supply usage, monitoring incoming and outgoing supplies and finished goods.
• Identify training and development needs of personnel assigned to the shift and ensure training is provided in a timely manner.
• Oversee the performance management process, ensuring performance reviews and disciplinary actions are completed appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Oversee the sanitation and Master Sanitation activities on the shift.
• Assist with maintaining SQF compliance.
• Ensure compliance with all established GMP, USDA-FSIS and Quality Assurance requirements.
• Oversee the completion of Accident & Near Miss incident investigations; ensure resolution of all safety issues and concerns from a corrective actions and preventive measures standpoint.
• Provide backup assistance to the Facilitators in the event of absences as needed
• Foster and support a positive, open and inclusive work environment.
• Support and promote the Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Develop and align capital plan for Fiscal year
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.