Plant Manager

You may not know our name, but you know our products.  What we make is part of the places where we live, work and play – all day, everyday. 

Zekelman is a family of companies — 100% domestic manufacturers — with a legacy dating back to 1877. We’re proud to be the largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer in North America and the leading innovator in multi-family housing development.   

We believe in what we build and what we build, builds the world around us.  Hospitals, hotels, schools, bridges, airports and more. 

Come build a career you believe in. 

Wheatland Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, is seeking a Plant Manager for our facility in Rochelle, Illinois. Reporting to the General Manager of Operations, this person will supervise department managers from warehouse, maintenance and production. This person will plan, manage, monitor, and control overall plant operations to meet the company’s financial objectives striving for continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, safety, productivity, quality, and other cost savings initiatives.  Integrates and manages the plant, driving growth through safe and efficient manufacturing while improving yields and output.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF POSITION:

• Leads and promotes healthy and safe work practices as required by regulatory agencies and Company policy.
• Creates solid operating plans for current month, and actively identifies and prepares for plans/actions/challenges for upcoming month.
• Builds a performance-based culture around accountability, metrics, safety, and operational excellence for the facilities.
• Provides organizational direction/communication consistent with corporate goals, objectives, and vision to all departments within the Plant.
• Reviews daily operating reports to resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance issues and ensure minimal expenditures and prevent operational delays.
• Builds teams and collaborates with cross-functional groups (HR, Safety, Finance, Sales etc.) to resolve day-to-day issues, while providing strategic support to accomplish continuous improvement.
• Formulates policies, programs, and objectives affecting the schedule, quality, and cost of company production.
• Leads implementation of new manufacturing initiatives, including strategic resource allocation and applying good manufacturing principles, organization structure, leadership, sourcing and integration, production systems and techniques for improved efficiencies and adherence to best practice.
• Hires, coaches, develops, monitors, and evaluates performance of staff.  Reviews and recommends personnel actions for approval. Provides strong leadership to the employees at the plant to ensure high morale, team work and good employee relations, at all levels, including on the shop floor.
• Delegates work to appropriate personnel and provides accurate and detailed instructions for timely work completion in accordance with established safety regulations, legal regulations, quality standards and in compliance with Company procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Regular, full-time predictable onsite attendance is an essential function of this role.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree, Business Management, Engineering or technical field preferred
• 5 years of management experience in a manufacturing (preferably in ERW Steel Pipe and Tube field) leadership position with proven experience developing a strong operating team across all levels. Solid labor relations experience preferred.
• Hot dip galvanizing/steel processing experience

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES:

• Working knowledge of ISO and API standards
• High ethical standards
• Strong organizational and planning skills with ability to focus time on the most important and urgent issues
• Strong verbal and written communication and listening skills to interact with internal team members and external customers
• Goal oriented, aggressive self-starter with an entrepreneurial personality who can make strategic decisions with a sense of velocity and urgency
• Ability to identify key issues in a situation and think creatively and strategically when faced with internal and external challenges

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Environmental conditions: protected from weather conditions but not from temperature changes.
• Hazards: Includes such physical conditions, as proximity to moving mechanical parts/vehicles, electrical current and exposure to high heat or chemicals.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Medium work: exerting up to 50lbs of force ocassionally, and/or up to 30lbs frequently.

Zekelman Industries offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits, including low cost, high quality medical and dental benefits.  In addition, we have an amazing tuition assistance program, a bonus plan, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match, immediate vesting and much more.

M/F/D/V

We are Zekelman Industries.

We manufacture superior quality tubular and related products and provide outstanding service for our valued customers.

We seek to continuously advance the skills and opportunities of our employees, utilizing the latest technology and management tools available to consistently increase profitability and the enterprise value of Zekelman Industries and of our customers.