Plant Supervisor (Dallas)

Responsibilities

Safety, Health, Environment, and Compliance: * Promote a safety-first culture and ensure all employees work in compliance with company safety policies and regulatory requirements. * Lead safety meetings, workplace inspections, hazard recognition activities, and corrective action initiatives. * Investigate incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions and implement preventive measures. * Ensure compliance with environmental permits, regulatory requirements, ISO standards, and company policies. * Support and promote all Quality, Safety, Health, Environmental, and Sustainability programs.

Production and Operations Leadership: * Direct and coordinate daily plant operations to achieve production, quality, efficiency, and cost objectives. * Monitor and optimize furnace operations, expansion processes, packaging systems, and material handling equipment. * Establish daily production priorities and communicate expectations to operations personnel. * Monitor production rates, yields, downtime, quality performance, and operating costs. * Ensure customer orders are produced and shipped according to schedule. * Coordinate shift coverage, staffing plans, and operating schedules to support business needs. * Develop and implement operational improvements to increase efficiency and productivity.

Quality Management: * Ensure all products meet established quality specifications and customer requirements. * Monitor process controls, testing activities, and quality performance trends. * Support root cause investigations and corrective actions related to product quality issues. * Work closely with quality personnel to maintain compliance with internal and external quality standards.

Equipment Reliability and Maintenance Coordination: * Partner with Maintenance to prioritize and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance activities. * Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and uptime. * Participate in troubleshooting production and equipment issues. * Support capital projects, equipment modifications, and process improvement initiatives. * Ensure operational readiness of furnaces, packaging systems, screens, dust collection systems, compressors, conveyors, and material handling equipment.

Inventory and Material Management: * Monitor raw material, packaging material, and finished goods inventories. * Ensure inventory accuracy through proper material tracking and reporting. * Coordinate raw material deliveries and finished product shipments. * Support warehouse and logistics activities to maintain customer service levels.

Leadership and Employee Development: * Supervise, coach, train, and develop plant personnel. * Establish clear performance expectations and provide regular feedback. * Conduct employee performance evaluations and support employee development plans. * Promote teamwork, accountability, communication, and employee engagement. * Participate in recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and workforce development activities. * Develop future leaders and strengthen workforce capabilities within the operation.

Continuous Improvement: * Lead Lean Manufacturing, 6S, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives. * Analyze operational data and identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, safety, and cost performance. * Implement standard work practices, operating procedures, and process controls. * Drive initiatives to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and enhance operational reliability.

Reporting and Administrative

Responsibilities

* Prepare and review production, quality, safety, maintenance, and inventory reports. * Maintain accurate operational records and documentation. * Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and communicate results to management. * Assist with annual budgets, cost control initiatives, and operational planning activities. * Provide regular updates to management regarding plant performance and improvement opportunities. Supervisory

Responsibilities

* Directly supervises production personnel and shift leaders. * Provides leadership and direction for all operating personnel. * Coordinates activities between Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Shipping, and Warehouse functions. * Participate in employee selection, training, performance management, and disciplinary actions. * May serve as acting site leader in the absence of the Perlite Development Manager.

Qualifications

Education * Bachelor's degree in engineering, Industrial Technology, Operations Management, Manufacturing, or a related field preferred. * Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.

Experience: * Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing or industrial operations experience. * Minimum of 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment. * Experience in perlite, mineral processing, mining, aggregates, cement, lime, refractory, or similar process industries preferred. * Experience with furnace operations, thermal processing systems, bulk material handling, screening, packaging, and shipping operations preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: * Strong leadership and team development skills. * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. * Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement methodologies. * Knowledge of MSHA, environmental, and regulatory compliance requirements. * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. * Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. * Proficiency with Microsoft Office and manufacturing reporting systems. * Strong organizational, planning, and decision-making capabilities.

Physical

Pay and benefits

* Ability to work in industrial plant environments with exposure to dust, noise, heat, and moving equipment. * Ability to walk, climb stairs and ladders, bend, stoop, and lift up to 50 pounds occasionally. * Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE). * Ability to work extended hours when necessary to support operational requirements. * Success Measures The Perlite Plant Supervisor will be evaluated on: * Safety performance * Production attainment * Product quality performance * Equipment uptime and reliability * Cost management * Inventory accuracy * Employee development and retention * Continuous improvement achievements * Customer service and delivery performance This position is located in Dallas, Texas Salary Range - $95k - $110k