Plant Manager

At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail transportation equipment and services.

 

Greenbrier’s heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.

 

Greenbrier’s success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction. Our Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) commitment is rooted in these values, which lead to a culture where employees are engaged and feel good about coming to work every day.

Summary

The Plant Manager is responsible for facility operations and strategic direction. This position leads and develops a team of department managers as they work toward meeting the safety, quality, financial, operational, continuous improvement, and human resource goals of the facility.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Monitors operations to continuously improve productivity, effectiveness, and efficiencies. Develops and proposes improvement plans for VP of Manufacturing considerations.
• Ensures company-wide programs, policies, and procedures are implemented effectively within the facility.
• Ensures safety and the environment is made the highest priority within the facility and strives for compliance with federal, state and company directives.
• Mentors, develops and manages performance of the team.
• Coordinates internal and external resources as needed to provide team member training, efficiency improvements, and reduction of quality non conformances.
• Develops and presents information to different audiences, including production staff, department staff, senior management, and external customers.
• Continues Greenbrier's reputation as the facility's leader for customer, and vendor relationships.
• Develops and manages the profit and loss strategy of the facility including managing the overall budget for the production, materials, engineering, and maintenance activities for the plant including recommendations for long-range requirements for capital spending for facilities and equipment.
• Manages the production schedule and process ensuring quality parts that meet engineering and design requirements and on-time delivery to the customer.
• Ensures all (FRA) Federal Railroad Administration and (AAR) American Association of Railroads regulations are met within the manufacturing process and serves as the plant representative alongside the Quality Manager during external audits.
• Collaborates with business unit and Quality Management teams to conduct periodic internal quality audits.
• Assesses workforce requirements and collaborates with the Human Resources department regarding current and future workforce needs.

Qualifications

The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.

 

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in railroad mechanical operations, AAR interchange rules and billing practices.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively both orally and in writing to different audiences ranging from production employees to senior management or external customers.  Experience in an operations or heavy manufacturing/heavy mechanical repair environment.
• Related work experience in wheel shop/machining shop , welding and tank car/rail car repair, and/or railroad part manufacturing operations
• Experience managing multiple levels of employees that range from production to management.
• Ability to translate operational objectives into strategies and projects that drive action through others.
• Possess strong analytical and customer service skills, is self-motivated, goal orientated, and able to work well with a team.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple goals.
• Ability to define and effectively solve problems.
• Interpersonal and negotiation skills with a proven ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with vendors, suppliers, shippers, and customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in railroad parts manufacturing and/or railcar repair operations
• Knowledge of General Accounting Principles and effective accounting controls.
• Experience implementing and leading quality and continuous improvement methodologies such as LEAN, Six Sigma, high performance teams, ISO and/or 4DX

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

With the exception of clerical, administrative, and some management positions, the physical environment requires the employee to work in hot and cold environments, in and out of the weather, work safely around heavy equipment and on top of and under railcars, as well as around railroad tracks.  Employees are required to use personal protective equipment such as steel toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, welding and grinding shields, etc. or as environmental conditions dictate.

 

Physical Activities and Requirements 

Frequency Key

Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation

Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours/day)

Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5: 5.5+ hours/day)

Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)

 

Working Postures

• Sit: Constantly
• Walk: Frequently
• Bend: Occasionally
• Kneel/Squat: Occasionally
• Crawl: Not Applicable
• Climb: Occasionally
• Reach Forward: Occasionally
• Reach Upward: Occasionally
• Handling/Fingering: Occasionally

 

Lift / Carry Requirements

• 5-10 lbs: Occasionally
• 10-25 lbs: Not Applicable
• 25-50 lbs: Not Applicable
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable

Push / Pull Requirements

• Up to 10 lbs: Occasionally
• 10-25 lbs: Not Applicable
• 25-50 lbs: Not Applicable
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable

EOE including Vet/Disability

 

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Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at careers@gbrx.com or call us at 503-684-7000. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in @gbrx.com or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application. During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with “-gbrx.icims.com”. In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.