Assistant Plant Manager

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our
Hybrid Work Model
.
Job Description
Your expertise can transform our plant—take charge as Assistant Plant Manager and lead the way!
Key Responsibilities May Include:
Ensure occupational health and safety compliance for all employees, contractors, and visitors, adhering to both corporate and legislative requirements.
Maintain environmental compliance by working within corporate and regulatory guidelines, ensuring the site meets all environmental standards.
In collaboration with the plant maintenance team oversee day-to-day machine operability and maintenance
Provide effective leadership and direction to frontline managers (e.g., supervisors and team leaders), identifying training needs and supporting staff development to optimize performance.
Ensure compliance with all operational procedures and work instructions as outlined by CHEP, maintaining consistency and adherence to standards.
Manage workforce planning to ensure the plant is adequately staffed with appropriately trained personnel to meet production demands.
Ensure production processes run efficiently and effectively within budgetary constraints, identifying opportunities for improvement.
Collaborate with the Plant Manager to drive continuous improvement initiatives, focusing on enhancing safety, quality, and cost performance across plant operations.
What You Will Do:

Major/Key Accountabilities

Supervise the work of all production employees – oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods

Coaching of

• employees that models the values and culture of the company
• Provide hands-on leadership as a supervisor, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and working through employee relations issues
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance
• to
• established
• policies
• Responsible, in consultation with Plant Manager, for the cost performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the plant
• Support cost control initiatives and process control within the plant
• Review operations activities, including local transportation activities, to
• maintain
• compliance with all Federal,

State

• and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD)
• Drive Safety improvements (Zero Harm) across the plant
• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant
• in accordance with
• the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain
• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while
• maintaining
• critical quality and raw material
• utilization
• standards that are necessary to
• maintain
• customer satisfaction and plant profitability
• Ensure compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the plant

Identify

Lean opportunities to effectively

• eliminate
• waste
• In partnership with Plant Manager, provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate,
• delegate
• and
• monitor
• their activities

Drive efficiencies in asset

utilization

through proper transportation scheduling, dispatch, & driver management while meeting customer expectations

What You Will Bring

Experience

• Experience working in a manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and/or
• logistics
• environment
• Prior forklift operations experience is
• required

Proven

• track record
• of success and stability (1 to 3 years)
• Familiarity with both OSHA and DOT regulations and requirements strongly preferred
• Results-oriented and can meet deadlines and commitments
• Mechanically Inclined (electric/conveyor knowledge is a plus)
• P&L and budgeting experience strongly preferred

Skills and Knowledge

• A bility to train people and motivate a team
• Applicants need a good working knowledge of all Microsoft Office products, especially Excel

Demonstrated solid decision making

Ability to provide

new ideas

• “think outside the box"

W illing ness

to work extended hours and weekends as necessary

What To Expect

Additional Site Details

1st and 2nd shift production Approximately 72 employees 4 Direct reports

What

W e Offer:

Employee Package

Competitive Pay

& Annual Bonus Structure

Benefits Day 1!

Paid Time Off plus Holiday Observances

• 401K w/ company match (up to 4%)
• FREE company-paid vision, short-term disability, and life insurance!
• FREE company-provided PPE and safety equipment
• Tuition reimbursement, parental leave, childcare
• assistance , profit sharing, and MORE!

Remote Type
Not Remote
Skills to succeed in the role
Adaptability, Change Management, Computer Literacy, Data Analysis, Data Literacy, Delegation, Empathy, Experimentation, Mathematic Literacy, Mentorship, Scheduling, Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand Customers, Written Communication
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.
Individuals fraudulently misrepresenting themselves as Brambles or CHEP representatives have scheduled interviews and offered fraudulent employment opportunities with the intent to commit identity theft or solicit money. Brambles and CHEP never conduct interviews via online chat or request money as a term of employment. If you have a question as to the legitimacy of an interview or job offer, please contact us at
recruitment@brambles.com.