POSITION TITLE:                               Production Manager

DEPARTMENT:                                 Production

POSITION REPORTS TO:                Plant Manager

WORK SCHEDULE:                          Monday – Friday (with ability to flex as needed)

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Phibro Animal Health Corporation is a publicly traded organization with a rich history spanning nearly 100 years of service. The Company is a global manufacturer of medicated feed additives, feed ingredients, advanced nutrition solutions and vaccines. Phibro’s revenues are in excess of $750 million and are supported by over 1400 employees worldwide.

Phibro-Tech, Inc. is part of Phibro Animal Health’s Performance Products division, located in Santa Fe Springs, California. Since 1984 Phibro-Tech has served the electronic, semiconductor and water treatment industries by taking in their used materials, recycling them and using those materials to manufacture new copper and iron-based products. Phibro-Tech helps all Californians stay safe, healthy, and sustainable.

POSITION DETAILS:

The Production Manager is an integral part of our Production team, based out of our Phibro-Tech location in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The purpose of the position is to supervise the plant production personnel and provide process improvement, technical and project support for the plant. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise approximately 35 plant production employees over 3 shifts to accomplish plant production objectives spending approximately 25% of the time in the plant verbally communicating, observing processes, and checking on the team.
• Flex schedule to spend quality time with key personnel on swing and grave shifts as well as periodically check in on weekend overtime.
• Responsible for implementing and compliance of all company personnel policies and procedures.
• Work with Human Resources to scheduled interviews and hire employees as needed.
• Work with Process Technician to troubleshoot production problems, maintain and improve production procedures and batch records while ensuring that training is up to date.
• Maintain a working environment where safety, housekeeping and environmental compliance are uncompromised, while meeting production schedules.  Work closely with the Environmental, Health and Safety Manager to ensure that all safety and environmental training is completed on schedule. 
• Ensure the plant is inspection ready every day by prompt completion of items found during daily plant inspection.  Participate in the plant inspection process at least one time per week.
• Work closely with Maintenance Manager on scheduling equipment maintenance and replacement.
• Work with Finance Team to maintain inventory of plant consumable materials and manage expenses to stay within budget.
• Work with Project Engineer on all capital, environmental and process improvement projects.
• Effectively communicate with Customer Service Manager and Transportation Manager to ensure timely and predictable customer deliveries.

Key Competencies & Requirements

• Technical Skills
  • Practical understanding of chemical processing in a production environment.
  • Good understanding of project management.
  • Proven track record of proactively accomplishing assigned goals and objectives.
  • Good understanding of regulatory environment.
  • Ability to develop key metrics, interpret data and drive continuous improvement.

• Personal Skills
  • Adaptable to changing priorities.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
  • Embrace challenges with a high level of motivation and drive.
  • Organization and planning abilities to cross train personnel and develop lead and backup capabilities.
  • Has Integrity, shows independence, and sound judgement.
  • Troubleshooting and Problem Solving– moves beyond the immediate information to develop realistic but resourceful solutions.

• Physical Skills
  • Must be able to wear a full-face respirator.

• Education and Experience
  • At least 5 years industry experience.
  • Practical manufacturing experience required.
  • Engineering or chemistry background preferred.