Job Details
Carolina Stakes and Wood Products is a company that specializes in producing high-quality wooden stakes and hubs for various applications, including surveying, landscaping, and construction. The company was originally founded as Wendell's Woodwork by Wendell Long in 1972, and it has evolved over the years into a reputable provider of wooden products. Our products are made from Southern Yellow Pine, known for its durability and strength, and we offer a variety of stakes including survey lath, garden stakes, tree stakes, and erosion control wattle stakes .
Carolina Stakes prides itself on a one of a kind automated manufacturing processes that ensure high-quality products, maintaining large inventory levels to meet customer demands promptly. Carolina Stakes and Wood Products has over 40 years of experience and produces millions of stakes, which are distributed to various industries across the country .
Additionally, the company is based just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina in the Town of Oakboro. We offers services and products to a broad range of customers, including land surveyors, government and municipal entities, road builders, landscapers, and commercial and residential builders.
Role Description
This is a full-time on-site role as an Experienced Plant Manager at Carolina Stakes and Wood Products located in Oakboro, NC. As an Experienced Plant Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the plant, managing a team of employees, ensuring production targets are met, optimizing efficiency, and maintaining quality standards. You will also be responsible for implementing safety protocols and fostering a positive work environment.
Basic Qualifications:
- Five or more years of manufacturing management experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of the principles and applications associated with manufacturing operations, maintenance, and engineering.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes, machine performance, time studies, quality control, scheduling, and plant engineering.
- Previous experience/broad understanding of safety systems and enforcement of safety rules and policies.
- Demonstrated time-management skills, strong work ethic, and passion to achieve goals while working within established company standards.
- Capacity to communicate efficiently with all levels of employees, management, customers, and vendors both verbally and in written form.
- Established ability to manage others with strong conflict resolution skills and willingness to work collaboratively as a team to lead, inspire, motivate, coach, and successfully supervise teams.
- Exceptional organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize appropriately.
- Resourcefulness in allocation of time, personnel, and inventory with good attention to detail.
- Proficiency in use of modern technology, including skill in use of Excel, Word, and e-mail communication.
- High level of skill in math, with understanding of business metrics and data analysis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor s degree in business or operations management
- Experience in wood products and/or home building supply manufacturing.
- Experience with high speed/volume manufacturing.
- Experience implementing new and additional equipment to improve efficiency or capacity. This includes helping to troubleshoot and assist in optimizing equipment.