Job description

Company Overview

Tencate, a Solmax company, has joined a geosynthetics pioneer, innovator, and leader. Our recent acquisition by Solmax makes us part of the world’s largest geosynthetics manufacturer. Solmax counts more than 2200 employees and has plants in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our geosynthetics are used in critical applications by the biggest names in mining, petroleum, waste management, construction, agriculture and irrigation, civil engineering, hydraulic and environmental works, infrastructure, and transport. Our products safeguard the earth from waste and contaminants, and protect investments, helping preserve the integrity and longevity of vital infrastructure in the toughest environments. With expertise across all geosynthetics categories, Solmax is an innovation powerhouse. Our vision is to advance the geosynthetics industry, raising standards and creating products that are more reliable, stronger, resistant to contaminants, and accessible everywhere.

Solmax - geosynthetics that support human progress. Visit us at www.solmax.com .

Position Overview

Responsible for production operations and process engineering functionalities, including safety performance, the enhancement of operator skill-set competencies, attainment of departmental goals and objectives, process enhancements and project initiatives that promote equipment reliability and uptime.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead and enforce site safety protocols. Strive for a zero-injury workplace by ensuring safe working conditions for employees.
• Ensure compliance with all state and federal environmental, health and safety regulations.
• Effectively utilize the site ERP manufacturing system. Resolve inventory variances/discrepancies, underruns, overruns and implement permanent corrective measures to prevent recurrence.
• Ensures that Product Quality is an absolute priority by maintaining compliance with quality standards and ensuring personnel are effectively trained and competent.
• Build a robust, skilled and competent team. Conduct interviewing, hiring, performance appraisals, training and terminations of production team personnel.
• Engineer, implement and sustain the production operator training program.
• Review and analyze production trends. Utilize statistical methods to analyze and interpret quality data, reliability performance, KPIs and other operational information to determine causes of nonconformity or impairment.
• Implement permanent corrective measures (process enhancements, personnel training, equipment upgrades, trials, etc.) that reduce process variation, promote product quality, support new product initiatives and optimize equipment uptime.
• Provide stewardship of the site RCFA program.
• Optimize production schedules to maximize campaigns and minimize impairments such as change-overs, formulation changes and product/manufacturing line compatibility issues.
• Collaborate with maintenance leadership to set priorities, timelines and maintain return to service compliance.
• Maintain the production team’s compliance with ISO standards and execute corrective actions as non-compliances or notable observations are noted.
• Maintain a clean and organized plant and reinforce site compliance based on the 5-S methodology.
• Provide site leadership when the Plant manager is off plant.
• Collaborate with Sales, Customer Service and the technical team as required.

Other Job Functions

• Assist with maintenance activities as needed.
• Additional tasks as directed.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years supervisory experience
• Prefer a minimum of 5 years of production experience in the blown film or similar industry.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience; advanced education preferred.
• Good verbal and written communication skills required.
• Exceptional math skills required to analyze and interpret statistical data, work with product formulations, calculate and track raw material variances and utilize performance data.
• Works in both an office and plant environment in support of 7-day, 24 hour operation with considerably varying work hours.
• Exposure to heat conditions.
• Multi-lingual preferred.
• Blown film production troubleshooting ability a strong plus.
• Comprehension and working knowledge of plastic extrusion processes.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $105,000.00 - $108,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Houston, TX 77073: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Supervising: 5 years (Required)
• Production management: 5 years (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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