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Job Description

The successful Plant Manager will:

• Influence a positive work environment that promotes a culture of safety and employee engagement, while providing leadership to the overall operations and proactively driving continuous improvement.
• Manage the location’s budget by maintaining service levels to customers while striving to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity standards to drive a “Best in Class” culture.
• Inspire change - collaboratively engage with local leadership to analyze safety, quality, production, and maintenance metrics, determine causes of nonconformity, improve processes and achieve
• operational excellence.
  

• Manage day-to-day operations - align business plans with company goals and strategic vision.
• Oversee and drive improvements in production to meet objectives to achieve optimum efficiency.
• Develop a high performing team - establish strong performance standards and continuously work to grow and develop team members.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives tied to business strategy - execute thoughtful change management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to identify facility growth opportunities and best serve customer needs.
• Proactively build and maintain Continuous Improvement and Capital Expenditure plans.
• Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner - execute necessary solutions.
  

Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive operations management experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Operations/production leadership experience in a LEAN/Continuous Improvement environment
• Demonstrated experience in budget and financial management.
• Strong knowledge/experience in strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources.
• Track record of goal setting/achievement and building, developing, leading and motivating diverse teams through transformative change.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities - adept at taking action quickly in response to changing demands, conditions, processes and evolving information.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Why this opportunity?:

Job Description

The Yard Coordinator is responsible for the efficient organization, tracking, and movement of construction equipment, tools, materials, and parts through the staging yard. This role serves as the critical link between off-site storage, warehouse, and active construction/operational sites, ensuring the right assets are in the right place at the right time to support daily and weekly project requirements while minimizing delays and downtime.

Essential Functions

• Organize and optimize yard layout for safe, accessible storage of equipment, containers,
• tools, and parts awaiting deployment to operational/construction sites.
• Conduct regular physical inventories and maintain accurate digital records in tracking
• systems (e.g., asset management software, ERP modules, spreadsheets, or custom
• databases).
• Receive, inspect, stage, and prepare equipment and materials for outbound transport;
• coordinate inbound returns and rented equipment and demobilization.
• Schedule and coordinate transportation (internal fleet or third-party haulers) between
• the yard and multiple operational/construction sites to meet daily and weekly priorities.
• Act as a key point of contact for site superintendents, construction managers, and
• operations teams; proactively communicate availability, shortages, and delivery ETAs.
• Identify bottlenecks in yard-to-site flow and lead or participate in process-improvement
• initiatives (layout changes, labeling standards, digital tracking enhancements, load-out
• checklists, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and company policies in all yard
• operations (proper blocking/bracing, hazard identification, housekeeping).
• Generate reports on inventory levels, turnover rates, equipment utilization, and transport
• efficiency for management review.
• Collaborate with procurement, warehouse, maintenance, and logistics teams to resolve
• discrepancies and improve overall supply chain velocity.

Skills and Qualifications

• Exceptional communicator – direct and transparent, skilled problem-solver with proven
• success in building coalitions and avoiding conflicts
• Total ownership mentality – proactively identifies and removes obstacles across
• numerous ongoing tasks
• Independent thinker – provides original thoughts and constantly asking “how can we do
• this better”
• Innovative thinker – willingness to consider novel solutions ability to adapt to change
• Desirable teammate – impeccable character, humility, and collaborative
• Relentless – aspires to contribute and achieve his/her full potential
• Experience/Education
• High School Diploma or GED
• 3+ years of experience in construction yard operations, logistics coordination,
• warehousing, or equipment rental/staging environments.
• Strong proficiency with inventory/tracking software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Asset Panda,
• Excel, or similar); ability to create and maintain dashboards and reports.
• Excellent organizational skills with a proven ability to optimize space and flow in
• dynamic, high-volume yards.
• Solid understanding of heavy equipment, tools, and construction materials handling
• and transport requirements.
• Demonstrated success in process improvement projects (Lean, 5S, Kaizen, or similar
• methodologies a plus).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; comfortable interfacing with field
• crews, drivers, and management.
• Valid driver’s license; forklift/telehandler and mobile crane certification preferred.

Job Description

The Lead Yard Coordinator oversees all staging yard operations and serves as the primary interface between logistics, warehouse, yard coordination, and construction/operations teams. This role is responsible for managing a team of yard coordinators and operators, driving operational excellence, and ensuring seamless, on time flow of equipment, tools, materials, and parts from the yard to multiple active construction and operational sites. The Lead acts as the central conduit for priority setting, issue resolution, and continuous improvement across the supply chain.

Essential Functions

• Supervise, train, and performance-manage a team of Yard Coordinators, equipment
• operators, and support personnel (scheduling, workload balancing, safety compliance,
• and professional development).
• Serve as the escalation point and primary liaison between logistics/procurement,
• warehouse, yard operations, construction superintendents, project managers, and
• operations teams to align on daily, weekly, and project-phase material/equipment
• requirements.
• Oversee yard layout optimization, inventory accuracy, and transportation coordination
• across multiple sites to eliminate delays and support aggressive construction schedules.
• Develop, implement, and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs), safety
• protocols, and best practices for receiving, staging, load-out, and returns.
• Lead or champion process-improvement initiatives (Lean, 5S, digital tracking
• enhancements, yard zoning, predictive staging, etc.) to increase throughput and reduce
• costs.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as on-time delivery, inventory accuracy,
• yard utilization, transport efficiency, and team productivity; prepare and present reports
• to senior management.
• Coordinate with logistics and procurement on inbound deliveries, vendor performance,
• and critical shortages; expedite solutions when construction timelines are at risk.
• Manage budget and resources for the yard operation (labor, equipment maintenance,
• third-party hauling, consumables).
• Ensure full compliance with OSHA, environmental, and company safety standards;
• conduct regular audits and safety meetings.
• Step in to perform hands-on yard coordination duties during peak periods or staffing
• gaps.

Skills and Qualifications

• Exceptional communicator – direct and transparent, skilled problem-solver with proven
• success in building coalitions and avoiding conflicts
• Total ownership mentality – proactively identifies and removes obstacles across
• numerous ongoing tasks
• Independent thinker – provides original thoughts and constantly asking “how can we do
• this better”
• Innovative thinker – willingness to consider novel solutions ability to adapt to change
• Desirable teammate – impeccable character, humility, and collaborative
• Relentless – aspires to contribute and achieve his/her full potential
• Experience/Education
• High School Diploma or GED
• 6+ years of progressive experience in construction yard operations, heavy equipment
• staging, logistics, or warehousing, with at least 2 years in a supervisory/lead role.
• Proven track record of leading teams in a fast-paced, outdoor construction-support
• environment.
• Advanced proficiency with inventory/asset tracking systems (SAP, Oracle, CMMS, or
• similar) and the ability to develop custom reports/dashboards.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, critical-path equipment needs,
• and heavy civil/industrial project logistics.
• Demonstrated success leading process-improvement projects that delivered
• measurable gains in efficiency and safety.
• Exceptional communication, conflict-resolution, and cross-functional collaboration
• skills; able to translate field needs into logistics actions and vice versa.
• Valid driver’s license; forklift/telehandler and mobile crane certification strongly
• preferred.
• Experience with budgeting, KPI tracking, and presenting to senior leadership.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and occasionally lift up to 50
• lbs
• 
  

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