MRP Manager

The Metal Recovery Plant Manager is responsible for operating the plant as efficiently as possible by effectively maintaining operations, providing quality control, and supervising and scheduling personnel and material movements.  All equipment maintenance will be monitored in order to address any issues and streamline processes.  The Manager will ensure that all operations comply with safety and environmental regulations and best management practices, and that all employees are instructed and monitored in the safe operation of all machinery.

Responsibilities

• Safety, Health, Environment, Community (SHEC) responsibilities

• • Remain in compliance with all safety and environmental regulations and best management practices as defined by company policy
  • Enforce and monitor all company safety policies

• Equipment Operations and Maintenance

• • Observe workers and machines to detect errors or malfunctions and order corrective actions.
  • Inspect machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.
  • Schedule repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous production operations.

• Staff Training and Management

• • Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
  • Demonstrate equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees, or assign employees to experienced workers for training.
  • Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
  • Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.

• Reporting and Scheduling Requirements

• • Maintain time, maintenance, and production records and reports.
  • Oversee and coordinate with the division manager plant scheduling for the following: overall production; container and debris loading; treatment systems operations including ordering of admixtures and disposals; and compliance testing and reporting.

• Quality Control

• • Examine products for adherence to specifications
  • Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and overall quality of product

Qualifications/Experience

• Education: B.A. Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Sustainable Engineering, Metallurgy, etc. preferred
• Years of Experience: 10 years relevant scrap industry/department MRP/Shredder) experience preferred.
• Prior experience in similar metals or manufacturing operations. 
• Effective management skills and strategies when working with both union and non-union employees. 
• Must be able to communicate with and motivate the work force to assure completion of mechanical and maintenance repairs as expeditiously and cost effectively as possible to avoid work stoppages while maintaining safety. 
• Should have a good understanding of the operation of equipment and be able to determine problems and identify solutions. 
• Computer Skills: Microsoft Office

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organization whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

At sims together we are a diverse group of employees who are supported by our equal opportunity policy. To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Principles of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.