Plant Manager - American Welding & Gas Inc (8439)

American Welding & Gas, Inc., is searching for a qualified and experienced Plant Manager to facilitate our team in Billings, MT!

This position will be responsible for overseeing the production, safety, and efficiency of the industrial gases operations.  In addition to leading direct reports, the incumbent will assist the Regional Operations Manager with managing assets and maintaining expense control.

Duties & Responsibilities :

• Hire, orient, train, supervise, evaluate, motivate, communicate with, lead, and discipline all employees in plant. Develop a safety culture within the plant following company safety guidelines.
• Manage day to day operations of the plant to ensure maximum profits with lowest possible investment while maintaining highest level of safety.
• Ensure planning, direction, and scheduling of employee work in order to optimize labor utilization and align with workflow and profitability.
• Maintain inventory control and direct the taking of inventory in order to optimize cash flow for the organization.
• Enforce and follow all rules, policies and procedures in order to ensure compliance with State and Federal Law, DOT, OSHA Regulations, FDA and company Policy and Procedure.
• Monitor all expenses to ensure location is operating within budget guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

PREFERRED SKILLS :

Accountability, discretion, adaptability, assertiveness, decision making skills, time management and leadership.

American Welding & Gas, Inc. is growing and looking for top talent to move us forward :

American Welding & Gas (AWG) is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial gases as well as a provider of all your welding supply needs. We are a family and teammate owned company that is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our company provides industrial, medical and specialty gases as well as food and beverage gases across the United States, from Montana to Pennsylvania and down through Texas and Florida. With a team of over 800 employees, over 100 retail locations and 22 fill plants we pride ourselves in our customer service, expertise, assets and resources that allow us to reach a large and diversified customer base of the highest quality.

American Welding & Gas, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

About American Welding and Gas :

American Welding & Gas, an employee owned company, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. AWG traces its history to Valley Welding Supply in Billings, MT and Scott-Gross Company in Lexington, KY - both of which began in 1949. The Company has grown both organically and through acquisition to its present size. AWG manufactures and distributes industrial, medical, specialty and beverage gases and associated welding and safety supplies. We operate 76 retail locations and 16 gas fill plants located in seventeen states stretching from Montana through Georgia. AWG has 585 employees who serve our customers in over 30 states and Canada.