Manager, Production

Premium Waters, Inc located in Douglas, GA is looking for a Production Manager to join our leadership team.

Premium Waters offers competitive compensation and a variety of tools and resources designed to help employees enhance their professional and personal lives. Some of our benefits include:
• Medical and Dental Insurance – low deductible and premiums
• Eye care reimbursement – annual checkups are free plus $200 annually toward contacts and glasses
• 401K with Company Match – 100% match up to 4%
• PTO and paid holidays
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life Insurance paid for by us
• Health and Wellness Resources, Activities and financial incentives worth $2100 annually
• Employee free water allowance
• Family like work environment
• Opportunity to train for advancement

Location: 675 Thompson Dr Douglas, GA 31535

Class: Manager 

Exemption: Exempt 

Department: Office/Production 

Job Specifications 

• Education – Bachelor’s Degree required 
• Job Related Experience – 5 years equivalent experience 
• Supervision Given – Production Supervisors, Production Operators 
• Supervision Received – Plant Manager 

  Job Summary: 

The Production Manager will be responsible for developing and leading a team of supervisors to obtain plant objectives in regard to safety, quality, training, productivity and cost containment with the plant. The shift operations currently include 4 production lines and related maintenance activities. The Production Manager will monitor the performance, compliance with operational procedures, and other parameters associated with the Production operations; developing workable solutions to issues and provides leadership to drive resolutions to a complete implementation as well as providing measurable follow-ups to assure results. This position is an integral part of the local management team. 

Essential Job Duties: 

• Responsible for providing a framework for a safe working environment and ensuring compliance with all safety rules. 
• Responsible for coordinating the maintaining of high levels of quality in production to meet internal and external customer requirements and insuring compliance with standards. 
• Responsible for providing and executing detailed plans to maintain production levels to meet established production schedules. 
• Responsible for developing the skills of subordinates 
• Recruit and source for vacancies to include working with supervisors to profile positions, recommend an appropriate recruiting strategy, and advise them on hiring and compensation decisions. 
• Ensures all safety compliance and policies are met in the production area. 
• Leadership development of all the Production Supervisors, Leads, etc. and Development Plans for all Production Employees
• Makes contributions as a member of the Premium Waters management team to improve the organization and its image in any way possible. 
• Supervises, directs and motivates the efforts of personnel in the Production area of responsibility. 
• Good business acumen – ability to understand financial information so it can be dissected down to all parts of the organization. 
• Responsible for annual budget of Production department. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Must have 3-5 years experience in a manufacturing environment. 
• Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing engineering or Management/Supervisory experience with a beverage, food or liquid consumer products manufacturer is a plus. 
• Must be experienced with GMP’s, sanitation standards and FDA requirements. 
• Knowledge of several lines of equipment, e.g., debagging tray packaging systems, fillers, labelers, depalletizers, palletizers and conveyors. 
• Minimum of 3 years of a proven successful tack record of visualizing and managing groups of teams to establish and achieve production, safety, and quality objectives, in a high paced manufacturing environment. 
• Flexible hours to manage multiple shifts. 
• Excellent organizational skills. 
• Bachelor’s degree required. 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. 
• Must possess the skills necessary for other potential roles within the company as it grows 
• Previous supervisory experience. 
• Strong Facilitation skills. 
• Exceptional communication skills – oral and written. 

 Food Safety: 

1. General HACCP/SQF – Certifications preferred
2. Good Manufacturing Practices 
3. Pre-requisite program 
   1. Security 
   2. Chemicals 
   3. Cleaning and Sanitation 
4. Associated Standard Operating Procedures