Position Title: General Manager (Site Manager)

Reports To: Regional Director

Overview of Position:

The General Manager is responsible for managing assets and personnel onsite to meet the customer’s needs in a safe and efficient manner. Operating in a customer’s mill, the work environment is challenging and high-risk. The successful candidate coordinates daily activities, manages the risks, and maximizes profits. The General Manager reports to the Regional Director.

Typical Functions:

Site Operations:

• Create a safety culture of hazard identification and compliance with standards in the workforce.
• Manage 24/7 operations to achieve high equipment utilization with an optimal headcount to hit production targets while delivering a high degree of service quality.
• Understand the terms of the customer contract and meet with mill personnel as required, and communicate back to upper management and direct reports accordingly.
• Regularly be at the site to oversee operations.
• Develop site personnel and the management team to enhance performance and retain personnel.

Financial:

• Drive profitability to meet corporate targets.
• Maximize opportunities in customer contracts and strive for 100% compliance with the contract.
• Manage and adhere to site budgets, controlling expenses to deliver net profits.
• In conjunction with the divisional AVP Finance, work strategically to provide solutions to profit declines or increases in expenses due to changes in the business.
• Establish and maintain positive relations with vendors and lessors.

Metal Recovery Plant Operations:

• Provide resources and supervision to plant operations to achieve planned up time.
• Review planned material runs to ensure there is a balance between the mill’s needs and outside sales.
• Improve operational management systems, processes, and best practices.
• Examine financial data to analyze the profitability of each product generated by the plant.
• Ensure outputs meet customers’ specifications through frequent testing and inspections.

Training:

• Maintain a Training Matrix to ensure personnel are qualified to perform their assigned tasks and to increase their abilities, with structured training, and to perform a wider scope of duties.
• Challenge the staff to become better educated in the execution of business operations, project management, and financial performance through additional training.
• Identify “Train the Trainer” opportunities and execute within budgetary and Program objectives.
• Build programs to enhance the team’s abilities/capabilities. Enlist the assistance of corporate and external training resources.
• Continually evaluate the quality and effectiveness of training program deliverables.

Work Environment:

This job operates in both a professional office environment and an industrial environment. This role also leads and directs the workforce in a heavy industrial setting, requiring a strong commitment to safety and adherence to required PPE for the environment and safeguards for environmental concerns.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this job.

Required Education and Experience:

Requirements and skills

• Proven work experience in Operations or similar role.
• Knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management.
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting.
• Familiarity with business and financial principles.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Leadership ability.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Degree in Business, Operations Management, or related field.
• Valid driver’s license.