The Operations Area Manager (Facilitator) is responsible for manpower scheduling, daily and weekly operational planning, to meet the operational needs of the business and on-time delivery requirements, while promoting and creating a safe culture.

The Facilitator’s essential functions include:

• Provide leadership for all production Supervisors within department to ensure goals (TTIs/KPIs) are met, including but not limited to, safety, environmental, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.
• Set direction and drive accountability for department Supervisors on production schedules, staffing, and quality needs, while achieving customer on-time delivery requirements.
• Ensure key constraints are managed and properly staffed.
• Participate in coordinating maintenance outages and communicate schedules and impact accordingly.
• Maintain day-to-day compliance and adherence to all regulatory requirements.
• Ensure timely completion of all required training, audits, observations, and preventative maintenance (PMs) for the department.
• Responsible for timely completion of department safety, quality, and production reports.
• Manage short-term challenges and devise plans to mitigate impact.
• Help set the strategic direction within the department and participate in planning actions to achieve the long-term vision.
• Help drive/lead departmental continuous improvement projects.
• Escalate and inform department Manager of all significant developments regarding the operation.
• Ability to cover department Manager responsibilities when needed.
• Responsible for other department specific responsibilities.