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Manages staff to ensure safe, standardized, and efficient environmental compliance, equipment & facility maintenance, processing of soiled products: wash and dry aisle; dryer offloading, sorting and bundling, and processing of product for storage or delivery. Monitors production levels and proactively adjusts to ensure product output levels are met in a safe, timely, cost-effective manner, and in line with quality standards. Builds and maintains positive working relationships with Market Center Management team and keeps them informed of plant operation issues. Leverages resources of Operation Support team as needed to address and overcome plant operation issues.\nResponsibilities / Essential Functions\nTypical tasks and activities for this job include but are not limited to the items listed below. Additional duties may be assigned from time to time as needed by management.\n\nSafety\nEnsure the market center is consistent in its management and application of safety tasks and activities.\nPlant Management\nManage the day-to-day production plant operation activities at market center. Ensure processing takes place in a safe, timely, cost-effective, and efficient manner. Activities to be managed include, but are not limited to:\nWastewater / Environmental Compliance\nFacility & Equipment Maintenance\nReceiving and soil sorting/classification\nWash aisle \nGarment Finishing/Sortation\nAllied Finishing\nBundling and distribution\nSets and ensure plant operation goals are meet for the efficient, timely, quality and profitable completion of activities for a given product.\nSupervise maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective review of equipment, energy, and wastewater processing.\nWork with market center management, identify and implement systems and methods that will improve safety, operating efficiency consistent with operating goals and cost constraints guidelines.\nPlant Operations Data and Performance Measures \nAnalyze and react to production aspects of market center profit and loss (P&L) statement(s). Work with GM to proactively enhance positive results.\n\nPlant Operation Team Oversight and Development \nResponsible for the hiring, placement, and removal of production plant operations staff within market center.\n\nThe requirements listed above are representative of the job duties required by all to perform in the various production areas that this job standards. Specific work detail and instruction may vary by location and equipment being used.\nKnowledge / Skills / Abilities\nMinimum Education/Experience\nPost-secondary education (four-years suggested) in Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business or related discipline or equivalent business/work experience\n4-6 years' experience in a corporate production environment with management experience included.\nProven track record of increasing responsibility with documented business results\nProven ability to build effective professional relationships cross-departmentally within a market center and operations support.\nPreferred Education Experience --Degree in Management or Industrial/Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business or related discipline or equivalent business/work experience\nStrong attention to detail with the ability to work within a fast-paced environment, yet willing and able to work effectively with ambiguous circumstances.\nExperience with quality program standards such as Lean/Six Sigma Skills an asset.\nDemonstrated capability with competencies for the position.\nKnowledge Sets\nFacility and Maintenance – Knowledge of wastewater, facility and equipment maintenance.\nProduction and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective processing and distribution of laundry. Linen, product and services.\nCustomer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. 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