About the role

  • Assistant Operations Manager supporting plant performance and driving operational excellence in heavy industry. Collaborating with teams to optimize workflows and ensure safety and compliance standards are met.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor key performance indicators and operational dashboards, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Coordinate with production supervisors to resolve workflow issues, equipment constraints, and staffing needs in real time.
  • Support planning and scheduling activities to optimize labor, materials, and equipment utilization.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards across all operational processes.
  • Champion a strong safety culture by reinforcing safe work practices, leading safety talks, and supporting incident investigations.
  • Partner with EHS and Quality teams to maintain audit readiness, address non-conformances, and implement corrective actions.
  • Conduct routine safety and quality inspections on the plant floor, ensuring adherence to established procedures and standards.
  • Provide coaching, guidance, and performance feedback to production teams in partnership with Operations leadership.
  • Assist in onboarding, training, and skill development initiatives to strengthen workforce capability.
  • Serve as a communication bridge between plant leadership and frontline teams, ensuring clarity and alignment on goals and priorities.
  • Lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on workflow optimization, waste reduction, and process reliability.
  • Facilitate root-cause analyses and problem-solving sessions to address operational challenges and drive sustainable solutions.
  • Manage or support key projects that enhance plant performance, including equipment upgrades, process redesigns, and technology implementations.
  • Track project milestones, measure results, and report progress to plant and regional leadership.
  • Translate plant and regional strategic objectives into actionable plans that drive measurable improvements on the plant floor.
  • Support development of annual operating plans, budgets, and performance targets.
  • Analyze operational data to inform decision-making and recommend changes that improve financial performance.

Requirements

  • 3-4 years, team leadership in heavy industry
  • Lean basics, safety systems, production metrics
  • Coaching, communication, conflict management
  • Strong safety mindset
  • Engineering or operations degree preferred

Benefits

  • Bonus Structure: 20 %
  • Relocation requirement

Job title

Operations Leader

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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