Plant Operations Manager- Swing Shift

Responsibilities

The Operations Manager is responsible for leading production activities on the swing shift, including managing manufacturing, shipping, and receiving. They must ensure all safety, health, and quality standards are met while fostering an environment of continuous improvement.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of supervisory or management experience and strong leadership and troubleshooting skills. A solid understanding of EPA and OSHA regulations, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office, is required.

Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Troubleshooting
• Manufacturing management
• Production scheduling
• Safety compliance
• Quality control
• Continuous improvement
• Employee training
• Root cause analysis
• Equipment maintenance
• 5S
• EPA regulations
• OSHA regulations
• Decision-making
• Microsoft Office

Benefits

• Profit sharing retirement plan
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Vacation
• Sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Education reimbursement
• Health savings account

About this role

Make a meaningful difference: At Thatcher Chemical facilities across the nation, our manufacturing teams create the essential chemistries, processes, and solutions that support clean water, safe environments, reliable infrastructure, and critical industries. From production and quality to logistics and distribution, your precision, dedication, and commitment to continuous improvement help transform raw materials and innovative science into real-world solutions. Your purpose-driven work plays a vital role in protecting public health, supporting communities, and shaping a safer, more sustainable future.
Make a meaningful difference: At Thatcher Chemical facilities across the nation, our manufacturing teams create the essential chemistries, processes, and solutions that support clean water, safe environments, reliable infrastructure, and critical industries. From production and quality to logistics and distribution, your precision, dedication, and commitment to continuous improvement help transform raw materials and innovative science into real-world solutions. Your purpose-driven work plays a vital role in protecting public health, supporting communities, and shaping a safer, more sustainable future.
Thatcher Company is looking for an Operations Manager to lead production in Salt Lake City facility with responsibility for all areas of production on swing shift.
Major Accountabilities
Motivating, supporting and providing guidance to production staff
Ensuring all safety and health standards are met to keep an organization accident-free.
Managing manufacturing, shipping, and receiving activities for the facility.
Prioritizing tasks and assignments and deploying resources in alignment with production schedule.
Maintaining a safety focused environment and product quality compliance.
Developing an atmosphere of continuous improvement.
Providing employee training.
Brings up urgent equipment repairs to the attention of leadership
Participating in continuous improvements, including root cause analysis with corrective and preventive actions.
Performing daily monitoring and maintenance of equipment.
Ensuring a work environment that is safe and clean for production. (5S)
Required Qualifications
Strong leadership, communication, and troubleshooting skills.
Requires 5 years of supervisory/management experience.
Understanding of quality standards and health and safety regulations
Proven record in training employees about safety and production
Strong working knowledge of EPA and OSHA regulations
Strong decision-making skills and a results-driven approach
Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Why Thatcher is right for you
Competitive salary
The founder of our company set up a defined contribution Profit Sharing Retirement Plan to reward the efforts and loyalty of all our employees. It is fully funded by the company and no employee contribution or match is an element of the plan. The plan allows for a yearly contribution of up to 25% of an employee’s salary. The results of company operations are reviewed every year to determine the contribution amount for each employee.
Additional benefits including health, dental, life insurance, vacation, sick leave, paid holidays and 50% additional education reimbursement.
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Excellent career opportunities with a growing company
A great work environment where your contribution can be recognized, and you can reach your full potential.
It is the policy of this organization to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. As an affirmative action employer under E.O. 11246, we invite all applicants to identify themselves on the following page.
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About Thatcher Company

Chemical Manufacturing · 501-1,000 employees · headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah · founded 1967