Factory Manager

Job Description

Job Description

**Job Summary

Primary Responsibilities

**- Ensure compliance with OSHA, USDA, SQF, and environmental regulations while promoting a culture of safety.

• Foster a culture of trust, accountability, and teamwork across all levels of the factory.
• Lead all aspects of factory operations including sugar beet processing, juice and extract processing, molasses desugarization, co-products, and wastewater treatment.
• Oversee maintenance, reliability, repair, and capital planning to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime.
• Manage budgets, control costs, and support financial performance of the plant.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, empowering employees to identify and implement process enhancements.
• Collaborate with quality, customer service, and other departments to maintain product standards and resolve issues.
• Build and develop a strong workforce through recruitment, training, performance management, and succession planning.
• Mentor supervisors and managers, strengthening leadership capability, accountability, and decision-making.
• Communicate performance goals, track key metrics, and provide timely reporting to senior management.
• Be available to respond to operational emergencies at all times.

**Position Qualifications

**- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering (or related technical field) or Business Degree preferred; advanced certifications a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, develop talent, and drive operational excellence.
• Familiarity with environmental and safety regulations, quality control, and financial management.
• Skilled in data analysis, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making under pressure.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and company data systems; experience in a matrix organization preferred.
• Strong knowledge of processing technologies, mechanical equipment, and food safety standards.
• Experience in sugar processing or other food industry preferred.

**Required Training

**- General factory safety requirements (Right to Know)

• Food-related Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Factory-related environmental regulations
• SQF certification – principles or SQF
• Knowledge of GMP+ standards

**Key Competencies

**- Ability to lead and develop cross-functional teams.

• Ability to deliver results working within collective bargaining agreement.
• Demonstrated personal leadership and strong conflict resolution skills.
• Flexible and able to work in fast paced and varying environments.
• Provides model behaviour to demonstrate corporate value.
• Leading by demonstrating ethics and integrity, displaying drive and purpose, demonstrated capability to learn, managing self, increasing self-awareness.

You should be proficient in:

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA)