Assistant Operations Director, High-Volume Packaging Plant

Job Description

Job Description

Lead with purpose. Build a culture of quality and safety.

Join us as the Assistant Operations Director and help shape a plant where disciplined execution meets continuous improvement. You will guide production teams, champion SPC-driven quality, reduce spoilage, and ensure we deliver for customers—safely, efficiently, and profitably.

Your mission

Transform daily operations into a model of excellence by aligning people, processes, and performance :

• Champion the customer : Serve as the go-to liaison for quality and service, resolving issues and protecting customer commitments.
• Engineer better ways of working : Implement continuous improvement to lift efficiency, optimize labor absorption, and improve safety.
• Elevate quality : Deploy SPC, run root-cause investigations, and close corrective actions.
• Own safety : Ensure teams have the information, tools, and procedures needed to operate safely; drive hazard reduction toward zero.
• Manage the P&L levers : Review operational reports; control costs and overtime to meet plan.
• Stay connected : Provide internal and external communications, as needed, 24 hours a day to keep the operation synchronized.
• Grow talent : Build training and safety programs; develop employees for future roles; directly supervise plant personnel (headcount varies).
• Partner to win : Work closely with the Plant Manager and HR on personnel matters; coordinate with production planning on schedules and staffing; align with corporate on planning initiatives.
• Deliver initiatives : Support strategic customer projects and take on additional responsibilities as assigned.

Background we value

Environment & physical demands

Skills & proficiencies

Equal Opportunity Statement

Trivium Packaging is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.