Our Company

Dicalite Minerals Corporation is a growing international industrial minerals company with 17 facilities across North America and Europe. Operating through a fully integrated network of four mines and twelve refining, processing, and packaging facilities, the company has a unique multi-mineral platform that includes perlite, vermiculite and diatomaceous earth. These processed minerals are used in a wide variety of applications, including food and beverage filtration, water treatment, construction materials such as acoustical tiles, horticulture irrigation, functional additives for coatings, fire retardant coatings and many more. Our brands, including SPV, Dicaperl, Dicalite, Chemrock Cryogenics and Microlite are well established. In 2021, Dicalite launched a direct-to-consumer line of branded gardening products. These products will be marketed under the Harvest Hero brand name and will utilize minerals mined by the company.

Diatomaceous Earth Production Facility, Burney, California

Dicalite’s facility in Burney, California, consists of the third largest diatomaceous earth mine in North America and an adjacent processing facility and warehouse. This facility was built in 1985and is a highly strategic location within Dicalite’s overall business. Approximately 70 employees work at the Burney location, including 4 salaried employees and 65hourly employees. The facility mines and ships approximately 65,000 tons per year to 350+ customers. The facility has a track record of profitable operations and Dicalite is evaluating several significant growth and efficiency-related capital projects at the location.

Job Summary:

The Production Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the manufacturing portion of the facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the production shifts, meeting and exceeding KPI, ensuring production compliance with safety and environmental guidelines and Dicalite standards, managing packaging and shipping material inventory, working with the sales team to ensure all products meet customer specifications and market requirements. The ideal candidate will be a hard-working professional with excellent communication skills and excel skills, able to undertake a variety of tasks and work diligently under pressure. This person will be comfortable working with a high degree of attention to detail as well as incorporating new and effective ways to achieve better results.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Guarantee all activities are conducted within government regulations and guidelines, responding with a high sense of urgency to audits and internal HSE policies and procedures.
• Work to ensure a completely safe and desirable workplace and culture.
• Promote a positive outlook and attitude within the operations team and work to find solutions to problems and challenges, while providing a high level of communication to all facility personnel
• Supervise production supervisors on all shifts
• Continuous improvements to the production program.
• Maintain acceptable customer quality standards; maintain the quality of production; take necessary corrective action to improve.
• Maintains high standards for housekeeping, safety, and general maintenance
• Clearly communicate team and individual performance expectations for reliability, quality, efficiency, and responsiveness
• Monitor and track individual and team performance.
• Coach team members for constant improvement and the attainment of established goals with formal and consistent performance appraisal reviews and on-going feedback/mentoring
• Manage resource planning to ensure safe and dependable production practices.
• Conduct 1:1s, acilitate team meetings/calls, and assist in the scheduling of ongoing training initiatives.
• Monitor and adjust site workflows and technology for constant improvement and reduction of downtime risk.
• First Aid CPR/AED training and MSHA training.
• Assist with the hiring, development, and on-boarding of new hires
• Support the monthly closing process and timely processing of orders and shipments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or minimum 2-year associates degree. Focus on manufacturing or science/engineering-related discipline strongly preferred.
• Experience and knowledge of industrial minerals and their manufacture.
• Knowledge of MSHA safety guidelines
• Minimum 5 years managing and supervising a relatively complex operation of at least 50 personnel with multiple job functions.
• Minimum of 5 years working in highly regulated industry, preferably with exposure to environmental and health and safety regulatory entities. (MSHA, OSHA, DHEC, etc.)
• Ability to work with limited supervision and achieve results.
• Demonstrated leadership, teamwork, problem solving abilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office applications, especially Excel.
• Experience with ERP systems, Macola a plus.
• Inquisitive, problem solving and organizational skills.

Working Conditions:

• Office setting, work performed primarily in manufacturing and processing site.
• Indoor and outdoor environments, moderate to loud noise levels.
• Work performed primarily in manufacturing and processing site.
• Frequent bending, kneeling, squatting, and climbing.
• May be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the workday.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees so classified. Dicalite Management Group, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: One location

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