CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. 

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job Description

Your expertise can transform our plant—take charge as an Assistant Plant Manager and lead the way!

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Lead and be accountable for the health and safety of all employees, contractors, and visitors, ensuring strict adherence to corporate and legislative requirements.
• Champion the continuous improvement of safety performance, aligned with Brambles’ Zero Harm initiative, while ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.
• In collaboration with the maintenance team oversee equipment reliability across the site ensuring operational continuity and efficiency.
• Ensure full compliance with all task-specific responsibilities outlined in CHEP procedures, work instructions, and safety protocols, maintaining operational consistency.
• Drive the implementation of best practices and continuous improvement processes to optimize plant performance in areas such as safety, quality, and cost control.
• Maintain site security and ensure compliance with service center requirements, including managing storage, stock levels, and movement of materials and equipment.
• Manage, lead, and develop plant staff, fostering accountability and ensuring that all team members meet or exceed performance expectations as outlined in job descriptions and agreements.
• Ensure that customer expectations, both internal and external, are consistently met or exceeded through effective management of plant operations.

Position Purpose

This position provides the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure operating efficiency and the highest level of customer service. This position is responsible for assisting the Plant Manager with total plant operations and delivering superior customer satisfaction by driving results and exceeding expectations in the key areas of budgeting, compliance, safety programs, and people management.

What You Will Do:

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Supervise the work of all production employees – oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods

• Coaching of employees that models the values and culture of the company

• Provide hands-on leadership as a supervisor, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and working through employee relations issues

• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies

• Responsible, in consultation with Plant Manager, for the cost performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the plant

• Support cost control initiatives and process control within the plant

• Review operations activities, including local transportation activities, to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD)

• Drive Safety improvements (Zero Harm) across the plant

• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant in accordance with the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain

• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain custome