Facilities Manager

Who We Are

Since 1939, Kardol Quality Products (located at 8821 TN-111, Byrdstown, Tennessee) has been a trusted leader in delivering premium solutions for the autobody, marine repair, and industrial maintenance industries. Proudly operating in Byrdstown, Tennessee, we combine decades of expertise with advanced manufacturing capabilities to meet the highest standards of performance and reliability. Our facility features a 27 tank, 132,000‑gallon tank farm, multiple filling lines, two high‑speed paper converting machines, and a versatile array of blending tanks—engineered to support consistent quality  purchasing, accounting, and administrative operations are managed onsite, ensuring streamlined processes and responsive service.

The Facilities Manager is a hands‑on, leadership‑driven role responsible for overseeing plant operation at the Byrdstown facility. The role fosters cross‑function collaboration across Quality, Maintenance, HR and Logistics, emphasizing continuous improvement, employee development, and operational excellence.

• Providing leadership and coaching to production supervisors and employees to meet all safety, environmental, quality, cost and service goals and objectives
• Partnering with the Quality Control Coordinator to ensure that finished product meets all customer requirements through continuous improvement and utilization of the plant quality management system
• Partnering with the Maintenance Supervisor to ensure equipment reliability at optimal efficiency and cost
• Providing leadership and support to the overall reliability strategy including the involvement of production employees in TPM
• Partnering with the Shipping and Receiving Supervisor to assure that the manufacturing schedule is optimized and makes adjustments as necessary to provide required levels of service to our customers in the most cost‑effective manner
• Providing leadership to maintain a highly engaged workforce; partnering with HR in areas of performance management, employee involvement, organizational change, staffing and employee development
• Providing leadership to drive continuous improvement through the application of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as Kaizen events working directly with the production and maintenance teams
• Assuring employee training (quality, safety, process, etc.) is effective and completed
• Mentoring immediate direct reports and establishing an effective team that is accountable and capable to achieve all performance goals
• Assuring plant housekeeping meets company standards and implements and maintains a SS program to sustain improvements

• Technical four‑year degree
• Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience within a manufacturing environment
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement initiatives
• Proficient with MS Excel and Word
• Proven track record of operational enhancement and improvements through employee engagement
• Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills
• Demonstrated team‑building talent and hands‑on problem‑solving skills
• Ability to achieve results individually and as a member of a team

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is routinely required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear.

The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

This role is primarily on‑site and involves a mix of office work, facility inspections, and hands‑on oversight of building operations.

This is a full‑time, exempt level position with a standard schedule of 40 hours per week. Evenings and weekends may be required dependent upon business necessity.

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