Teams at Open Gates Group

Hands-on Plant Operations Manager leading daily dairy production to ensure safety, quality, and efficient output. Oversees supervisors and production teams, enforces food-safety compliance (GMP/HACCP/SQF/OSHA/FDA/USDA), tracks KPIs, drives continuous improvement, manages staffing and training, and partners cross-functionally to reduce downtime, waste, and costs while improving throughput and product consistency.

Maintain, program, troubleshoot, and optimize PLC, HMI, and industrial control systems. Design and wire control panels, integrate equipment with IT systems, perform diagnostics and repairs, create documentation, support projects, train staff, and recommend automation improvements to reduce downtime and improve quality in a food manufacturing environment.