Plant Manager

Plant Manager

Our client is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead manufacturing operations within a metal fabrication production environment. This position is responsible for driving safety, quality, productivity, cost, customer satisfaction, and team performance. The Plant Manager will provide hands-on leadership to manufacturing leaders and team members while building a culture of accountability, safety, continuous improvement, teamwork, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing operations with a strong focus on safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee engagement.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to group leaders, team leaders, and manufacturing team members.
• Monitor production schedules, efficiency, downtime, and other key performance indicators to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Identify manufacturing issues and implement short- and long-term corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on eliminating waste, improving processes, and increasing operational efficiency.
• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with quality, safety, and environmental management systems.
• Lead problem-solving activities when KPIs or operational goals are not achieved.
• Support development and management of departmental budgets and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Maintain standardized manufacturing processes, procedures, and work methods.
• Partner with leadership and other departments on product improvement, cost reduction, and operational initiatives.
• Build a positive work environment based on accountability, communication, teamwork, trust, and respect.

Qualifications Required

• Proven manufacturing leadership experience within a metal fabrication production environment.
• Strong experience leading and developing manufacturing teams.
• Demonstrated success improving safety, quality, productivity, cost, and operational performance.
• Experience managing production KPIs and leading corrective-action/problem-solving initiatives.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production planning, and operational efficiency.

Preferred

• Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement experience.
• Experience with quality and environmental management systems.
• Budgeting, cost reduction, and manufacturing performance management experience.
• Experience developing frontline supervisors and manufacturing leaders.

Leadership Profile The successful candidate will be:

• A hands-on and visible manufacturing leader
• Strong at developing people and building teams
• Results-driven and accountable
• Skilled in problem solving and continuous improvement
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• An effective communicator across all levels of the organization
• Focused on safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence