Plant Manager (Hiring Immediately)

Plant Manager General Description * The Plant Manager provides full operational leadership for the facility, accountable for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development. This role builds a disciplined operating system, develops strong leaders, and ensures the plant meets customer commitments while driving year‑over‑year performance improvement. Responsibilities * Production performance — Own daily throughput, uptime, cycle times, and delivery performance. Ensure stable, predictable operations. * Quality management — Lead the plant to meet or exceed quality objectives; ensure QMS compliance and rapid issue resolution. * Safety culture — Champion a zero‑incident environment. Ensure safety is embedded in pre‑shift meetings, behaviors, and accountability. * Cost control — Build and manage the plant budget; deliver annual cost‑reduction targets through process improvement and waste elimination. * Talent development — Strengthen supervisory and operator capability; build succession plans and upgrade talent to meet future business needs. * Performance management — Set clear KPIs for safety, quality, cost, delivery, and employee relations. Hold leaders accountable for results. * Employee relations — Maintain open communication, fair treatment, and a positive work environment aligned with company values. * Daily management system — Ensure robust tiered accountability, problem‑solving, and communication routines. * QMS oversight — Maintain compliance with all quality, regulatory, and customer requirements. * Lean deployment — Drive Lean Manufacturing, visual controls, standard work, and continuous improvement across all departments. * Cross‑functional alignment — Partner with engineering, maintenance, quality, and program management to ensure coordinated execution and planned downtime. * Budgeting & forecasting — Prepare and manage departmental budgets; forecast labor, materials, and capital needs. * Staffing & scheduling — Set manpower plans and schedules to meet customer demand efficiently. * Operational problem‑solving — Resolve production, processing, and facility issues quickly to prevent delays and minimize cost. Job Requirements Work Experience * 10+ years manufacturing leadership with increasing responsibility * 5+ years direct plant or operations management in automotive, industrial, or high‑volume production * Proven success leading supervisors and managers * Demonstrated results in safety, quality, cost reduction, throughput, and delivery * Experience with Lean systems (policy deployment, standard work, visual management, CI) * Budget ownership for multi‑million‑dollar operations * Cross‑functional leadership with engineering, maintenance, quality, HR, and supply chain Education * Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, or related field * Advanced degree (MBA or technical master's) preferred * Lean / Six Sigma certification strongly preferred * Safety & compliance knowledge (OSHA, EPA, ISO, IATF depending on industry) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities * Strong understanding of manufacturing processes (assembly, plastic injection, painting, molding, etc.) * Production planning & scheduling * Maintenance coordination and reliability fundamentals * Quality systems expertise (ISO/IATF, audits, corrective actions) * Data‑driven decision making using KPIs, OEE, downtime analysis, scrap trends * Continuous improvement tools (Kaizen, 5S, SMED, root cause analysis) * Strategic thinking — ability to build long‑range plans and align the plant to business goals * Strong communication — clear, direct, consistent with all levels of the organization * Talent development — coaching, succession planning, upgrading capability * Accountability culture — sets expectations, measures performance, drives results * Problem‑solving — structured, fast, and fact‑based * Customer focus — ensures delivery, quality, and responsiveness * Change leadership — leads transformation, not just daily operations PI8021450e32fd-38003-41753625