Plant Manager

Role Scope Own all production output at the Phoenix-area facility: throughput rate, takt adherence, quality escape rate, line uptime, and on-time shipment against customer delivery commitments. Drive continuous improvement across all production lines, including root‑cause analysis and corrective action on every throughput or quality deviation, from the line floor up. Hold final product acceptance authority: nothing ships without your sign‑off or explicit delegation, and you own the workforce interface with the on‑site staffing partner to enforce that standard. Own site readiness across tooling, fixturing, material flow, equipment, utilities, and floor layout, including all contractor and vendor relationships and full OSHA, NFPA 70E, and air quality permit compliance. Build and develop the on‑site manufacturing team, including production managers, supervisors, quality, and facilities staff, and own workforce planning across headcount ramp, shift structure, skill mix, and certification tracking. What We’re Looking For You have run a high‑volume discrete manufacturing facility end to end and can point to a specific output record: units per shift, defect rate, on‑time delivery, or throughput improvement you personally drove. You have managed a large on‑site workforce through a third‑party staffing provider and held that partner accountable to production and quality targets, not just headcount. You have taken a facility from construction handover through first production to steady‑state output and can walk through how you handled the ramp, what broke, and how you fixed it. You design production systems rather than inherit them: you have personally set takt times, balanced lines, written standard work, and built visual management boards for a real facility. OSHA 1910, NFPA 70E, and environmental permit compliance are active parts of your daily management system, not a separate function you hand off. You build the culture on your floor through standard work and clear escalation paths, not through personality, and your supervisors know exactly what is expected and what triggers an escalation to you. Bonus: Structural steel fabrication, heavy equipment assembly, or modular construction manufacturing. Lean or Six Sigma Black Belt. Experience commissioning robotic weld cells, CNC processing lines, or AGV material handling systems. Salary & Benefits Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity) Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms Health, dental, and vision insurance Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms The base salary range for this position is $280,000 - $350,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options. We are committed to pay equity and transparency. Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr