Plant Manager

# Plant ManagerHot JobWest Sacramento, CA 95691## OverviewSalary Range$150,000.00 - $180,000.00 Salary## Description**COMPANY INFORMATION**: Redwood Beverage Group LLC is a beverage co-packing and manufacturing company focused on producing, packaging, and supporting beverage brands. We operate a production facility in West Sacramento, California, offering services such as bottling, canning, hot-fill and cold fill operations, Tetra Pak packaging, and variety pack assembly.For additional information, visit our company website: SUMMARY:** The Plant Manager is overseeing all daily operations of the beverage manufacturing facility, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective production while meeting quality, food safety, and regulatory standards. The Plant Manager leads production, maintenance, quality, safety, and warehouse teams to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.**Location:** On-Site, West Sacramento**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND TASKS:** **Operations & Production*** Lead all plant operations including production, maintenance, quality, sanitation, and logistics* Ensure production schedules are met while maintaining efficiency, yield, and throughput targets* Drive continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, OEE improvement)* Manage capital projects, equipment upgrades, and line installations**Quality, Food Safety & Compliance*** Ensure compliance with FDA, OSHA, EPA, and local regulations* Maintain food safety and quality systems (QMS, HACCP, SQF, BRC, GMPs)* Lead audits and corrective action programs* Champion a culture of quality and product integrity**Safety & Environmental*** Foster a strong safety culture with zero-incident mindset* Ensure compliance with all safety programs and environmental regulations* Lead safety training, investigations, and corrective actions**People Leadership*** Directly manage department managers and supervisors* Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing teams* Set performance goals, conduct reviews, and provide coaching* Promote accountability, teamwork, and employee engagement**Financial & Performance Management*** Own plant budget, labor costs, and operating expenses* Track and improve KPIs (OEE, yield, downtime, scrap, labor efficiency)* Identify cost-reduction and productivity opportunities* Collaborate with supply chain on inventory and raw material planning**Cross-Functional Collaboration*** Partner with R&D, Supply Chain, Sales, and Corporate teams* Support new product launches and line trials* Communicate plant performance and improvement plans to leadership## Qualifications**EQUIPMENT/ COMPUTER SKILLS:*** Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Window, Excel, Outlook) with the ability to learn new applications as required.**EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:*** Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operation Management, Food Science, or related filed* Manufacturing experience strongly preferred* Beverage, food, or consumer packaged goods experience required* The ability to build and lead the regulatory and quality functions in a fast paced, high growth, entrepreneurial environment.* Thorough understanding of general safety requirements* Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into action* Self-starter with strong communication and relationship-building skills**WORKING CONDITIONS:** With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to perform effectively all essential functions. In addition to other demands, the demands of the job include:* On-site role in a manufacturing plant environment* Must be able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment* Must be able to wear or use common protective or safety equipment as needed* Must be able to stand or sit for extended periods* Must be able to use hands to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls for extended periods* Must be able to work under pressure* Must be able to understand the importance of being exact or accurate* Must be comfortable with sounds or noise levels that can be uncomfortable or distracting**WORK ENVIRONMENT:*** While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.**PHYSICAL DEMAND:*** 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.* The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.**SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:** Yes**OTHER DUTIES:** Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. #J-18808-Ljbffr