Plant Manager

About the role

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and operational excellence of the manufacturing facility. This role drives a culture where safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development are integrated into daily operations and long-term business success. The Plant Manager provides strategic and hands-on leadership to ensure the site safely and consistently meets customer expectations, achieves operational objectives, develops high-performing teams, and fosters an engaged, accountable, and inclusive workplace culture.

The successful candidate is a visible leader who inspires trust, builds strong relationships, removes barriers to success, and creates an environment where employees can perform at their best while continuously improving processes, systems, and results.

Responsibilities

The Plant Manager will be responsible for the following areas:

• Safety Leadership: Champion a safety-first culture, ensure compliance with safety regulations, lead proactive safety initiatives, and promote employee well-being.
• Delivery & Operational Performance: Ensure the facility meets customer requirements, lead production planning and execution, and drive actions to improve productivity and operational reliability.
• Cost Management & Continuous Improvement: Manage site financial performance, drive productivity improvements, and identify opportunities to reduce costs and optimize resource utilization.
• People & Culture Leadership: Create an environment where employees feel valued and respected, lead, coach, and develop leaders and team members, and foster a culture of accountability and operational excellence.
• Quality & Customer Satisfaction: Promote a culture of quality, ensure compliance with customer requirements, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

The following qualifications are required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including leadership of managers and supervisors.
• Demonstrated success leading manufacturing operations in a fast-paced production environment.
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality, production, maintenance, and continuous improvement principles.
• Experience managing budgets, operational metrics, and business performance.
• Proven ability to lead change, develop teams, and drive measurable business results.

Preferred qualifications include experience in multi-shift manufacturing environments, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma certification, and experience with ISO 9001 or similar quality management systems.

Qualifications

The Plant Manager is expected to:

• Lead with integrity, accountability, and transparency.
• Balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Make timely, data-informed decisions while considering long-term business impact.
• Build trust and credibility at all levels of the organization.
• Foster teamwork across departments and locations.
• Challenge the status quo and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Develop future leaders and strengthen organizational capability.
• Create alignment around goals, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Serve as a role model for company values and leadership behaviors.
• Demonstrate a servant leadership mentality with all team members.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Health & Welfare: Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, health care and dependent flexible spending plans, free Life and AD&D coverage, and employee assistance programs.
• Financial Wellbeing: Competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, and a generous 401(k) plan.
• Flexibility & Time Off: Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, jury duty, sick leave, disability, and holidays.
• Community & Personal Development: Donation matching and time off to volunteer, educational reimbursement.