Plant Manager

About the role

Stellar Energy is a trusted provider of turnkey liquid-to-chip cooling solutions for the world’s leading data center and industrial manufacturing customers. As computing demand and industrial processes continue to grow, modern facilities require cooling infrastructure that can scale quickly, efficiently, and reliably. Our modular approach enables high-volume production while maintaining the flexibility to customize each solution. From Central Utility Plants to Coolant Distribution Units, Stellar Energy delivers scalable cooling infrastructure designed to support the rapid expansion of data centers and mission-critical industrial operations. Backed by deep engineering expertise and large-scale manufacturing capability, Stellar Energy helps customers deploy critical infrastructure faster and with confidence.

The Plant Manager will plan, organize, staff, and direct all activities of our Haslet, TX manufacturing facility, a key site for producing state-of-the-art modular chiller plant systems that provide critical cooling for data centers. Reporting to the VP of Manufacturing, this leader will be responsible for achieving plant and sector goals for safety, quality, growth, profitability, productivity, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. The Plant Manager will also lead all production and plant operations to ensure the effective utilization of resources in a dynamic engineer-to-order (ETO) environment.

Reports to the VP of Manufacturing, Stellar Energy. Supervisory responsibility: Production Team.

This position will work out of our facilities in Fort Worth, TX. This position is not approved for telecommuting or working remotely.

Most work is performed in an office environment. Regular trips to SEA Fabrication Shop for observation and research are required.

Travel is primarily not required with exception to local travel during the business day.

Must be authorized to work in the USA.

Responsibilities

• Operational Leadership: Direct and coordinate all plant functions, including Manufacturing Operations, Materials, Production Control, Purchasing, Quality Assurance, Planning, Human Resources, Accounting, Manufacturing Engineering, and Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S). This plant is a green field site in-process of rapidly ramping up volume with employee, revenue, and output.
• Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S): Guide and support the plant EH&S program in improvements, investigations, and corrective actions to meet and exceed federal laws, state regulations, and corporate standards.
• Quality