Position Summary
The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and continuous improvement of a fast-paced, high-volume, 24/7 manufacturing facility. This role ensures uninterrupted operations across all shifts while driving safety, quality, delivery, cost control, and employee engagement. As the senior on-site leader, the Plant Manager aligns plant performance with business objectives and fosters a culture of accountability, urgency, and operational excellence.Key Responsibilities
Operations & Production - Lead and oversee fast-paced 24/7 manufacturing operations with a focus on safety, throughput, and consistency
- Ensure production plans meet customer demand, delivery targets, and inventory objectives
- Balance labor, materials, and equipment utilization across multiple shifts
- Drive consistent execution of standard work, escalation protocols, and shift handoffs
- Rapidly identify and remove constraints in a high-output manufacturing environment
- Prioritize meeting deadlines
- Work closely and collaboratively with all departments and with personnel at all levels
Safety, Quality & Compliance - Own site-wide safety performance and regulatory compliance
- Promote a proactive safety culture in a continuous-operation environment
- Ensure product quality meets internal specifications and customer requirements
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for safety, quality, or downtime events
- Maintain compliance with internal, customer, and regulatory audits
Leadership & People Development - Build and develop a leadership team capable of operating in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment
- Ensure strong supervision, communication, and engagement across all shifts
- Establish succession plans for critical operational roles
- Partner with HR on staffing, performance management, and employee relations
- Set clear expectations while reinforcing accountability, urgency, and teamwork
- Prioritize cross training and upskilling
- Promote employee engagement
Continuous Improvement & Cost Management - Drive Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Improve KPIs including OEE, scrap, downtime, labor efficiency, and cost per unit
- Lead kaizen events and structured problem-solving activities
- Develop and manage the plant operating budget
- Execute productivity, cost-reduction, and capacity-improvement initiatives
- Make recommendations for enhancements and improvements related to systems, personnel, policies and practices.
- Take ownership of labor costs and work to minimize overtime
Maintenance & Reliability - Ensure equipment reliability to support non-stop production
- Partner with Maintenance and Engineering on preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
- Support capital planning and equipment upgrades that improve safety and throughput
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