Plant Manager High-Volume Manufacturing Operations

Plant Manager High-Volume Manufacturing Operations
Employment Type: Permanent | Full-Time
Start Date: Immediately
Experience Level: 5+ years of progressive manufacturing/operations leadership
Schedule: On-site

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing/processing operation. This position has overall responsibility for safety, quality, production, maintenance, distribution, workforce leadership, cost, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on manufacturing leader who can improve operational efficiency, develop frontline leadership, strengthen processes, and drive measurable plant performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for plant operations and salaried/hourly employees.
• Lead and develop Operations, Distribution, Maintenance/Engineering, and HR/Safety leadership.
• Drive performance across safety, quality, production, cost, and customer service.
• Manage capacity, labor, production schedules, staffing, equipment availability, and distribution.
• Monitor KPIs including throughput, labor utilization, equipment uptime, order fulfillment, quality, safety, and cost.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks and workflow challenges.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives.
• Apply Root Cause Analysis, Standard Work, and structured problem-solving methods.
• Improve workflow, material movement, staffing models, production planning, and operational efficiency.
• Develop supervisors and frontline leaders while maintaining a visible presence on the production floor.
• Use operational and financial data to identify performance gaps and implement corrective actions.
• Support companywide process standardization and ISO certification/compliance initiatives.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive operations leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial processing, co-packing, metal processing, automotive, or a comparable high-volume environment.
• Experience leading a plant, facility, production operation, or major operational function.
• Proven experience leading managers, supervisors, and hourly employees.
• Strong high-volume manufacturing/processing experience.
• Hands-on Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement experience.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, labor management, maintenance coordination, safety, and quality.
• Demonstrated success improving throughput, efficiency, cost, quality, or equipment reliability.
• Experience implementing Standard Work, Root Cause Analysis, and structured problem-solving.
• Experience building or standardizing processes within a growing, changing, startup, turnaround, or acquisition-driven environment.
• Ability to interpret operational and financial data and convert findings into practical actions.
• Strong leadership, communication, accountability, and decision-making skills.
• Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent plant leadership experience will be considered.

Preferred Experience

• Tier 2 or Tier 3 automotive manufacturing
• Metal processing
• Co-packing
• High-volume processing operations
• ISO certification or compliance initiatives
• Plant startup
• Plant turnaround
• Acquisition integration
• Operational transformation

Don t Apply If

This opportunity may not be the right fit if you lack hands-on plant/operations leadership in a high-volume manufacturing environment, have not directly led managers, supervisors, and hourly employees, or do not have practical Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement experience.