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Job Description: Plant Manager – Nationwide Opportunities
Position Title: Plant Manager
Location: Nationwide Opportunities Available
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Schedule: Primarily Day Shift, with Flexibility Based on Plant Operations
Compensation: Competitive Salary Based on Experience, Industry, Plant Size, and Location
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401(k), Bonus Potential, Relocation Assistance, Career Advancement, and Executive Leadership Growth Opportunities
Plant Manager
About the Opportunity
We are seeking experienced and driven Plant Managers for outstanding manufacturing leadership opportunities across the United States. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on operations leader who knows how to build strong teams, improve plant performance, drive safety and quality, and create a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate is a proven manufacturing leader who can take ownership of the full plant operation, lead cross-functional teams, improve productivity, reduce costs, strengthen employee engagement, and deliver measurable operational results.
This role is ideal for a Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, or Senior Operations Leader ready to step into a high-impact leadership position.
Why This Opportunity Is Attractive
This is more than a plant leadership role. This is an opportunity to lead people, shape culture, improve operations, and make a direct impact on business performance.
Candidates may be offered:
- Competitive base salary
- Performance bonus potential
- Relocation assistance for select locations
- Career path to Director of Operations, Regional Operations, or VP-level leadership
- Strong benefits package
- Stable and growing manufacturing environments
- Opportunity to lead full plant operations
- High visibility with executive leadership
- Ability to drive meaningful change and operational improvement
- Strong team culture with support from engineering, quality, HR, finance, supply chain, and maintenance
Position Summary
The Plant Manager will be responsible for leading all aspects of plant operations, including production, safety, quality, maintenance, materials, staffing, continuous improvement, cost control, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction.
This leader will set the tone for the facility by building a culture focused on safety, accountability, teamwork, operational excellence, and results. The Plant Manager will ensure the facility meets production goals, quality standards, financial targets, and customer expectations while developing supervisors, managers, and frontline employees.
Key Responsibilities
Plant Leadership & Operations
- Lead all daily plant operations, including production, maintenance, quality, safety, materials, warehouse, and continuous improvement functions.
- Develop and execute plant strategies that improve productivity, efficiency, quality, cost, safety, and employee performance.
- Set clear expectations for department leaders, supervisors, and frontline teams.
- Ensure production schedules are met while maintaining quality, safety, and cost standards.
- Monitor key performance indicators, including throughput, labor efficiency, scrap, downtime, on-time delivery, safety incidents, quality defects, and cost performance.
- Create a culture of ownership, urgency, communication, and accountability across the facility.
Safety & Compliance
- Champion a safety-first culture throughout the plant.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, company safety policies, environmental regulations, and industry-specific standards.
- Lead safety meetings, audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Hold leaders and employees accountable for safe work practices.
- Reduce incidents through proactive training, hazard identification, and process improvement.
Production & Performance Improvement
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, root cause analysis, and other operational excellence tools.
- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, waste, downtime, and inefficiencies.
- Improve labor utilization, equipment performance, material flow, and production planning.
- Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to improve equipment reliability and plant capacity.
- Lead problem-solving efforts to improve plant performance and customer satisfaction.
Quality & Customer Satisfaction
- Ensure products meet or exceed internal quality standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with quality leadership to reduce defects, rework, scrap, complaints, and non-conformances.
- Promote a quality-focused culture where every employee understands their role in delivering excellence.
- Support customer audits, quality reviews, corrective actions, and process improvements.
Financial & Budget Management
- Manage plant operating budgets, labor costs, overtime, materials, waste, maintenance spending, and capital project needs.
- Review financial performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability.
- Partner with finance and senior leadership on forecasting, cost control, and operational planning.
- Make data-driven decisions to improve cost efficiency and plant results.
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Lead, coach, develop, and mentor department managers, supervisors, team leads, and frontline employees.
- Build a strong leadership bench for future growth.
- Create an environment where employees feel respected, supported, trained, and held accountable.
- Partner with HR on staffing, retention, employee relations, performance management, training, and workforce planning.
- Promote strong communication between leadership and hourly teams.
- Drive employee engagement, morale, accountability, and retention.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with supply chain, purchasing, engineering, quality, maintenance, HR, finance, sales, and customer service teams.
- Communicate plant performance, challenges, and improvement plans to senior leadership.
- Support new product launches, process changes, capital projects, customer demands, and business growth initiatives.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of progressive manufacturing or plant operations leadership experience.
- 3+ years in a Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Production Manager, or senior manufacturing leadership role.
- Proven experience leading supervisors, managers, and hourly production teams.
- Strong knowledge of production operations, safety, quality, maintenance, cost control, and continuous improvement.
- Experience managing KPIs, budgets, labor performance, and operational metrics.
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and leadership skills.
- Ability to lead in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Excellent communication, coaching, and team-building skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Technology, or related field preferred.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, or continuous improvement experience strongly preferred.
- Experience in food manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, industrial products, packaging, plastics, metals, chemicals, consumer goods, or high-volume manufacturing preferred.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and production reporting tools.
- Experience leading union or non-union environments.
- Strong background in turnaround, growth, expansion, startup, or high-performance manufacturing environments.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a strong, visible, and respected plant leader who can connect with employees at all levels. This person is comfortable walking the floor, asking the right questions, solving problems, holding teams accountable, and building trust with both hourly employees and executive leadership.
The best fit will be someone who:
- Leads from the floor, not just from the office
- Understands how to build a strong plant culture
- Can improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale
- Knows how to develop supervisors and future leaders
- Uses data to make smart business decisions
- Communicates clearly and directly
- Can balance people leadership with operational execution
- Takes ownership of plant performance
- Brings energy, urgency, and professionalism to the operation
What We Offer
Depending on the company and location, compensation and benefits may include:
- Competitive base salary
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Relocation assistance
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- 401(k) with company match
- Life and disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement or professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Executive visibility
- Stable and growing company environments
- Opportunity to lead meaningful operational transformation
Compensation Range
Estimated Nationwide Salary Range:
$110,000 – $180,000+ annually, depending on industry, plant size, location, scope of responsibility, and candidate experience.
Senior Plant Managers, large-site leaders, multi-shift operations leaders, and candidates with strong turnaround or high-volume manufacturing experience may command higher compensation, bonus potential, and relocation packages.
Apply Today
Are you a manufacturing leader ready to take the next step in your career?
We are looking for Plant Managers who are ready to lead strong teams, improve operations, and make a measurable impact. If you are a results-driven leader who thrives in manufacturing environments and knows how to create a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and performance, we would like to connect with you.
Nationwide Plant Manager opportunities are available now. Take the next step toward a leadership role that values your experience and rewards your impact.