Plant Manager
Wichita Metro Area, Kansas
Category: Engineering
Reference ID: 10078208
Shortcut: http://addisongroup.gosnaphop.com/qSgFKe
Salary: $130,000-$160,000 + Bonus
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, 401k, relocation package
The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and profitability of a high-volume, 24/7 PVC pipe extrusion manufacturing facility. This role provides strategic and hands-on leadership across all plant operations, including safety, production, maintenance, quality, inventory, shipping, and workforce development. The Plant Manager is accountable for driving operational excellence through continuous improvement while ensuring production targets, quality standards, customer expectations, and financial objectives are consistently achieved.
The ideal candidate is a results-driven manufacturing leader with experience managing multi-shift industrial operations, developing high-performing teams, and improving manufacturing performance in a fast-paced production environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership for daily plant operations across multiple shifts, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable manufacturing performance.
- Champion a world-class safety culture while maintaining compliance with OSHA, environmental regulations, and company safety policies.
- Lead production operations to achieve safety, quality, productivity, delivery, and cost objectives.
- Develop and implement manufacturing strategies that improve throughput, equipment utilization, and overall operational performance.
- Partner with Planning, Scheduling, Supply Chain, and Customer Service to align production with customer demand and delivery requirements.
- Direct maintenance operations, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, equipment reliability initiatives, and capital improvement projects to maximize plant uptime.
- Oversee raw material inventories, finished goods, spare parts, and production supplies to support uninterrupted manufacturing operations.
- Ensure compliance with quality systems while leading root cause investigations and corrective actions to eliminate recurring issues.
- Monitor and improve key performance indicators including: Safety performance, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Production throughput, Scrap reduction, Cost per pound, Yield and material utilization, Equipment downtime, On-time delivery
- Drive Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives to increase productivity and reduce operating costs.
- Develop and manage annual operating budgets, including labor, maintenance, utilities, inventory, and operating expenses.
- Recruit, mentor, coach, and develop supervisors and hourly employees while fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Human Resources, and Corporate leadership to execute strategic business initiatives.
- Ensure accurate reporting of production, maintenance, inventory, quality, safety, and financial performance metrics.
- Support regulatory audits, customer audits, and corporate compliance initiatives.
- Serve as the senior operational leader responsible for overall plant performance, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- 7+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including 3+ years in a Plant Manager or senior operations leadership role.
- Experience leading high-volume, multi-shift manufacturing operations in a 24/7 production environment.
- PVC pipe extrusion, plastics extrusion, polymer processing, building products, or other continuous manufacturing experience required.
- Proven success improving safety, productivity, quality, equipment reliability, and operating costs.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience managing plant budgets, capital projects, labor planning, and operational KPIs.
- Working knowledge of OSHA regulations, quality management systems, and environmental compliance.
- Experience utilizing ERP and manufacturing reporting systems.
- Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, and team development skills.
- Ability to make data-driven decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Capital project management and equipment upgrades.
| Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. |
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