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Plant Manager
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Posted:
15 August 2026 (30+ days ago)
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Application Deadline:
12 November 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Plant Manager
Position Summary
Our client is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead manufacturing operations within a fast-paced production environment.
This position is responsible for driving safety quality productivity cost customer satisfaction and team performance. The Plant Manager will provide hands-on leadership to manufacturing leaders and team members while building a culture of accountability continuous improvement teamwork and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
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The successful candidate will be:
Position Summary
Our client is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead manufacturing operations within a fast-paced production environment.
This position is responsible for driving safety quality productivity cost customer satisfaction and team performance. The Plant Manager will provide hands-on leadership to manufacturing leaders and team members while building a culture of accountability continuous improvement teamwork and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily manufacturing operations with a strong focus on safety quality productivity cost and employee engagement.
- Provide leadership coaching and development to group leaders team leaders and manufacturing team members.
- Monitor production schedules efficiency downtime and other key performance indicators to ensure customer requirements are met.
- Identify manufacturing issues and implement short- and long-term corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on eliminating waste improving processes and increasing operational efficiency.
- Ensure manufacturing processes comply with quality safety and environmental management systems.
- Lead problem-solving activities when KPIs or operational goals are not achieved.
- Support development and management of departmental budgets and cost-reduction initiatives.
- Maintain standardized manufacturing processes procedures and work methods.
- Partner with leadership and other departments on product improvement cost reduction and operational initiatives.
- Build a positive work environment based on accountability communication teamwork trust and respect.
Required:
- Proven manufacturing leadership experience within a high-volume production environment.
- Strong experience leading and developing manufacturing teams.
- Demonstrated success improving safety quality productivity cost and operational performance.
- Experience managing production KPIs and leading corrective-action/problem-solving initiatives.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes production planning and operational efficiency.
- Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Six Sigma or other continuous improvement experience.
- Experience with quality and environmental management systems.
- Budgeting cost reduction and manufacturing performance management experience.
- Experience developing frontline supervisors and manufacturing leaders.
The successful candidate will be:
- A hands-on and visible manufacturing leader
- Strong at developing people and building teams
- Results-driven and accountable
- Skilled in problem solving and continuous improvement
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- An effective communicator across all levels of the organization
- Focused on safety quality customer satisfaction and operational excellence
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Razorjack Recruiting is a veteran-owned executive search firm based in Atchison, Kansas, founded in 2007. Led by Managing Partner and CEO Cory Jackson—an award-winning recruiter with over two decades of experience—the company is known for its highly efficient, quality-driven approach ... View more
