Plant General Manager, Precast Manufacturing
Pay: $210,000 (DOE)
Day in the life
Picture your morning in Rialto, CA: you walk the production floor, greet crew leads, and open the daily huddle with targets for safety, quality, and throughput. By mid-morning, you’re reviewing dashboards—tracking yield, downtime, and on-time shipments—then translating those numbers into action plans. After lunch, you’re meeting with EHS, HR, Maintenance, Logistics, and QA to align priorities, unblock resources, and verify follow-ups are complete. You close the day validating budget performance, refining policies, and ensuring our operations meet or exceed all applicable regulations.
About Thompson Pipe Group – Los Angeles
We’re a privately held, family-run team of engineers, contractors, and manufacturers. From Rialto, California, our precast concrete pipe products support infrastructure projects across the region. We take pride in practical ingenuity, craftsmanship, and a culture of accountability.
What you will lead
- Own end-to-end site operations for TPG–Los Angeles, driving efficiency across manufacturing, distribution, maintenance, quality, and safety.
- Build and implement strategies, policies, and procedures that strengthen our operating system and support growth.
- Establish KPI frameworks, analyze performance, set targets, and present results and recommendations to stakeholders, including executive leadership.
- Develop high-performing teams through clear expectations, regular feedback, and robust coaching and development plans.
- Lead budgeting, P&L stewardship, and cost management; interpret financials to make data-driven decisions.
- Advance our brand and business by identifying and validating new opportunities.
- Translate leadership decisions into sustained results through rigorous follow-up, verification, and corrective actions.
- Partner cross-functionally with EHS, HR, Maintenance, Logistics, and other support groups.
Qualifications
Experience
- 3+ years in manufacturing operations management leading people, product, resources, budgets, change, and quality.
- Industrial manufacturing background; construction/building materials experience preferred.
- Commercial acumen and experience influencing up to C-level, both in working sessions and as a representative.
- Proven success leading large, multi-layered operations teams with clear structure and effective delegation through leaders.
- Track record of fostering a culture of ownership over quality—setting standards, enforcing accountability, and proactively resolving issues.
Skills
- Expertise across operations, sales, and project management.
- Lead-by-example leadership with outstanding written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Budgeting and financial leadership, including operating budgets and P&L performance; cost control and analytic decision-making.
- Highly organized and disciplined; able to prioritize, manage multiple initiatives, and ensure consistent follow-through.
- Full life-cycle delivery management for products/projects.
- Strong work ethic, reliability, ownership mindset, and ability to model the standard.
- Collaborative interpersonal skills.
- Detail orientation that safeguards quality, safety, financial performance, and customer trust.
- Proficiency in MS Office, MS Project, Visio, or similar tools.
What we offer
- Medical, Vision and Dental, Life Benefits
- Life & Supplement Life
- Company Matched 401K retirement plan
- Vacation & Sick Leave
- Training and Development
- Career Opportunity!
- $1,000.00 Referral Bonus
Not a warehouse job—our craft is precast concrete pipe manufacturing.
Location
3009 N Laurel Avenue, Rialto, CA 92377
Additional information
- Management may adjust or reassign duties and responsibilities as business needs evolve.
- The above reflects the role’s general scope and is not an exhaustive list of all tasks or skills.
Compliance
Must pass Pre-employment Physical and drug test.
*Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions upon request.
*Thompson pipe group is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer that welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or another legally protected status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
*Drug-free workplace.
EOE/AA – M/F/Vet/Disability