PLANT MANAGER - REBAR FABRICATION
Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada (on-site)
Salary: $150,000-$200,000 annually
Schedule: Full time
SUMMARY
Lead a high-volume reinforcing-steel fabrication facility with full responsibility for people, production, safety, quality, cost, inventory, equipment reliability, and customer delivery. This hands-on leadership role requires deep rebar-industry expertise, disciplined operating systems, and the ability to build accountable teams while improving throughput and plant performance.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Direct all daily operations for a high-volume reinforcing-steel fabrication facility, including cutting, bending, welding, assembly, material staging, and load preparation.
Lead production planning, scheduling, workflow, equipment utilization, and cutting and drop optimization to meet quality, cost, throughput, and delivery targets.
Analyze backlog, capacity, labor, material availability, inventory, and customer commitments to make timely operating decisions and maintain on-time delivery.
Maintain inventory accuracy through disciplined receiving, traceability, cycle counts, physical inventories, warehouse organization, and scrap and remnant controls.
Improve plant layout, staging, material flow, space utilization, automation, and bottleneck management to increase safe and efficient throughput.
Ensure fabrication complies with applicable CRSI, ASTM, ACI, customer, drawing, and job-specific quality requirements.
Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and production teams across multiple shifts while reinforcing accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Coordinate preventive maintenance, repairs, and equipment readiness to reduce downtime and sustain reliable production.
Build and enforce a safety-first culture through OSHA compliance, training, audits, hazard correction, and a zero-incident mindset.
Partner with detailing, sales, project management, logistics, quality, and customer service to resolve issues and protect customer satisfaction.
Track and communicate KPIs for safety, quality, productivity, labor utilization, downtime, inventory, cost, and on-time delivery.
QUALIFICATIONS
15+ years of progressive experience in rebar fabrication, steel manufacturing, or a comparable heavy industrial production environment.
15+ years of supervisory or plant-management experience in a reinforcing-steel shop or closely related fabrication operation.
Deep knowledge of rebar fabrication, bar lists, bending schedules, blueprints, detailing information, and placement diagrams.
Working knowledge of CRSI, ASTM, and ACI requirements.
Demonstrated success leading multi-shift teams and improving safety, quality, throughput, and cost.
Experience with Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, workflow optimization, root-cause analysis, and capacity planning.
Experience with ERP or MRP systems, barcoding, and digital shop-floor tools; familiarity with Soule or ASA is valuable.
Practical knowledge of shear lines, bending equipment, automation, cranes, forklifts, and preventive maintenance.
Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, industrial technology, business, or a related field is preferred; extensive progressive plant leadership may substitute.
OSHA 30, Lean, or Six Sigma credentials are preferred.
BENEFITS
Competitive salary, performance-based bonus opportunity, and general benefits including health and dental coverage and paid time off.
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