Plant Manager

Redmond, Oregon

21 days ago

Job Description

Plant Manager

Location: Redmond, Oregon
Reports to: Vice President of Operations / Division Operations Leader
Employment Type: Full-time, on-site

Our client a leading HVAC industry manufacturer is seeking an accomplished, hands-on Plant Manager to lead their manufacturing operation in Redmond, Oregon. This executive will have overall responsibility for plant performance, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, people development, capacity, and continuous improvement.

Position Summary
The Plant Manager will lead a complex, high-mix manufacturing environment producing custom and engineered HVAC solutions for mission-critical data centers, clean environments, and commercial applications. The Company’s vertically integrated operation includes heavy fabrication, welding, powder coating, electrical assembly, systems integration, and product testing. Company designs and manufactures highly engineered thermal-management systems for demanding applications.

The successful candidate will establish operational discipline, develop a strong leadership team, increase manufacturing capacity, improve predictability and execution, and support the continued growth of the Company business. This position requires a highly visible leader who is comfortable working on the manufacturing floor, engaging employees, and driving accountability at every level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Plant leadership and strategy

Provide overall leadership and direction for the Redmond manufacturing operation.
Translate business objectives, customer requirements, and growth plans into clear operational priorities.
Develop and execute the plant’s annual operating plan, including performance objectives, staffing requirements, capital investments, productivity initiatives, and capacity plans.
Establish a high-performance culture built around safety, accountability, teamwork, urgency, quality, and continuous improvement.
Serve as a key member of the Company’s operations leadership teams.
Communicate plant performance, risks, priorities, and recovery plans to senior leadership.
Ensure effective coordination among Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Materials, Human Resources, Finance, and Environmental Health and Safety.

Safety and environmental compliance

Champion a zero-incident safety culture in which employee safety is the first operational priority.
Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, environmental regulations, corporate standards, and applicable local, state, and federal requirements.
Maintain strong safety-management practices, including employee training, risk assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, audits, and preventive programs.
Ensure leaders and employees actively identify and eliminate workplace hazards.
Monitor safety indicators and drive timely corrective and preventive actions.

Manufacturing operations

Lead daily manufacturing activities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.
Ensure effective execution across fabrication, welding, coating, assembly, electrical integration, testing, material handling, and shipping.
Improve production planning, scheduling, labor utilization, workflow, and resource allocation.
Establish daily management systems and performance reviews that provide visibility to results, constraints, and corrective actions.
Improve manufacturing predictability in a high-mix, engineered-to-order environment.
Balance customer commitments, capacity, labor, materials, equipment availability, and changing production requirements.
Lead problem-solving and recovery efforts for missed production, delivery, quality, or cost targets.
Ensure effective new-product introduction and transition from engineering into manufacturing.

Quality and customer satisfaction

Promote a culture in which quality is built into the manufacturing process.
Ensure products meet customer specifications, engineering requirements, regulatory standards, and internal quality expectations.
Partner with Quality and Engineering to improve first-pass yield, reduce defects and rework, strengthen process controls, and address root causes.
Support customer visits, product inspections, audits, and corrective-action processes.
Drive disciplined problem-solving using structured methodologies such as 5 Why, 8D, A3, or DMAIC.
Protect customer relationships through reliable delivery, clear communication, and rapid resolution of manufacturing issues.

Continuous improvement and operational excellence

Develop and execute a plant-wide continuous improvement roadmap.
Implement Lean manufacturing principles, standard work, visual management, workplace organization, layered process audits, and daily accountability.
Reduce waste, production lead time, material movement, overtime, rework, and operating costs.
Improve throughput and capacity while maintaining safety and quality.
Use operational data to identify constraints, establish priorities, and measure the impact of improvement initiatives.
Develop problem-solving capabilities throughout the organization rather than relying exclusively on functional experts.
Identify opportunities for manufacturing technology, automation, tooling, and process improvements.

Financial and asset management

Assume accountability for plant operating performance and financial results.
Develop and manage operating budgets, labor plans, capital expenditures, and productivity commitments.
Monitor manufacturing costs, labor efficiency, overtime, scrap, rework, inventory, and operating expenses.
Partner with Finance to understand plant variances and implement corrective actions.
Develop business cases and priorities for equipment, facility, automation, and capacity investments.
Ensure plant assets, equipment, and facilities are properly maintained and effectively utilized.
Strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance practices to improve equipment reliability.

Supply chain and materials

Partner with Supply Chain and Materials leadership to improve material availability, inventory accuracy, production flow, and supplier performance.
Ensure production schedules are aligned with material availability, labor capacity, customer requirements, and engineering readiness.
Improve inventory management, warehouse organization, point-of-use delivery, and material replenishment.
Reduce material shortages, excess inventory, expedite costs, and production disruptions.
Support supplier development and corrective-action activities when supplier performance affects plant execution.

Organizational leadership and talent development

Recruit, develop, coach, and retain a strong plant leadership team.
Establish clear responsibilities, objectives, performance standards, and succession plans.
Build effective relationships with employees at all levels and maintain a visible presence on the manufacturing floor.
Develop frontline supervisors and managers in leadership, daily management, problem-solving, and employee engagement.
Promote effective communication across departments, shifts, and organizational levels.
Partner with Human Resources on workforce planning, employee relations, retention, attendance, training, performance management, and organizational development.
Create an environment that promotes respect, inclusion, accountability, and employee involvement.

Key Performance Indicators
The Plant Manager will be accountable for performance in areas including:

Recordable incident rate and safety corrective-action closure
On-time delivery and schedule attainment
Productivity and labor efficiency
First-pass yield, scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality
Manufacturing lead time and throughput
Operating expenses and budget performance
Inventory accuracy and working-capital performance
Equipment uptime and preventive-maintenance completion
Customer complaints and corrective-action effectiveness
Employee turnover, absenteeism, engagement, and development
Continuous improvement and cost-reduction results
Capital-project execution and return on investment

Requirements
Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, Manufacturing, or a related discipline required.
Advanced degree or MBA is preferred.
At least 10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
At least five years of experience leading a significant manufacturing operation, business unit, value stream, or plant.
Previous Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Director of Operations, or comparable leadership experience strongly preferred.
Experience in HVAC, industrial equipment, data-center infrastructure, fabricated metal products, electrical equipment, or another engineered-product environment is highly desirable.
Demonstrated success leading complex, high-mix, low-volume or engineered-to-order manufacturing operations.
Experience managing periods of significant growth, capacity expansion, new-product introduction, or operational transformation.
Proven record of improving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and financial performance.
Experience leading multiple manufacturing disciplines, such as fabrication, welding, paint or powder coating, mechanical assembly, electrical assembly, and product testing.
Experience with ERP/MRP systems and data-driven manufacturing management.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations and plant-management systems.
Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, standard work, visual management, and structured problem-solving.
Strong business and financial acumen, including budgeting, operating expenses, capital planning, and cost control.
Ability to lead in a fast-growing, technically complex, and customer-driven environment.
Understanding of production planning, materials management, quality systems, maintenance, and supply-chain execution.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, production metrics, and financial reports.
Strong project-management and change-leadership capabilities.
Excellent communication, coaching, influencing, and organizational-development skills.
Ability to make timely decisions, establish priorities, and maintain accountability under demanding business conditions.
Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and ERP/MRP applications.

Leadership Competencies

Visible, hands-on leadership
Strategic thinking with strong execution
Safety and quality leadership
Accountability and ownership
Customer focus
Operational and financial discipline
Talent development and succession planning
Cross-functional collaboration
Continuous-improvement mindset
Data-driven decision-making
Adaptability and sense of urgency
Integrity and sound judgment

Numbers & Facts

Location

Redmond, Oregon

Skills

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Business Administrationunmatched
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Calendar Managementunmatched
Capacity Managementunmatched
Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)unmatched
Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)unmatched
Capital Projectunmatched
Coachingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Corrective Actionunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
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Customer Relationsunmatched
Customer Satisfactionunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Data Cleaningunmatched
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
Electrical Componentsunmatched
Electricityunmatched
Employee Relationsunmatched
Employee Retentionunmatched
Engineering Bill of Materials (eBOM)unmatched
Engineering Drawingunmatched
Environmental Complianceunmatched
Environmental Healthunmatched
Environmental Regulationsunmatched
Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
Financeunmatched
Financial Metricsunmatched
Financial Reportingunmatched
HVACunmatched
Heavy Equipment/Vehiclesunmatched
Human Resourcesunmatched
Integration Testingunmatched
Inventory Costsunmatched
Inventory Managementunmatched
Investment Capitalunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Lean Manufacturingunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Manufacturing Automationunmatched
Manufacturing Costunmatched
Manufacturing Managementunmatched
Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
Manufacturing Technologyunmatched
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Materials Managementunmatched
Materials Testingunmatched
Mechanical Assemblyunmatched
Network Operations Centerunmatched
OSHAunmatched
Operational Expenditure (OPEX)unmatched
Operational Improvementunmatched
Operations Managementunmatched
Operations Planningunmatched
Organizational Development/Managementunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Painting (Facilities and Maintenance)unmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Performance Reviewsunmatched
Powder Coatingunmatched
Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Control Engineeringunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Product Testingunmatched
Product/Service Launchunmatched
Production Costingunmatched
Production Planningunmatched
Production Scheduleunmatched
Project Executionunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Quality Engineeringunmatched
Quality Managementunmatched
Regulatory Complianceunmatched
Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Resource Managementunmatched
Return on Investment (ROI)unmatched
Risk Analysisunmatched
Safety Complianceunmatched
Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
Six Sigma DMAICunmatched
Staff Requirementsunmatched
Staff Trainingunmatched
Succession Planningunmatched
Supply Chainunmatched
System Integration (SI)unmatched
Systems Maintenanceunmatched
Talent Managementunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Thermal Managementunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
Warehousingunmatched
Weldingunmatched
Wire Harnessunmatched
Workforce Planningunmatched

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