Plant Manager

Description

ESPEC North America (ENA) is a partner in environmental and accelerated reliability test chambers and solutions with a long history and deep expertise in making the world a better place through better quality, higher reliability products.

We continually aim to grow and evolve by building mutually responsive, innovative partnerships with our customers, vendors, and strategic allies, and creating opportunities for our team members. Our cornerstone is to be the most reliable and accessible supplier of testing solutions.

We’re looking for a Plant Manager to join our ESPEC Team!

Starting at: $

Oversees all aspects of the Colorado manufacturing facility to ensure safety, efficiency, quality, and timely delivery of HALT/HASS environmental test chambers. Serves as the primary decision‑maker for site operations, leading production and coordinating with centralized functions to achieve company objectives.

• Leads all day-to-day operations of the Colorado facility, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient execution of all activities.
• Serves as the primary decision‑maker for plant operations, resolving issues and setting priorities across functions.
• Ensures the on-time delivery and quality of products leaving production.
• Works closely with the Scheduler (MI) to develop and execute production schedules that match Colorado’s capacity and constraints.
• Provides input on production capacity, constraints, and priorities to ensure schedules are realistic and achievable.
• Leads the production team to meet productivity, quality, and schedule requirements.
• Promotes and enforces a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures compliance with safety, environmental, fire code, and hazardous material regulations.
• Coordinates maintenance and reliability of facility systems including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and utilities.
• Works with Purchasing to help prioritize and secure materials needed to support production.
• Oversees the on-site materials planner to ensure materials are available to meet production schedules.
• Identifies and resolves material shortages, supply issues, and scheduling conflicts that impact production.
• Develops and manages the annual operating budget for the site, including labor, materials, and overhead.
• Monitors costs and implements actions to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
• Identifies equipment and resource needs to meet production demand and supports capital planning.
• Leads efforts to improve productivity, reduce waste, and streamline processes.
• Works with Engineering to improve manufacturability and support new product introductions.
• Implements and maintains manufacturing standards and best practices.
• Trains, coaches, and develops production team members; maintains training and capability records.
• Reviews workforce capability and ensures appropriate staffing levels to meet production demand.
• Communicates site performance, risks, and operational issues to senior management.
• Leads problem-solving efforts and ensures corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
• Approves time off requests and supports payroll processes as required.
• Enforces company policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Participates in hiring, performance management, and disciplinary actions as needed.
• Writes and delivers performance evaluations.
• Regular physical attendance is required.
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.
• Limited travel may be required.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability that may be necessary for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered

• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in manufacturing or operations, preferably in capital equipment or related industry
• Minimum 5 years of…