Non Ferrous Plant Manager

Plant Manager

Currently seeking a hands-on Plant Manager to oversee daily operations of its nonferrous metal processing facility. The role is responsible for production, people, inventory/material control, maintenance, quality, shipping/receiving, safety, and overall plant performance.

Direct scrap metal, recycling, or metals-processing experience is strongly preferred, particularly with nonferrous metals, copper/brass, insulated copper wire, sorting, separation, and recovery.

• Lead daily plant operations, production scheduling, material flow, shipping and receiving.
• Manage supervisors and hourly employees; oversee hiring, training, performance, attendance, and accountability.
• Improve throughput, labor efficiency, equipment utilization, recovery/yield, and overall productivity.
• Oversee raw material, WIP, and finished-goods inventory; ensure accurate identification, tracking, weighing, and reconciliation.
• Direct maintenance activities and preventive maintenance; monitor downtime, recurring failures, repairs, and equipment reliability.
• Oversee nonferrous sorting, grading, processing, recovery, and finished-product quality.
• Ensure customer specifications and shipment requirements are met.
• Establish and monitor operating metrics including production, downtime, recovery, labor efficiency, inventory accuracy, quality, and safety.
• Enforce safety, housekeeping, work procedures, and operating standards.
• Identify root causes of operational and equipment issues and implement lasting improvements.
• Provide ownership with regular updates on plant performance, staffing, equipment, inventory, and improvement opportunities.
• Make day-to-day operating decisions independently while escalating major financial, staffing, equipment, or capital decisions to ownership.

• 5+ years of plant/operations management experience
• Strong industrial production leadership experience
• Background in scrap metal, recycling, metals processing, or a related industry
• Nonferrous processing experience highly preferred
• Experience with copper/brass, insulated wire, sorting/grading, material recovery, and high-value inventory
• Strong understanding of production, maintenance, material flow, quality, safety, and inventory control
• Hands-on, mechanically minded leader who is comfortable on the plant floor
• Proven ability to build accountability, improve processes, and reduce downtime
• Bachelor's degree preferred, but relevant industry experience can substitute