Plant Manager in Dallas, Texas

Plant Manager

Alliance Recruiting Inc is partnering with a cutting-edge manufacturer to find a strategic Plant Manager who can help scale their workforce and elevate performance across their manufacturing organization.

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The Plant Manager owns full operational leadership of a high-mix metal fabrication facility, with direct accountability for safety, quality, throughput, and on-time-in-full (OTIF) delivery. This role leads a workforce of approximately 200 FTEs, from front-line supervisors to direct labor, and is responsible for building a stable, predictable production system that consistently meets daily operating targets while directly supporting the site's P&L.

The ideal candidate combines strong shop floor presence and hands-on leadership with the discipline to translate operational execution into measurable financial results.

• Run daily production operations, proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks, and engage the workforce directly on the shop floor.
• Manage a metal fabrication facility to consistently meet daily operational targets.
• Apply deep, hands-on experience in a high-mix environment to deliver against throughput, OTIF, safety, and quality goals.
• Lead and develop a team of ~200 FTEs, spanning management, supervisors, and direct labor.
• Establish and maintain a daily operating cadence - tier meetings, visual management boards, and escalation processes - while maintaining high, visible presence on the shop floor and leading through supervisors and operators.
• Drive the core production system, including scheduling, WIP management, and labor allocation, to improve OEE, schedule attainment, and labor productivity.
• Enforce safety discipline, quality standards, and standard work across all shifts and product lines.

• Optimize inconsistent or variable operations into stable, repeatable performance.
• Stabilize production schedules, reduce lead times, and enhance labor productivity.
• Drive predictable output across shifts and product mix.
• Apply practical lean principles (flow, waste reduction) within a complex job shop context.
• Lead root cause resolution for downtime, scrap, and schedule delays.
• Optimize plant flow, layout, and labor utilization while improving uptime, changeover performance, and process capability.
• Own and execute a KPI-driven continuous improvement roadmap, ensuring gains are sustained over time.

• Support overall plant P&L outcomes through disciplined operational execution.
• Demonstrate the ability to translate operational actions into measurable financial results.
• Connect shop floor decisions to cost, margin, and cash flow - and translate financial targets into daily operating priorities.
• Contribute directly to margin improvement and cash flow through operational performance.
• Manage key cost drivers, including labor, scrap, overtime, and downtime.
• Build and reinforce a culture of cost discipline, and lead initiatives focused on waste elimination.

• Build and maintain a steady-state operating system anchored by consistent, reliable KPIs.
• Successfully take ownership of a partially ramped-up site and drive it to full operational maturity.
• Stabilize and optimize previously inconsistent operations.
• Implement controlled, repeatable production systems and mature core operational capabilities over time.
• Develop front-line leaders (supervisors and team leads) to sustain results independent of direct oversight.

• Proven track record running production operations in a metal fabrication or comparable high-mix manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership of a workforce of 150-250+ FTEs, including multiple layers of supervision.
• Hands-on experience managing throughput, OTIF, safety, and quality performance in a job shop or make-to-order setting.
• Practical experience with lean manufacturing tools and methodology applied to complex, variable production flows.
• Track record of connecting operational execution to financial performance (cost, margin, cash).
• Experience establishing daily management systems (tiered meetings, visual boards, escalation processes).
• Strong root-cause problem-solving skills applied to downtime, scrap, and schedule performance.

• Experience stabilizing or ramping up a newly established or partially matured facility.
• Familiarity with OEE, schedule attainment, and labor productivity metrics and improvement methods.
• Experience developing front-line leadership talent (supervisors, team leads) to build organizational depth.
• Experience in metal bending, welding and cutting is highly valued.

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