Plant Manager

Plant Manager

$100000 - $200000 per year | Elkhart, IN | On-site | Permanent

We have over 70 manufacturing and distribution facilities located throughout the United States and in Canada and Italy. We supply a broad array of components for the leading original equipment manufacturers of recreational vehicles; buses; trailers used to haul boats, livestock, equipment and other cargo; pontoon boats; manufactured homes; modular housing; and factory-built mobile office units.

• A unique, inclusive, and supportive company culture.
• Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
• Fair and competitive compensation.
• Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
• Holiday, personal and vacation days.

• 2 years of college preferred and a minimum of a high school education and 5+ years of factory-related experience.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office including D365
• Management / Leadership experience at least 5+ years required.

• Ensure operations are running effectively in the areas of safety, quality, efficiency / productivity, cost, inventory levels and team member morale.
• Provide direction and motivation to your team focusing on safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and morale.
• Conduct daily production area audits to ensure procedures for safety, quality, equipment, and training are being followed and all aspects of manufacturing are effective including correcting sub-standards.
• Development of leaders reporting to you.
• Ensure all departmental procedures are compliant with quality and environmental management systems and programs.
• Monitor daily build sheets and analyze efficiency rates and downtime to ensure customer requirements are being met.
• Lead identification of manufacturing problems and eliminate waste.
• Develops, leads, monitors, and participates in a manufacturing continuous improvement system.
• Implement, monitor, and maintain a clean, organized department.
• Assists team in developing, planning, maintaining the budget and adjusting as needed to achieve targets
• Review and track Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) including leading problem solving for negative trends or goals not met.
• Participates in management discussions and planning sessions to help formulate cost reduction, product improvement, and problem-solving activities.
• Develops and maintains positive team member relations centered on mutual trust, dignity, respect, fairness, consistency, two-way communication, teamwork, and harmony.
• Provides direction and motivation to team members emphasizing quality, efficiency, productivity, cost reduction, safety and health, and morale.
• Ensures further development of group leaders, team leaders, and team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, corrective action, and cascade training.
• Update team member training matrix and schedule any needed training.

This position has the following positions reporting to it:
Manufacturing Manager and/ or group leads/production supervisors/ team leads depending on the size of the facility.

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.

It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.