Plant Manager

Job Description

If you are a Plant Manager professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role offers the chance to lead a large, multi‑shift manufacturing operation while making a meaningful impact on people, performance, and culture. The Plant Manager provides overall leadership for a manufacturing facility of approximately 350 employees, ensuring safe, efficient, and customer‑focused operations. This role drives operational excellence, develops strong leadership capability, and aligns plant performance with Emerson’s strategic priorities and values of innovation, integrity, collaboration and inclusion.

• Provide overall leadership for plant operations, including production, maintenance, quality, materials and production scheduling, ensuring consistent achievement of safety, quality, delivery and cost objectives.
• Establish, track and improve operational performance through the effective use of metrics and key performance indicators, fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
• Lead and sustain continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and problem‑solving methodologies to improve efficiency, reduce waste and enhance plant performance.
• Promote a proactive safety culture by ensuring compliance with all safety, environmental and regulatory requirements and leading efforts toward zero incidents.
• Develop and manage the plant operating budget, analyze financial performance and implement actions that improve cost efficiency and operational results.
• Build, coach and develop a high‑performing leadership team across production, maintenance, quality and support functions, creating a culture of engagement, trust and accountability.
• Partner with Human Resources to support workforce planning, training, succession planning and positive employee and labour relations in non‑union environments.
• Ensure product quality meets customer and regulatory expectations by leading root‑cause analysis, corrective actions and prevention strategies.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with supply chain, procurement, engineering and commercial teams to align priorities, manage capacity and support forecasted growth.
• Lead talent development through effective hiring, onboarding, coaching and performance management, while supporting long‑term succession planning.
• Lead in alignment with Emerson policies, ethical standards and operational practices.

You build trust by delivering on commitments, acting with integrity and holding yourself and others accountable for results. You create clarity around priorities, make sound decisions using data and experience, and consistently translate strategy into execution. You develop people by providing meaningful feedback, coaching and opportunities that strengthen individual and team performance. You collaborate across functions, valuing diverse perspectives to solve complex challenges and drive sustainable improvement in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations management, business or related field (MBA preferred).
• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing experience, including 5+ years in plant or operations leadership.
• Experience managing large facilities and multi‑shift operations.
• Demonstrated strong leadership, team building, problem‑solving and conflict‑management skills.
• Strong commitment to workplace safety, with the ability to integrate safety expectations into daily operations and lead teams toward continuous improvement in safety performance.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Deep knowledge of Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Solid financial acumen (budgeting, cost control, P&L responsibility).
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and production planning tools.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Comfortable presenting to executive‑level leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change.

Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F‑1 (including those with OPT or CPT), H‑1, H‑2, L‑1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

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