Plant Manager

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to lead our high-voltage bus business in Medway, MA. The Plant Manager provides full-site leadership and oversight from inside sales through field service, ensuring high-voltage gas-insulated bus systems are designed, manufactured and installed safely, within budget, and in compliance with customer requirements and applicable standards.

Overall responsibility includes Inside Sales, Engineering, Project Management, Production Control, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Lean, Quality Assurance, Field Service, and EH&S functions.

• Lead full-site operations across inside sales, engineering, project management, purchasing, production control, manufacturing, quality, field service, Lean, and EH&S
• Ensure proposals, project budgets, Percent of Completion (POC) revenue, and margins are accurate and aligned with business commitments
• Drive safe, efficient manufacturing operations that meet production, quality, delivery, cost, and cash objectives
• Lead Lean transformation, strategy deployment, Kaizen activity, and waste elimination across manufacturing and business processes
• Oversee field service activities to support proper installation of high-voltage gas-insulated bus ducts
• Develop and manage profit plans, budgets, staffing levels, operating expenses, and capital investments
• Establish, monitor, and improve performance against safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer service standards
• Maintain plant facilities, equipment, and preventive maintenance programs to support safe and reliable operations
• Ensure compliance with environmental, OSHA, and other safety regulations
• Coach and hold functional and value stream leaders accountable for operational, financial, and customer commitments
• Partner with planning, quality, Lean, EH&S, finance, HR, engineering, supply chain, sales, marketing, and project management to align priorities and deliver results
• Work with nVent leadership to identify opportunities, execute action plans, and achieve enterprise goals and strategic objectives

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field is a must
• Minimum 5 years of site leadership experience, preferably managing an organization of approximately 100 employees
• Ideally, 10+ years of manufacturing experience in high-voltage electrical equipment or engineered-to-order projects
• Experience leading custom or project-based manufacturing with complex customer specifications and cross‑functional execution
• Proven success implementing Lean, strategy deployment, Kaizen, value stream management, and continuous improvement initiatives

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes.

We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust…