Plant Manager

Full time | Symbiotic Services | United States

Posted On 08/18/2026

Manufacturing

Work Experience 4-5 years

City Putnam

State/Province Connecticut

06260

Symbiotic Services is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead a manufacturing facility in Putnam, Connecticut
.

Location: Putnam, CT

Work Arrangement: On-site

Compensation: Target $160,000 base
, with potential flexibility to approximately $170,000 + bonus

Reports To: VP of Manufacturing

The Plant Manager will lead all aspects of facility operations supporting temperature-controlled packaging solutions for life sciences, healthcare, and other critical markets. This leader will be responsible for safety, operational excellence, financial performance, quality, continuous improvement, equipment reliability, and employee development.

• Lead daily manufacturing operations across production, quality, safety, cost, and delivery.
• Develop and manage the annual operating budget.
• Drive plant financial and operational performance.
• Prepare and justify capital expenditure requests.
• Build and strengthen maintenance and equipment reliability programs.
• Develop, engage, and retain manufacturing talent.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, GMP, environmental, safety, and quality requirements.
• Coach plant leaders through performance management and succession planning.
• Partner with Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and corporate functions.

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Demonstrated plant or significant manufacturing operations leadership.
• Experience owning budgets and managing capital projects.
• Strong leadership and team-development capabilities.
• Proven cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience developing high-performing manufacturing teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Sciences, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Cold chain or temperature-controlled packaging experience.
• Pharmaceutical or life sciences manufacturing experience.
• FDA/GMP-regulated manufacturing experience.
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement expertise.
• Maintenance excellence and operational reliability experience.

Plant Manager | Putnam, CT | On-Site | Target $160K, Up to ~$170K + Bonus

Symbiotic Services is seeking a senior manufacturing leader with 10+ years of progressive operations leadership experience. The strongest candidates will have full plant or substantial manufacturing leadership responsibility, including safety, P&L/budget ownership, capital projects, Lean/continuous improvement, maintenance reliability, and talent development. Experience in FDA/GMP, pharmaceutical, life sciences, cold-chain, or temperature-controlled packaging environments is highly preferred.