General Manager

Position Title: General Manager - Precast Operations

Company: Lindsay Precast LLC - A Lindsay Family of Brands Company

Location: Franklinton, NC

Reports To: Business Unit President

Direct Reports: Plant Manager, Sales Manager, Commercial Operations Manager, Quality Manager

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full-Time, On-Site

Travel: Up to 25%, including plant, customer, and jobsite visits

Date Revised: August 2026 (supersedes revision dated August 3, 2021)

Lindsay Precast, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of engineered precast concrete products serving infrastructure, utility, transportation, water/wastewater, and commercial construction markets. As part of the Lindsay Family of Brands, our plants combine deep technical expertise with a culture built on safety, quality, and doing what we say we will do. We produce to NPCA, ACI, DOT, and customer specifications, and we invest in the people who run our operations.

The General Manager leads all aspects of a Lindsay Precast manufacturing operation and holds full P&L responsibility for the business unit. This role carries direct accountability for all operations that contribute to successfully run the business, including but not limited to Sales, Operations, Safety and Quality. In this hands‑on leadership role, the General Manager drives the team to new heights and financial performance.

• Hold full management responsibility for all business operations, including P&L ownership and program performance.
• Lead the business to meet annual stretch goals in safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Acquire, align, and prioritize resources and operational plans in support of team and company objectives.
• Direct workforce planning and production scheduling to match capacity with customer demand and backlog.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across both manufacturing and back‑office functions, including lean and 5S practices.
• Proactively resolve technical, people, and production issues to ensure consistent output and uphold the standards of the precast products manufactured.
• Partner with the product management team on new product development, contributing information on product design and cost, capacity planning, product performance, tooling cost, and schedule.
• Oversee dispatch, delivery, and customer service functions to protect on‑time performance and the customer experience.

• Own plant safety performance and visibly lead a culture in which safety is a condition of employment, not a competing priority.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements and all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including environmental and DOT requirements.
• Maintain a working knowledge of precast concrete characteristics and processes and ensure production is carried out in accordance with Federal, DOT, NPCA, ACI, and other governing standards.
• Ensure the NPCA (National Precast Concrete Association) quality control program is established, maintained, audited, and followed.
• Support incident investigation, near miss reporting, and corrective action in line with LFOB EHS protocols.
• Develop, manage, and deliver the annual operating plan, budget, and capital plan for the business unit.
• Monitor cost of goods sold, labor efficiency, material yield, scrap and rework, and overhead absorption, and act on variances.
• Partner with Business Development and Estimating on pricing, bid strategy, and margin management.
• Build long‑term relationships with key customers, contractors, engineers, and specifying agencies in the market.

• Provide leadership across the organization for problem resolution, faster improvement,…