Plant Manager - Lavonia

Job Category: Manufacturing-Non-Production

Requisition Number: PLANT
001470

• Posted :
  September 11, 2026
• Full-Time

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Fenner Dunlop is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Plant Manager
at our manufacturing facility in Lavonia, Georgia.

Fenner Dunlop, a Michelin Group company, designs and manufactures the widest range of bulk material handling conveyor belts in the world. We strive to be the premier provider of the safest and most reliable conveyor belting and services to a variety of heavy industrial markets such as coal mining, hard rock mining, sand, gravel, wood handling, power generation, pulp and paper.

Fenner Dunlop provides North American made belting, manufactured at our facilities located throughout the United States and Canada. For over 150 years, Fenner Dunlop has researched, designed, developed, manufactured, and tested its conveyor belting products, supporting nearly any type of conveyor application, and providing the right solutions to protect conveyor system investments in the harshest conveying environments.

What You’ll Do

Position Summary

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and daily operation of the Lavonia manufacturing facility. The Plant Manager is accountable for setting clear goals, communicating production requirements, developing plant leadership, improving manufacturing performance, advancing technology and innovation, and maintaining a safe, respectful, and high-performing workplace.

Operational Leadership & Production Execution

• Lead daily plant operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer service objectives.
• Establish and communicate daily, weekly, and monthly production goals based on customer demand, staffing, equipment capacity, inventory needs, and business priorities.
• Ensure supervisors understand production requirements, communicate expectations to employees, and are accountable for results.
• Monitor performance against plan and take timely corrective action when production, quality, staffing, or equipment performance is off target.
• Lead routine operating reviews to communicate results, identify barriers, assign actions, and establish priorities.
• Ensure effective shift-to-shift communication regarding production priorities, equipment conditions, staffing, quality concerns, and schedule changes.
• Coordinate across Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Scheduling, Supply Chain, Quality, Safety, Human Resources, and Finance to minimize downtime and remove operational barriers.
• Maintain strong plant-floor visibility and use KPI-driven decision making, standard work, and disciplined operating routines.

Workforce Leadership & Employee Relations

• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and plant leaders to build a high-performing and engaged workforce.
• Establish clear expectations for leadership, communication, performance, accountability, and employee development.
• Ensure policies, attendance expectations, work rules, safety requirements, and performance standards are applied fairly and consistently.
• Partner with Human Resources on employee relations, investigations, performance management, staffing, retention, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• Support workforce planning, scheduling, overtime management, cross-training, onboarding, job qualification, and skills certification.
• Address employee and leadership concerns promptly and promote respectful, proactive communication.
• Identify high-potential employees and leaders and support development and career progression.
• Encourage employee recognition, involvement, feedback, and participation in problem solving and continuous improvement.

Textile Manufacturing & Technical Excellence

• Maintain strong working knowledge of textile manufacturing, including yarn preparation, twisting, beaming, weaving, inspection, finishing, material handling, and related processes.
• Understand how materials, machine settings, equipment condition, operating methods, and process parameters affect quality, throughput, waste, and downstream performance.
• Understand how textile components support conveyor belting manufacturing and customer requirements.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Production, and Maintenance to resolve technical and process issues.
• Ensure operating procedures, machine standards, and process parameters are established, understood, and consistently followed.
• Support technical training and development for supervisors, operators, and maintenance personnel.
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