Plant Manager

Plant Manager

Location: Redmond, Oregon
Reports to: Vice President of Operations / Division Operations Leader
Employment Type: Full-time, on-site

Our client a leading HVAC industry manufacturer is seeking an accomplished, hands‑on Plant Manager to lead their manufacturing operation in Redmond, Oregon. This executive will have overall responsibility for plant performance, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, people development, capacity, and continuous improvement.

Position Summary The Plant Manager will lead a complex, high-mix manufacturing environment producing custom and engineered HVAC solutions for mission‑critical data centers, clean environments, and commercial applications. The Company’s vertically integrated operation includes heavy fabrication, welding, powder coating, electrical assembly, systems integration, and product testing. Company designs and manufactures highly engineered thermal‑management systems for demanding applications.

The successful candidate will establish operational discipline, develop a strong leadership team, increase manufacturing capacity, improve predictability and execution, and support the continued growth of the Company business. This position requires a highly visible leader who is comfortable working on the manufacturing floor, engaging employees, and driving accountability at every level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for the Redmond manufacturing operation.
• Translate business objectives, customer requirements, and growth plans into clear operational priorities.
• Develop and execute the plant’s annual operating plan, including performance objectives, staffing requirements, capital investments, productivity initiatives, and capacity plans.
• Establish a high‑performance culture built around safety, accountability, teamwork, urgency, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a key member of the Company’s operations leadership teams.
• Communicate plant performance, risks, priorities, and recovery plans to senior leadership.
• Ensure effective coordination among Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Materials, Human Resources, Finance, and Environmental Health and Safety.

• Champion a zero‑incident safety culture in which employee safety is the first operational priority.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, environmental regulations, corporate standards, and applicable local, state, and federal requirements.
• Maintain strong safety‑management practices, including employee training, risk assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, audits, and preventive programs.
• Ensure leaders and employees actively identify and eliminate workplace hazards.
• Monitor safety indicators and drive timely corrective and preventive actions.

• Lead daily manufacturing activities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.
• Ensure effective execution across fabrication, welding, coating, assembly, electrical integration, testing, material handling, and shipping.
• Improve production planning, scheduling, labor utilization, workflow, and resource allocation.
• Establish daily management systems and performance reviews that provide visibility to results, constraints, and corrective actions.
• Improve manufacturing predictability in a high‑mix, engineered‑to‑order environment.
• Balance customer commitments, capacity, labor, materials, equipment availability, and changing production requirements.
• Lead problem‑solving and recovery efforts for missed production, delivery, quality, or cost targets.
• Ensure effective new‑product introduction and transition from engineering into manufacturing.

• Promote a culture in which quality is built into the manufacturing process.
• Ensure products meet customer specifications, engineering requirements, regulatory standards, and internal quality expectations.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering to improve first‑pass yield, reduce defects and rework, strengthen process controls, and address root causes.
• Support customer visits, product inspections,…