Plant Director

Pacific International has been retained by a transforming manufacturing organization, looking to bring a Plant Leader into a key operation. This organization is looking for a Plant Leader who has full accountability for a safe, reliable, and compliant operation. This role will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight to continuously improve production performance workforce capability, asset integrity, cost control, and quality delivery to customers.

• Drives a safety-first operating culture with strict compliance to PSM, OSHA, EPA, RM
• Sets clear production, quality, environmental, and reliability targets aligned with site goals and customer commitments
• Builds organizational capability by hiring, developing, and retaining technical and leadership talent; ensures workforce engagement and performance alignment
• Champions operational excellence, leads reliability programs, asset integrity strategies, and structured maintenance execution
• Promotes continuous improvement, equipment uptime, lean methodology, and data-driven decision making to remove inefficiencies and constraints
• Maintains a strong presence in the plant - engaging regularly and authentically with employees at all levels

• Bachelor's degree in engineering field
• Demonstrated leadership overseeing operations, maintenance, reliability, EHS, production planning, and plant performance
• Proven ability to lead a plant or major process unit with accountability for safety, cost, production, and performance outcomes
• Strong organizational leadership with the ability to set strategy, prioritize work, and make critical decisions
• Successful track record in driving operational improvements, leading change, and building high-performance teams
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities; able to engage effectively with frontline operators and corporate executives
• Business and commercial awareness, including cost structures, production economics, and customer supply commitments

Pacific International, a globally recognized retained executive search firm, is dedicated to empowering Fortune 500, FTSE 100, and high-growth enterprises in building exceptional C-suite, senior-level, and strategic leadership teams while championing diversity and inclusion. Our adaptability, agility, and forward-thinking ethos distinguish us in the ever-evolving business landscape.

Since 1997, we have been dedicated to building lasting client partnerships based on trust and reliability, and a proven track record of successful C-suite and mid- to senior-level leadership project delivery across many key industries globally.

At Pacific International, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are and what we do. Our commitment to these values is unwavering and we proudly champion diversity on behalf of our clients in every Executive Search mandate we undertake. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

In pursuit of these objectives, we actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities.

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