Plant Manager

Plant Manager

The Plant Manager leads, mentors, coaches, and directs production leaders to meet requirements and expectations around quality, standards, efficiencies, and timelines. This role achieves a high level of employee efficiency, engagement, and morale through leadership and sound management, addressing personnel issues specific to the work environment. The Plant Manager is responsible for resolving customer and vendor issues related to quality, timeliness, and costs, focusing on cost control and labor productivity to maximize profitability. Ensuring safety standards and protocols are met, the Plant Manager collaborates with master schedulers and planners to ensure resources are available to meet schedules and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, coach, and direct production leaders to meet quality and efficiency standards.
• Achieve high employee efficiency, engagement, and morale through effective leadership.
• Resolve elevated customer and vendor issues related to timeliness, quality, and cost.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and protocols.
• Collaborate with master schedulers and planners to meet schedules and deadlines.
• Ensure all staff are trained on proper equipment use.
• Oversee proper recording of labor hours and costs, review variances, and assess impact on financials.
• Maintain an inventory system and review audit results to identify variances.
• Communicate with departmental directors and staff on issues and goals.
• Stay informed on technical developments affecting press efficiency and profitability.
• Advise cross-functional teams on production capabilities and pressroom capacity.
• Implement continuous improvement techniques and manufacturing best practices.
• Ensure activities comply with Environmental Management System standards.
• Maintain preventative maintenance schedules for equipment performance.

Essential Skills

• Continuous improvement
• Lean manufacturing
• Process improvement
• Plant management
• Leadership
• Production management

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Six Sigma
• Operations
• GMP
• Manufacturing process
• Lean Six Sigma
• Quality assurance
• Supervision
• Management skills
• P&L
• Value stream mapping
• Safety
• Project management
• Industrial engineering
• Cell culture
• SAP
• Time studies
• Leadership development

Why Work Here?

This opportunity offers a dynamic environment where continuous improvement and innovation are valued. Employees benefit from a supportive culture that prioritizes work-life balance and personal growth. The company fosters a collaborative atmosphere and provides ample opportunities for professional development.

Work Environment

The work environment involves working with advanced manufacturing processes and technologies in a production setting. The role requires a commitment to safety protocols and standards, with a focus on maintaining equipment and ensuring efficient operations. Employees are expected to collaborate across departments to achieve organizational goals.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Greer, South Carolina.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $150000.00/yr.

Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, HSA, Short/long term disability, 401k

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Greer,SC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 15, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.