Plant Manager

The Plant Manager is responsible for leading daily manufacturing operations at the facility, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable execution of production activities. This role is accountable for plant performance in safety, quality, delivery, and cost while developing a strong culture of operational discipline and continuous improvement. The Plant Manager partners closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operational Excellence to ensure production commitments are met and operational processes are executed effectively. This role provides leadership to production and support teams and ensures alignment with company objectives and The MCG Way.

Plant Operations Leadership

• Lead daily manufacturing operations including fabrication, assembly, logistics, maintenance,

• and production support functions.

• Ensure safe and efficient plant operations aligned with company standards and regulatory

• requirements.

• Provide clear direction and leadership to supervisors and production teams to achieve

• operational goals.

• Ensure production schedules are executed to meet customer delivery commitments.

Safety and Compliance

• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure adherence to safety policies and procedures.

• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and operational standards.

• Partner with Safety leadership to support training, audits, and incident investigations.

• Promote safe work practices and accountability at all levels of the organization.

Operational Performance

• Own plant-level performance in safety, quality, delivery, and P&L for the plant

• Work with sales team on securing projects in support of the P&L

• Monitor and respond to key performance indicators including on-time delivery, productivity, safety performance, and quality metrics.

• Identify and address operational issues to maintain stable and predictable performance.

• Support capacity planning and resource allocation to meet production requirements. Create business case for plant investments

Continuous Improvement

• Support deployment of The MCG Way and its tools within the facility.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity and operational efficiency.

• Participate in kaizen events and structured problem-solving initiatives.

• Promote process discipline, standard work, and daily accountability.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop supervisors and plant leadership team members, fostering a positive and people-centered work environment.

• Establish clear expectations and accountability while supporting the growth and development of employees at all levels of the organization.

• Foster a collaborative and highly engaged workforce where employees feel valued, supported, and connected to plant goals and performance.

• Partner with Human Resources to recruit, develop, engage, and retain a high-performing workforce.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with EECOE support functions to drive operational performance.

• Collaborate with Supply Chain to ensure material availability and production flow.

• Partner with Quality to ensure product quality and customer satisfaction.

• Support Operational Excellence initiatives and improvement efforts.

Supervisory Requirements

• Provides leadership and direction to production supervisors and plant support personnel.

• Responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, and development of plant employees.

• Establishes clear priorities, expectations, and accountability for plant teams.

• Develops supervisors and team leaders to strengthen leadership capability and support future

• growth.

• Fosters a safe, collaborative, and engaged work environment that supports employee

• development and retention.

• Partners with Human Resources on recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, and retention

• initiatives.