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Plant General Manager

Ajulia Executive Search
Tacoma, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/1/2026

Plant General Manager


The Plant General Manager is responsible for full operational, financial, and cultural leadership of the facility. This role drives performance across production, safety, quality, engineering, and commercial activities while developing a high‑performing organization capable of supporting long‑term growth. The ideal candidate blends strong business acumen, technical understanding, and people‑centered leadership.


Are you looking to make a career change to a stable company? This exciting opportunity offers a competitive salary plus an excellent benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and paid PTO.Does this position match your future career goals? Then this opportunity could be the right fit for you.


Employment Type:

Permanent Full-time


Why should you apply?

  • Excellent work environment with growth opportunities
  • Great Benefits
  • Financial Growth


Responsibilities:

  • Own full P&L performance, ensuring productivity, quality, delivery, and cost targets are consistently met or exceeded.
  • Build and develop a strong leadership bench through talent acquisition, coaching, succession planning, and performance management.
  • Partner with engineering and commercial teams to take new product concepts through development, testing, and launch.
  • Provide guidance on metal design, crane design, rigging, and lifting applications.
  • Establish standard work, KPIs, and data‑driven processes to improve throughput, quality, and cost.
  • Build strong relationships across engineering, sales, supply chain, and corporate leadership.
  • Support new business development, pricing strategy, contract negotiations, and customer engagement.
  • Champion a best‑in‑class safety culture with proactive risk reduction and employee engagement.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, engineering, or related field.
  • 7–10 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing or operations.
  • Demonstrated P&L ownership and operational management experience.
  • Proven success in organizational development, including hiring, coaching, and succession planning.
  • Experience leading new product development from concept to launch (preferred).
  • Knowledge of metal design, crane design, rigging, and lifting (preferred).
  • Strong background in continuous improvement, KPI development, and standard work.
  • Experience in commercial activities such as pricing, negotiations, and contract development.
  • Strong commitment to safety, with a track record of building safe work environments.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship‑building skills.
  • Creative, customer‑focused problem solver with a high sense of accountability.


Benefits:

  • Great Pay
  • Very Competitive Benefits Package
  • Excellent work environment with growth opportunities
  • Immediate Hire


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jasleen@ajuliaexecutivesearch.com

Ajulia Executive Search is a search firm specializing in Manufacturing, Finance, IT, Legal and Pharmaceutical positions. This is a confidential search for one of our preferred clients. It is a direct hire position that includes competitive compensation and full comprehensive benefit package.

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