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Plant Manager – Industrial Manufacturing
Richfield, WI
Direct-hire fulltime onsite. 80-100k
About Us Join a highly profitable,
40-year-old green-technology OEM with an absolute zero-layoff history. We
manufacture advanced industrial systems that cut pollution, delivering a
sub-one-year ROI and recession-proof stability. Operating a modern, immaculate
facility, we are seeking a 100% onsite leader for a role born purely out of
corporate expansion.
Who You Are You are a veteran
operations executive who thrives on the shop floor, values organizational
loyalty, and avoids corporate politics. You possess:
- 8+ Years of Success: Proven track record as a Plant Manager or Operations
Director in heavy industrial fabrication or manufacturing ecosystems.
- Lean Architecture Mastery: A verifiable history
of using VSM, Kaizen, and Root Cause Analysis to drive measurable
efficiency and eliminate waste.
- Technical Instincts: Deep familiarity with robust metal fabrication,
welding workflows, and thermal/heat exchange processes.
- End-to-End Fluency: Competence managing production scheduling, material
purchasing, capital equipment evaluation (CapEx), and freight logistics.
- Elite Presence: The communication skills needed to mentor teams and
unite engineering, production, and corporate executives.
Requirements
- Experience: 8+ years as a Plant Manager or Operations Director in industrial
manufacturing/OEM environments.
- Technical Skills: Management of custom shop floors featuring metal
fabrication, machining, and welding. Thermal or heat exchange background
preferred.
- Lean Expertise: Proven track record implementing Continuous
Improvement tools (VSM, Kaizen, Root Cause Analysis) to optimize
efficiency.
- Operations: Competence handling production scheduling, purchasing, CapEx
evaluations, and freight logistics.
- Stability: Stable career history showing loyalty, averaging 3+ years per employer with no job-hopping.
- Location: Must live within 45 minutes of Richfield,
WI (100% onsite; no relocation).
- Authorization: US Citizen or Green Card holder only.
Benefits
Compensation Up to $100K base salary +
robust performance incentives & full benefits.
Salary : $100,000