Plant Manager jobs in Elkhart, IN

Plant Manager directs a plant or production facility's overall operations. Sets and implements policies and procedures that guide plant operations' productivity, quality, and cost efficiency. Being a Plant Manager utilizes operational metrics to analyze productivity and set performance targets to achieve production goals. Develops and deploys manufacturing practices focused on quality and continuous improvement. Additionally, Plant Manager develops and implements plant safety and security inspections, auditing, and training procedures to meet OSHA and other required regulations. Collaborates with multi-functional plant teams, including finance, engineering, materials, quality assurance, and human resources. Leads or participates in labor relations negotiations and engages with union leadership involving plant operations. Typically requires a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering or equivalent. Typically reports to senior management. The Plant Manager manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. To be a Plant Manager typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Plant Manager
  • Lippert
  • Goshen, IN FULL_TIME
  • Overview

    Who We Are:

    Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries.  We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation, and premium products to all of our customers.

     

    Why We are Different:

    At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are.  We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.  We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

    What You will Get:

  • A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
  • Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
  • Fair and competitive compensation.
  • Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
  • Holiday, personal and vacation days.
  • Summary/Objective:

    The Plant Manager (PM) is responsible for managing and leading manufacturing department group leaders, team leaders, and team members for assigned areas / shifts to ensure safety, quality, positive work environment, customer requirements, and fabrication manufacturing needs are met.  Provide leadership and motivation to direct reports in manufacturing system that emphasizes safety, quality, customer satisfaction, accuracy, productivity, cost reduction, housekeeping, efficiency, training, teamwork, and morale.

     

    Required Education and Experience

  • 2 years of college preferred and a minimum of a high school education and 3 years of fabrication factory-related experience.
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office and Navision.
  • Preferred Education and Experience
  • Fabrication Manufacturing / industry experience a minimum of years
  • Management / Leadership experience at least 3 years required.
  • Essential Functions:

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Ensure fabrication manufacturing operations are running effectively in the areas of safety, quality, efficiency / productivity, cost, and team member morale.
  • Provide direction and motivation to group leaders focusing on safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and morale.
  • Conduct daily fabrication manufacturing production area audits to ensure procedures for safety, quality, equipment, and training are being followed and all aspects of manufacturing are effective including correcting sub-standards.
  • Lead development of Group Leaders.
  • Implement short- and long-term corrective actions for manufacturing problems.
  • Ensure all departmental procedures are compliant with quality and environmental management systems and programs.
  • Monitor daily build sheets and analyze efficiency rates and downtime to ensure customer requirements are being met.
  • Coordinate and maintain standardization of process/methods.
  • Lead identification of manufacturing problems and eliminate waste.
  • Develops, leads, monitors, and participates in a Manufacturing continuous improvement system.
  • Implement, monitor, and maintain a clean, organized department.
  • Assists Production Manager in developing, planning, and maintaining the budget including making adjustments to achieve targets.
  • Review and track Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) including leading problem solving for negative trends or goals not met.
  • Participates in management discussions and planning sessions to help formulate cost reduction, product improvement, and problem-solving activities.
  • Develops and maintains positive team member relations centered on mutual trust, dignity, respect, fairness, consistency, two-way communication, teamwork, and harmony.
  • Provides direction and motivation to team members emphasizing quality, efficiency, productivity, cost reduction, safety and health, and morale.
  • Ensures further development of group leaders, team leaders, and team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, corrective action, and cascade training. Update team member training matrix and schedule any needed training.  
  • Competencies:

  • Communication Proficiency / Coaching
  • Organizational Skills
  • Staffing
  • Initiative
  • Thoroughness
  • Time Management
  • Management Proficiency
  • Financial Planning and Strategy
  • Process Improvement
  • Decision Making
  • Strategic Planning
  • Quality Management / Contro
  • Supervisory Responsibility:

    This position has the following positions reporting to it:

  • Team Leaders
  • Production Supervisor 
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    Physical Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

     

    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires 98% standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling.  The employee may have to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.  This position requires Personal Protective Equipment.  Protective Equipment supplied by the company includes  Coating suit, Coating Boots, Spray Socks, Respirator, Work Gloves, Safety Glasses and Ear Plugs.  Employees may be required to provide additional Protective Equipment (Safety Shoes, etc.).

     

    Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

    This is a full-time salary position, and hours of work and days are decided by production and your reporting General Manager.

     

    Travel:

    Travel will be minimal and would be primarily local during the business day.

     

    Work Authorization/Security Clearance 

    Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

     

    Other Duties:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

    AAP/EEO Statement

    Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law.  This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters.  All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

     

    Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member.  Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members.  Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership.  Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

     

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Bilingual Plant Manager
  • Leaders Staffing, LLC
  • Goshen, IN FULL_TIME
  • Leaders Staffing is seeking an experienced Bilingual Plant Manager to work at one of our customers, located in Goshen, IN. * Must be willing to work 2nd Shift hours. Summary/Objective: The Plant Manag...
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Plant Manager -- Three Rivers, MI
  • AAM North America
  • Three Rivers, MI FULL_TIME
  • Plant Manager Job in Three Rivers, Michigan, USA | Manufacturing Jobs at American Axle & Manufacturing (aam.com) At AAM, we believe that a fair and inclusive workplace is beneficial for all and that t...
  • 1 Month Ago

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Plant Controller
  • MRA
  • Constantine, MI FULL_TIME
  • Job Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Plant Controller to join our team. As the Plant Controller, you will be responsible for overseeing all financial activities at our man...
  • 16 Days Ago

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GENERAL PLANT
  • OX Engineered Products
  • Constantine, MI FULL_TIME
  • Reports to Shift Supervisor Candidate must have the ability to read a tape measure, operate an industrial truck (once trained), sweeping, dusting, working in the machine pit, painting, cleaning, and o...
  • 5 Days Ago

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Plant Controller
  • Millennial Recruitment Agency
  • Constantine, MI FULL_TIME
  • Job Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Plant Controller to join our team. As the Plant Controller, you will be responsible for overseeing all financial activities at our man...
  • 1 Month Ago

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Production Engineer
  • Foamcraft Inc.
  • Goshen, IN
  • Come see why we're different! Foamcraft is the leader in foam fabrication and has been for decades. We are looking for s...
  • 4/26/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Human Resources Generalist
  • Pregis
  • Plymouth, IN
  • We're Not Just in the Packaging BusinessWe're in the 'Wow' Business Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what ...
  • 4/26/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Plant Manager
  • Management Recruiters of Tallahassee
  • South Bend, IN
  • The company is a privately held plastics manufacturer of small to large aesthetic injection molded components for the au...
  • 4/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manufacturing Manager
  • Career Transitions, LLC
  • Goshen, IN
  • Manufacturing Manager - Goshen, IN Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Manufacturing Manager will directly manage a team...
  • 4/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manufacturing Manager
  • Career Transitions
  • Goshen, IN
  • Manufacturing Manager - Goshen, IN Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Manufacturing Manager will directly manage a team...
  • 4/24/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Human Resources Generalist
  • Pregis
  • Plymouth, IN
  • We're Not Just in the Packaging Business–We're in the "Wow" Business Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what...
  • 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Production Engineer
  • Foamcraft, Inc.
  • Goshen, IN
  • Come see why we're different! Foamcraft is the leader in foam fabrication and has been for decades. We are looking for s...
  • 4/22/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Plant Manager
  • Management Recruiters Of Tallahassee
  • South Bend, IN
  • The company is a privately held plastics manufacturer of small to large aesthetic injection molded components for the au...
  • 4/22/2024 12:00:00 AM

Elkhart /ˈɛlkɑːrt/ is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located 15 miles (24 km) east of South Bend, Indiana, 110 miles (180 km) east of Chicago, Illinois, and 150 miles (240 km) north of Indianapolis, Indiana. Elkhart has the larger population of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area, in a region commonly known as Michiana. The population was 50,949 at the 2010 census. Despite the shared name, it is not the county seat of Elkhart County; that ...
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Income Estimation for Plant Manager jobs
$180,037 to $263,923
Elkhart, Indiana area prices
were up 1.3% from a year ago

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