Fabrication Shop Manager / Plant Manager - Custom Heavy Precision Fabrication (MUST have)

Hays; Woodstock; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Fabrication Shop Manager to lead a dynamic team in a custom heavy precision fabrication environment. This role involves overseeing plant efficiencies, production planning, and ensuring compliance with customer and government standards. You will work closely with engineers and shop floor operators, fostering a hands-on culture that emphasizes quality and innovation. If you have a strong background in mechanical engineering and a passion for continuous improvement, this opportunity could be your next career milestone. Join a company that values expertise and dedication in the heavy industrial machinery sector.

Benefits

Bonus benefits

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of leadership experience in custom metals parts fabrication.
• Experience managing plant P&L, budgets, and quality control.

Responsibilities

• Lead shop floor employees to ensure projects complete as per engineering drawings.
• Manage plant profitability and on-time delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical Engineering

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Interpersonal Skills

English Communication

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

Fabrication Shop Manager / Plant Manager - Custom Heavy Precision Fabrication (MUST have)

This range is provided by Hays. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Location: Kitchener – St. Mary’s -Woodstock, ON area

Compensation: 100K -125K (depending on experience and skillset); bonus benefits

Work on-site 5 days a week

Our client is a very well-established manufacturer of custom-built equipment / parts / custom fabrication in the heavy industrial machinery sector and have a job open for a Plant Manager. The role is responsible for overall Plant Efficiencies, custom engineering under strict customer and government compliance, production targets, Production Planning & Scheduling, Maintenance and Plant Engineering in this made to order customized heavy engineering environment. This is a hands-on, ‘roll-up-the-sleeve’ work culture where you work closely with Mechanical Engineering, Shop floor operators, cutters, welders, CNC and Lathe operators to manufacture best in class custom designed parts for the equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead shop floor employees and Engineers to ensure manufacturing projects complete as per the engineering drawings.
• Responsible for on-time delivery and managing the plant as a Cost Center to ensure profitability.
• Lead Materials Management, Inventory, Production Planning, Capacity Optimization, Warehousing and Transportation.
• Lead special projects to improve/reduce costs in manufacturing, fabrication inventory, and transportation.
• Analyze existing processes, define SOPs, KPIs and set up measures in the metal fabrication plant.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 8-10 years of leadership experience in a small custom metals parts fabrication manufacturing for heavy industrial parts for agriculture, construction equipment, etc.
• Mechanical Engineering degree (preferred) with ideally 4-5 years of Plant Management experience in custom fabrication (MUST).
• Experience leading Engineers and machine shop employees in heavy equipment machinery building custom fabrication plant.
• Proven experience in managing plant P&L, budgets, Quality, excellent interpersonal skills and English communication.
• Lean, Continuous Improvement highly preferred.

Qualified applicants ideally in Kitchener – St. Mary’s -Woodstock, ON area are invited to forward their resumes in MS Word format to [e-mail]; Please write "Fabrication Shop Manager / Plant Manager" in the subject line of your email.

While we thank all applicants for your interest, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted due to volume of applicants.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Manufacturing, Management, and Engineering

Industries

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, Fabricated Metal Products, and Machinery Manufacturing