Plant Manager

Tribune Seafood; Sambro; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Performance-based bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Company vehicle

Job summary

A seafood processing company in Nova Scotia is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee processing operations while ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency. The ideal candidate will have management experience in a manufacturing or food processing environment, with strong leadership and communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary package, performance-based bonus, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing operations in a manufacturing or processing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to motivate teams.
• Understanding of production workflows, quality assurance, and health and safety practices.
• An understanding of production workflows, quality assurance, and health and safety practices
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the organization and with external partners
• Adaptability to changing operational demands, with a hands-on approach when needed to support plant performance

Responsibilities

• Oversee plant performance and ensure production quality standards.
• Lead, motivate, and hold your team accountable for high performance.
• Manage plant expenses while balancing productivity with cost control.
• Build positive, collaborative relationships across all levels of the organization
• Maintain and enforce strict quality and food safety standards
• Address and resolve quality complaints quickly and effectively
• Keep accurate, timely production and operational records
• Develop preventative maintenance schedules and recommend equipment upgrades when needed
• Foster a strong health and safety culture through compliance and proactive practices
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to boost efficiency and reduce costs
• Partner with leadership and HR to address employee issues and support team well-being
• Manage plant expenses, balancing productivity with cost control
• Ensure plant cleanliness, tidiness, and overall workplace safety

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Team Motivation

Adaptability

Job description

Just 30 minutes from downtown Halifax, Sambro Fisheries/Tribune Seafood offers the best of both worlds, an established seafood operation set in a coastal community rich with tradition. Founded in 1987, the company has built a reputation as a trusted processor of sustainably sourced seafood, supplying retailers, distributors, restaurants, and fine dining establishments across North America and beyond. Working closely with independent fishers from the local community and throughout Atlantic Canada, Sambro Fisheries is committed to delivering quality and consistency to its customers.

Meridia is proud to partner with Sambro Fisheries in the search for a Plant Manager. This is a unique opportunity to take on a key leadership role with a respected seafood company, while enjoying working in a tight-knit coastal community just minutes from the city.

Role Description

As Plant Manager, you will take on a leadership role overseeing all aspects of Sambro Fisheries’ processing operations. This position combines hands-on support with strategic oversight, giving you the opportunity to lead a skilled team, drive efficiency, and ensure the highest standards of quality and safety. You will be a key player in keeping daily operations running smoothly while planning for long-term success.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Oversee plant performance, ensuring production and quality standards are consistently met
• Anticipate and troubleshoot issues that could impact production
• Lead, motivate, and hold your team accountable to high standards of performance
• Build positive, collaborative relationships across all levels of the organization
• Maintain and enforce strict quality and food safety standards
• Address and resolve quality complaints quickly and effectively
• Keep accurate, timely production and operational records
• Develop preventative maintenance schedules and recommend equipment upgrades when needed
• Foster a strong health and safety culture through compliance and proactive practices
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to boost efficiency and reduce costs
• Partner with leadership and HR to address employee issues and support team well-being
• Manage plant expenses, balancing productivity with cost control
• Ensure plant cleanliness, tidiness, and overall workplace safety

Your Qualifications

As an experienced operations leader, you bring a proven ability to manage people, processes, and performance in a fast-paced production environment. You understand how to balance day-to-day plant demands with long-term priorities, ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency remain at the forefront. With strong communication and leadership skills, you know how to motivate teams, solve problems, and drive results.

• Proven experience managing operations in a manufacturing or processing environment; experience in seafood or food processing is a strong asset
• Progressive supervisory or management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability to motivate, coach, and hold teams accountable for results
• An understanding of production workflows, quality assurance, and health and safety practices
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the organization and with external partners
• Adaptability to changing operational demands, with a hands-on approach when needed to support plant performance

As a key player in driving the company's success, your contributions will have a lasting impact on operations and future growth. You'll see the tangible results of your efforts every day, knowing the difference you're making at the facility. Sambro Fisheries offers a competitive salary package, performance-based bonus, comprehensive benefits, and a company vehicle.

To express interest in this opportunity please apply online. For more information contact Thomas Pugh, Partner, at 902-818-4506 and [e-mail] or Heather Simmons, Senior Recruitment Specialist at 902-424-1104 and [e-mail]. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.