Plant Manager – Growth, Safety & CI Leader

CPM; Blenheim; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

RPP (pension plan)

Job summary

CPM Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager for the Dorssers facility in Blenheim, Ontario.

You will lead all manufacturing activities for pellet mill dies, supervise diverse teams, and drive hands-on improvements while building a cohesive culture across maintenance, production, warehousing, and quality control. The role requires a strong background in metal machining, ERP/MRP systems, and continuous improvement, with a bias for action and collaboration with engineering and sales.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of planning and plant production management experience in a job shop environment.
• Significant experience with metal machining; understanding materials flow and purchasing in manufacturing.
• Experience using MRP/ERP systems; implementation experience is helpful.
• Technical manufacturing management training programs are helpful.
• Strong background in Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Corrective Action, Problem Solving and Waste Elimination/Process Improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in technical field.

Responsibilities

• Ensure plant operations comply with regulatory requirements; maintain a vigorous Safety Program.
• Develop plant objectives, priorities and operating plans with metrics; deploy to staff.
• Evaluate and improve plant operations including EHS, quality, productivity and profitability.
• Promote a culture of integrity, teamwork, customer focus, learning, innovation and accountability.
• Establish communication plans with sales, companion plants, and engineering for key initiatives.
• Participate in recruiting and onboarding; build relationships with local groups to support workforce.
• Assist in capital planning and grow the team to support 25% capacity growth.
• Oversee Production Engineering & Maintenance, Process Control, Quality Control, Purchasing & Inventory Control, Labor Relations.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in technical field

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

CPM Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager for the Dorssers facility in Blenheim, Ontario.

You will lead all manufacturing activities for pellet mill dies, supervise diverse teams, and drive hands-on improvements while building a cohesive culture across maintenance, production, warehousing, and quality control. The role requires a strong background in metal machining, ERP/MRP systems, and continuous improvement, with a bias for action and collaboration with engineering and sales.