Assistant Plant Manager: Multi‑Site Operations Leader

ORBIS Corporation; Urbana (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ORBIS Corporation is seeking an Assistant Plant Manager to lead multi-site production operations, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives are met while driving continuous improvement. This role reports to the Plant Manager and acts as their designee in their absence.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of relevant experience with 3–5 years in leadership, including direct reports, and a background in plastics manufacturing and welding/fabrication. Travel is expected.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of relevant work experience.
• 3–5 years of leadership experience, including salary direct reports.
• Experience in plastics manufacturing and welding/fabrication is a plus.
• Union leadership experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage operations across a multi-site campus.
• Lead day‑to‑day plant operations and ensure safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives.
• Drive OEE improvement initiatives and remove barriers to equipment performance and throughput.
• Monitor and improve Direct Labor Efficiency through workforce optimization.
• Lead daily production meetings, escalation processes, and action item follow-up.
• Ensure compliance with EH&S, environmental, customer, and quality requirements.
• Direct, coach, and develop supervisors and team leaders.
• Support union labor relations, investigations, contract administration, attendance management, and progressive discipline.
• Lead root cause analysis activities using structured problem‑solving methodologies.
• Assist with multi‑site collaboration and deployment of best practices across ORBIS facilities.
• Serve as acting Plant Manager when assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

ORBIS Corporation is seeking an Assistant Plant Manager to lead multi-site production operations, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives are met while driving continuous improvement. This role reports to the Plant Manager and acts as their designee in their absence.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of relevant experience with 3–5 years in leadership, including direct reports, and a background in plastics manufacturing and welding/fabrication. Travel is expected.