Dairy Plant Operations Leader

MOHR Talent; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

MOHR Talent is seeking an Assistant Plant Manager for a high-volume dairy manufacturing facility in Allentown, PA. The role requires 5+ years in manufacturing and at least 2 years in leadership, with a strong focus on GMP, food safety, and cost control.

The position offers relocation assistance and a competitive base salary up to $140,000. You will oversee daily operations across dairy processing, production, quality, and maintenance while driving continuous improvement, budgeting, and KPI

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing experience.
• 2+ years of management experience.
• Strong GMP, sanitation, food safety, quality systems knowledge.
• Experience with plant KPIs, budgeting, cost control, labor planning, and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations across dairy processing, production, packaging, quality, maintenance, warehousing, shipping, safety, and sanitation.
• Help set production priorities to meet safety, quality, service, and cost goals.
• Review production, quality, maintenance, and operational reports to identify issues and drive corrective action.
• Support compliance with GMP, food safety, sanitation, FDA, customer, and government requirements.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to improve productivity, efficiency, quality, and plant performance.
• Track and improve KPIs around safety, quality, production, waste, labor, cost, and service.
• Support plant budgeting, expense control, capital projects, and month-end reporting.
• Help oversee audits, customer visits, regulatory requirements, and plant compliance activity.
• Lead, coach, and develop managers, supervisors, and plant staff.
• Partner with the Plant Manager to improve culture, accountability, communication, and execution.
• Drive safe working conditions and ensure compliance with company, state, and federal safety standards.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Management experience

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Cross-functional teamwork

GMP knowledge

Food safety

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

MOHR Talent is seeking an Assistant Plant Manager for a high-volume dairy manufacturing facility in Allentown, PA. The role requires 5+ years in manufacturing and at least 2 years in leadership, with a strong focus on GMP, food safety, and cost control.

The position offers relocation assistance and a competitive base salary up to $140,000. You will oversee daily operations across dairy processing, production, quality, and maintenance while driving continuous improvement, budgeting, and KPI