Factory Manager

PBE Axell; Tazewell (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PBE Axell is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a customer-focused operation, driving safety, quality, and financial performance. You will set plant goals, coach teams, and ensure materials availability for manufacturing, while overseeing CNC shop operations, production floor, and shipping partnerships.

The role emphasizes KPI achievement in Safety, Quality, On-Time Delivery, Productivity, and Cost, with a focus on engaging leadership and accountability across the plant.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, or related field is required; Master preferred.
• 5–10 years of operational experience in a manufacturing plant manager role; engineering or electrical manufacturing backgrounds essential.

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration across functions to plan, resource, implement, and deliver products or projects on time with key teams such as engineering, test, production, shipping, buying/sourcing, services, off-site locations, and HR.
• Ensure achievement of KPIs related to safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, efficiency and cost.
• Identify areas of growth and implement action plans to drive efficiency.
• Build an engaged, high-performing culture focused on safety, quality, and growth.
• Be a leader of change to realign teams with business strategies and goals.
• Coach and develop team members to be cross-functional and motivated to grow within the company.
• Advocate for a zero-injury environment across all teams.
• Work with quality to strengthen customer satisfaction and support services when needed.
• Respond proactively to customer needs, including delivery requirements and special requests.
• Oversee facility maintenance and tooling to ensure a safe, productive environment.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Customer service

Budgeting

Inventory management

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety emphasis

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Jeeves

Jira

Job description

Position Summary:

The role of the Plant Manager is to serve as a customer service focused leader for both our employees and our customers. This leader will be responsible for driving safety, operational excellence and financial performance. In this role, you will establish clear goals and a vision for the future of the plant by setting your teams up for success, providing coaching and support, and working in collaboration with your teams to ensure that appropriate materials are readily available for product manufacturing. You will oversee the flow of parts inventory, our CNC machine shop operations, the production floor, and work in conjunction with shipping to establish best practices with a focus on efficiency and attention to detail.

You will ensure achievement of our KPIs in relation to Safety, Quality, On Time Delivery, Productivity/ Efficiency and Cost. Your role will include being a motivational leader, monitoring production on a day-to-day basis., driving team goal accomplishments in a positive light, celebrating positive benchmarks for your teams, and staying engaged with team members while upholding our company standards for accountability and excellence in our field.

Responsibilities:

• Work in collaboration, and partner across functions to plan, resource, implement, and deliver products or projects on time. Key teams you will be partnering with may include engineering, test, production, shipping, buying/sourcing, services, off site locations, and HR.


• Ensure achievement of our KPIs in relation to Safety, Quality, On Time Delivery, Productivity/ Efficiency and Cost.


• Identify areas of growth and implement action plans to drive efficiency


• Build an engaged, professional, and high-performing culture with a focus on safety, quality, and positive growth


• Be a leader of change to assist in realigning our teams with current business strategies and goals


• Coach and develop team members to be cross functional and motivated to grow within the company


• Be a pro-active advocate for a zero-injury environment across all teams


• Work in conjunction with quality to strengthen customer satisfaction and assist in supporting services when customer satisfaction identifies a need for support


• Respond proactively to customer needs, including delivery requirements, any adjustments to customer timelines, or special requests


• Oversee facility maintenance and tooling needs to ensure our facility and employees have a safe and productive environment to perform duties in


• Guide plant teams in material management, productivity, improvements, labor and overhead, and budgeting as required


• Own and manage your operational plan in alignment with overall business needs, forecasting, and goals.

Education/Work Experience:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, or in a related field required; Master preferred


• 5-10 years of operational experience in a manufacturing plant manager role - engineering or electrical manufacturing backgrounds essential

Physical Demands:

While performing duties, the employee may be required to sit for periods of time at a computer or desk, work with their hands to assemble, pack, or process boxes; stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel and crouch to process shipments. The employee must frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Capabilities/Skills:

• Demonstrated success leading manufacturing teams in technical and fast paced environments


• Customer service skills to apply to both staff and customers should include: customer focus, financial and operational accountability, relationship building and management, critical thinking, inventory management, problem solving, change management, conflict resolution, strategic thinking, time management, etc.


• Able to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods


• Computer skills should include extensive knowledge in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams. Experience utilizing Jeeves and Jira is a bonus.


• Ability to maintain and foster a safe, organized, positive work area


• Able to adapt to a fast-paced environment


• Able to motivate teams to shift to new timelines, projects, or workloads as necessary


• Attention to detail and ability to self-correct or correct team members as needed


• Ability to prioritize workflow


• Able to lift heavy loads up to 75 pounds on occasion


• Ability to learn, and stay up to date, with manufacturing best practices


• Ability to learn product line and processes


• Ability to take verbal and/or written instruction


• Ability to report to work for overtime during busy company cycles


• Ability to effectively utilize a pallet jack


• Ability to work with HR and teams in employment matters

Disclaimer:

• The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and scope of work performed by employees within this role. This description is not designed to contain or be interpreted to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications required for this role. This candidate is required to pass background checks and drug screenings, as well as successfully produce an “authorized to work for any employer” status via E-Verify