Lean Plant Manager, Metal Fabrication & Operations

Engineered Products LLC; Easley (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Engineered Products LLC in Easley, SC is seeking a hands-on Plant Manager to lead daily metal fabrication operations, safety, quality, and cost performance across the site. You will drive OpEx, maintenance, tooling, and shipping & receiving while building capable leaders on the shop floor.

The role requires 7–10+ years of manufacturing leadership, Lean expertise, and experience with high‑mix, low‑volume environments.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• 5+ years leading multi‑department, multi‑shift plant operations.
• Experience in metal fabrication or heavy manufacturing; knowledge of fabrication, welding, powder coating, assembly, and material handling.
• Experience in engineered-to-order, high‑mix, low‑volume environments.
• Lean transformation ownership, maintenance and reliability, tooling, shipping & receiving, production planning, and workforce performance.
• Lean Manufacturing certification (Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent) required.
• Experience with ERP systems, job-cost and inventory transactions, and KPI management.
• Experience leading capital projects and equipment installations.
• Proven ability to build high-performing teams and manage budgets and cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead all plant operations including fabrication, welding, powder coat, assembly, material flow, maintenance, tooling, and shipping & receiving.
• Own production schedule execution, aligning labor, equipment, tooling, materials, and capacity to customer and backlog priorities.
• Lead daily and weekly operating reviews covering schedule attainment, constraints, staffing, quality, maintenance, and shipment priorities.
• Coordinate with Sales, Project Management, Engineering, Purchasing, and Production Planning to resolve constraints and protect customer commitments.
• Ensure timely ERP transactions for labor, material movement, production completion, scrap, inventory, shipping, and job status.
• Monitor throughput, labor efficiency, schedule attainment, backlog flow, equipment uptime, tooling readiness, inventory accuracy, and on-time shipment.
• Identify constraints across people, equipment, tooling, materials, information, and logistics, and drive timely corrective action.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership experience

Multi‑department leadership

Metal fabrication knowledge

Engineered-to-order / high‑mix

Lean transformation ownership

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

ERP, job-cost & inventory

Capital projects & installations

Team building & budgets

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field

Job description

Engineered Products LLC in Easley, SC is seeking a hands-on Plant Manager to lead daily metal fabrication operations, safety, quality, and cost performance across the site. You will drive OpEx, maintenance, tooling, and shipping & receiving while building capable leaders on the shop floor.

The role requires 7–10+ years of manufacturing leadership, Lean expertise, and experience with high‑mix, low‑volume environments.