Plant Manager

Pen Manufacturing; Anaheim (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Pen Manufacturing in Southern California seeks a Plant Manager to lead a fast-paced metal fabrication operation. You will walk the floor, coach supervisors, remove bottlenecks, and drive safety, production, quality, scheduling and labor utilization to daily results.

The role demands a data-driven, highly organized leader who stays calm under pressure and relentlessly executes. You will partner with the President to build a disciplined manufacturing organization for a $100M+ multi-site platform.

Qualifications

• Experience in metal fabrication, sheet metal, machining and welding.
• Background in aerospace and defense manufacturing.
• Experience with high‑mix/low‑volume job shops.
• ERP/MRP systems and production scheduling experience.

Responsibilities

• Own safety, production, quality, scheduling and labor utilization.
• Improve on-time delivery and labor productivity.
• Coach supervisors; remove bottlenecks; walk the floor daily.
• Ensure ERP accuracy, inventory control and visibility of production.
• Drive continuous improvement and accountability across the shop.

Skills

Floor leadership

Data-driven

Highly organized

People development

Bilingual English/Spanish

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Production scheduling

Lean Manufacturing

KPI scoreboards

Labor planning

Margin improvement

Inventory control

AS9100/ISO quality systems

Job description

About Pen Manufacturing

Pen Manufacturing is a prominent player in the sheet metal, machining and welding fabrication industry, renowned for delivering precision-engineered solutions. We are a fast growing and fast paced manufacturing company focused on Water Infrastructure, Roads/Bridges, Aerospace and many more industries. Plant Manager – Pen Manufacturing Build a Factory That Wins Every Day Pen Manufacturing is rebuilding one of Southern California's premier metal fabrication companies. We're not looking for someone to maintain the status quo. We're looking for the leader who walks the floor before sunrise, knows where every bottleneck is, and refuses to let yesterday's problems become tomorrow's excuses. You'll partner directly with our President to build a disciplined manufacturing organization capable of supporting a $100M+ multi-site platform. If you're happiest in conference rooms, this isn't your role. If you're happiest on the production floor coaching supervisors, solving problems, improving throughput, and making today's numbers before worrying about tomorrow's, keep reading.

What You'll Own

That Includes

• Safety
• Production
• Quality
• Scheduling
• Labor utilization
• Inventory accuracy
• On-time delivery
• Gross margin execution
• Continuous improvement
• Supervisor accountability

Success Looks Like

Within Your First Year You Will

• Improve on-time delivery.
• Increase labor productivity.
• Improve gross margins through better execution.
• Build a culture of accountability throughout the shop.
• Improve ERP accuracy and production visibility.
• Develop supervisors who own results instead of reporting excuses.
• Reduce overtime while improving throughput.
• Eliminate waste, bottlenecks, and unnecessary labor.
• Create a manufacturing operation customers trust.

The Person We're Looking For

You Are

• A builder, not a caretaker.
• Comfortable making difficult personnel decisions.
• Data-driven.
• Highly organized.
• Relentless about daily execution.
• Calm under pressure.
• Extremely visible on the shop floor.
• Fluent in English and Spanish (strongly preferred).
• Passionate about developing people while holding them accountable.

You Don't Believe

"We'll get to it next week."

You Believe

"Let's fix it today."

Experience

Strong preference for experience in:

• Metal fabrication
• Sheet metal
• Machining
• Welding
• Aerospace
• Defense
• High-mix / low-volume manufacturing
• Job shop environments

Experience With

• ERP/MRP systems
• Production scheduling
• Lean Manufacturing
• Daily management systems
• KPI scoreboards
• Labor planning
• Margin improvement
• Inventory control
• AS9100 and/or ISO quality systems

What You Won't Do

You won't spend your days sitting behind a desk reviewing reports.

You’ll Spend Your Days

• Walking the floor.
• Coaching supervisors.
• Removing bottlenecks.
• Talking with employees.
• Improving labor utilization.
• Solving customer delivery problems.
• Making today's production plan happen.

Why Join Us

We're building something much bigger than one factory. Pen Manufacturing is part of Industrial Succession, an acquisition platform focused on building a premier manufacturing group serving aerospace, defense, infrastructure, and industrial customers. Our goal is to build a $100M+ manufacturing platform, and we believe great factories are built by leaders who care deeply about people, numbers, and execution. If that sounds like you, we'd love to meet you.

Compensation

Base: $150,000- $300,000 (Based on experience) OTD: $150,000- $500,000