Plant Manager

RK Mechanical, Inc.; Aurora, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety culture

Industry awards

Benefits

Philanthropy

Development programs

Job summary

RK Industries, a second-generation family-owned enterprise, seeks a Plant Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team and drive lean manufacturing excellence in Aurora, CO. You will oversee budgeting, safety, quality, and delivery while partnering with leadership to align strategy with operations.

A strong track record in lean, change management, and team development is essential. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, process discipline, and collaboration with clients and vendors to improve

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction science management, business, or similar.
• 10+ years of relevant manufacturing management experience.
• Minimum 5 years of Lean Manufacturing experience.
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification is beneficial.
• P&L experience.
• Strong leadership with high interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management; operates with urgency.
• Strong lean manufacturing and change management skills.
• Desire for process excellence and accountability.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Strategic and tactical; translates strategy into plans and execution.
• Hands-on management style with effective decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Transition the business into a high-performing lean manufacturing organization.
• Utilize Lean concepts, tools, and techniques to deliver improvements.
• Align operations with a balanced scorecard for financial, operational, and engagement goals.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency.
• Manage a multidisciplinary team including recruiting, coaching, and performance management.
• Identify improvement opportunities in supply chain to enhance service delivery.
• Contribute to development of plant budgets and meet financial targets.
• Build collaborative relationships with clients and vendors.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in methods and operations.
• Oversee personnel involved in manufacturing operations and leadership development.
• Coordinate with VP of manufacturing on project support and execution methods.
• Provide input on project pursuits, constructability, and risk analysis.
• Ensure manufacturing processes and safety procedures are followed.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

P&L management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Change management

Budgeting

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction/Business

Job description

RK Company Overview

As a second-generation, family-owned enterprise, RK Industries, LLC (RK) offers a diverse range of construction, manufacturing, advanced fabrication and building services. Led by Rick and Jon Kinning, RK represents seven distinct lines of business that work together to provide seamless project collaboration. Our exclusive building methodologies, accredited safety standards and professional execution allow us to turn our customers’ greatest concepts into reality.

Position Summary

The Plant Manager position is a key leadership role that requires strategic and hands-on business involvement. He/she is responsible for building, coaching, developing, and leveraging the talents of a multidisciplinary team and their performance metrics.

Role Responsibilities

• Transition a successful business into a high-performing lean manufacturing organization.
• Utilize Lean Manufacturing concepts, tools, and techniques to deliver quantifiable and sustainable improvements.
• Align operational activities that synchronize processes and a balanced scorecard, which measures financial, operational, and employee engagement goals.
• Identify opportunities that will impact operational goals of improving safety, quality, delivery, production efficiency, job cost, and employee engagement.
• Manage a multidisciplinary team, including responsibility for recruiting, developing, coaching, and managing performance, and establishing departmental procedures and practices.
• Identify improvement opportunities in support areas, including the supply chain, to create financial synergies and enhance our service delivery to the customer.
• Contribute to the development of plant budgets and is accountable to budgetary expectations.
• Builds and fosters positive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external clients and vendors, turning them into advocates and partners.
• Establish and sustain a culture of continuous improvement to identify and implement improvements in work methods, procedures, and operations that increase efficiency, profitability, quality, and safety.
• Responsible for the effective management of personnel directly involved in manufacturing operations. This includes alignment, leadership, talent, engagement, and retention with the objective of building and maintaining a high-performing organization.
• Responsible for the full scope of execution and continual advancement in processes, procedures, equipment, and execution strategies with the plant.
• Coordinate closely with the vice president of manufacturing to provide detailed strategic and tactical input on methods of project manufacturing support and execution.
• Directly involved in production hours estimating and providing constructability and risk analysis on project pursuits.
• Responsible for conducting and implementing all manufacturing processes, including hazard analysis, safety procedures, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Science Management, Business Administration, or similar
• 10+ years of relevant manufacturing management experience
• Minimum 5 years of Lean Manufacturing experience
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification is beneficial
• P&L experience
• Strong Leadership competencies with high interpersonal skills
• Excellent time management skills; Operates with a sense of urgency
• Strong lean manufacturing and change management skills
• Passionate about developing team members
• Adaptable and flexible to a changing environment
• A focus on accountability and results-oriented
• Desire for process excellence
• Strong financial and analytical skills
• Strategic and tactical; able to translate strategy into plans and execution
• Demonstrated operational leadership; hands -on management style; effective decision-maker

Minimum Physical Requirements and Accountability

• Minimal travel is required
• Requires frequent sitting, standing, and walking
• Noise level can fluctuate from quiet to loud
• Hazards associated with the industry

What Sets RK Industries Apart

• Safety: Our unmatched culture of safety is our foremost core value, guiding everything we do each day: Health, Safety, & Environmental
• Awards: Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry: Accreditations & Recognition
• Benefits: RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards
• Philanthropy: RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation
• Development: Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.