Plant Manager

Valmont Group; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmont Group is seeking a Plant Manager to lead the Elkhart plant's end-to-end operations, driving safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. You will supervise manufacturing, materials, scheduling, and shipping while championing continuous improvement and cost controls to optimize profitability.

The role requires strong leadership, budget discipline, and cross-functional collaboration with sales, engineering, and operations to meet customer and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of progressive management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Extensive experience with budget and cost management.
• Working knowledge of all areas of production from material procurement to shipment.
• Ability to travel up to 10%, including overnights.

Responsibilities

• Staff administrative, supervisory and hourly roles with qualified personnel.
• Drive team engagement through coaching and feedback.
• Foster open communication across teams.
• Develop leaders through training and development opportunities.
• Enforce policies in partnership with HR and leadership.
• Lead continuous improvement culture to meet SQDC targets.

Skills

Manufacturing management

Budget management

Production planning

MS Office

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Associates degree

Master's Degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

3403 Charlotte Ave Elkhart Indiana 46517-1150

Why Valmont

We're Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position:

The Plant Manager is accountable for end-to-end operations of the Elkhart plant and for achieving Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) objectives. The incumbent provides leadership, direction, planning, and control across manufacturing, materials/purchasing, production scheduling, and shipping to ensure products are produced safely, meet customer and regulatory requirements, and are delivered complete and on time. This role drives continuous improvement and operational excellence, develops and coaches leaders, and manages budgets and cost controls to optimize productivity, quality performance, and overall plant profitability.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure that all administrative, supervisory and hourly positions are staffed with the best qualified personnel available.
• Drive team engagement through regular coaching, feedback and involvement in day-to-day operations.
• Foster an environment of open communication.
• Maintain required professional competencies; assess staffing levels and capability; and develop direct reports through training and development opportunities.
• Empower all employees to seek and recommend work methods, tools and procedures to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost functions.
• Develop, coach, and hold leaders and teams accountable through clear expectations, training, and performance management.
• Enforce company policies and procedures in partnership with HR, the Site Controller and operational leadership.
• Lead and sustain a continuous improvement culture across all departments.
• Own site performance to Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) targets by setting expectations, reviewing results, and driving corrective actions with the Production and Materials team, including: Safety: OSHA recordable incident rate (TRIR) and VSI leading indicators Quality: CoPQ: Internal (scrap and rework) and External (customer defects/complaints) Delivery: SCOT (Ship Complete On Time) Cost: labor and overhead (burden) performance vs. budget/standard Cost: operating profit / plant financial performance Cost/Working Capital: inventory turns and inventory accuracy Cost: manufacturing expense per earned hour / pcs (TME)
• Ensure equipment, processes, and behaviors comply with safety requirements.
• Maintain product quality standards and lead ongoing continuous improvement efforts related to quality.
• Ensure that production and shipment of product meets or exceeds the conformance and delivery expectations of product users and customers.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across sales/marketing, engineering, manufacturing, production control, and off-site operations to achieve SQDC commitments.
• Review daily/weekly SQDC performance and implement countermeasures to protect on-time shipment and cost targets.
• Communicate plant priorities, performance, and changes to hourly and salaried employees.
• Manage inventory to support SCOT while minimizing working capital and obsolescence.
• Oversee preventative maintenance systems in an effort to maintain and protect physical corporate assets.
• Ensure strong systems are in place and functioning to drive asset reliability.
• Lead site-level control activities by communicating expectations and ensuring alignment through a strong partnership with the site Controller.
• Recommend improvements to controls, monitor compliance, and provide accountability to senior management.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Preferred Bachelors with 7+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 9+ years relevant experience or 11+ years of relevant experience
• Seven or more years of progressive management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Extensive experience with budget and cost management
• Working knowledge of all areas of production from material procurement, transformation, through to shipment
• Experience using MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Ability to travel up to 10%, including overnights

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• B.S. in Manufacturing, Business, Technology, or related field is preferred
• Master's Degree
• Prior experience as a Plant Manager of a manufacturing