Plant Manager

The Hammitt Group; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hammitt Group seeks a Plant Manager for our Fort Worth, TX facility to lead a growing manufacturing operation in a dynamic environment. You will build the operational structure, stabilize processes, and scale performance as systems evolve.

Responsibilities include safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people leadership across machining, welding, fabrication, assembly, and sustainment, while driving supply chain and engineering enhancements.

Qualifications

• Builder mindset to create and operate systems
• Comfort with ambiguity and non-standardized environments
• Ability to think across manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain
• Lean, practical decision-making in dynamic settings
• Direct, accountable leadership style with trust-building
• Experience in supplier management and procurement

Responsibilities

• Lead plant performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people (SQDCP)
• Oversee machining, welding, fabrication, assembly, and sustainment operations
• Own supply chain performance including suppliers, cost, inventory, and risk
• Lead manufacturing engineering: process design, tooling, work instructions, NPI, CI
• Drive production planning, capacity management, and operational flow
• Oversee workforce planning, capability development, and plant scaling
• Optimize facility layout, material flow, and equipment strategy
• Support make-vs-buy decisions and supplier development

Skills

Builder mindset

Ambiguity tolerance

Systems thinking

Lean manufacturing

Leadership

Supplier management

Tools

ERP/MRP

Job description

Plant Manager – Manufacturing (Fort Worth, TX)

Role Overview

We are seeking a Plant Manager to lead a manufacturing operation in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.

This is not a traditional steady-state role. You will be responsible for building structure, stabilizing operations, and scaling performance across a facility where systems and processes are still evolving.

Success requires comfort working in environments where priorities shift, work is not fully standardized, and solutions often need to be created—not followed.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overall plant performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People (SQDCP)
• Manage manufacturing operations including machining, welding, fabrication, assembly, and sustainment
• Own supply chain performance: suppliers, cost, inventory, and risk management
• Lead manufacturing engineering: process design, tooling, work instructions, NPI, and CI
• Drive production planning, capacity management, and operational flow
• Oversee workforce planning, capability development, and plant scaling
• Optimize facility layout, material flow, and equipment strategy
• Support make-vs-buy decisions and supplier development

What Success Looks Like

• Building operational structure where none exists
• Creating predictable execution in a changing environment
• Scaling throughput, efficiency, and capability
• Developing a strong, accountable, high-performing team

What We're Looking For

• Builder + Operator mindset (can create systems and then run them)
• Comfort working in ambiguity and non-standardized environments
• Strong systems thinking across manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain
• Resourceful operator in lean environments with practical decision-making
• Direct, clear leadership style that drives accountability and trust
• Growth-oriented leader with potential for broader enterprise leadership

Experience Required

• 10+ years in manufacturing / operations leadership
• Multi-disciplinary leadership (Production, Supply Chain, Engineering)
• Experience scaling or standing up operations or facilities
• Machining, welding, fabrication, and assembly experience
• Lean manufacturing / continuous improvement background
• ERP/MRP system experience
• Strong supplier and procurement management experience

Preferred Experience

• Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, or Industrial OEM environments