Plant Manager

Kelly Professional & Industrial; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Job summary

Kelly Professional & Industrial is seeking an experienced Plant Manager for a permanent, on-site role in Grand Forks. This hands-on leadership position reports to the Director of Operations and is designed to strengthen safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and scalability across a growing manufacturing site.

The successful candidate will lead Production, Purchasing, Scheduling, Inventory, Warehouse, and Quality, while developing managers and building a culture of accountability and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience
• Proven experience leading multi-department manufacturing teams and developing managers
• Engineering background or strong understanding of engineering and manufacturing processes
• Experience with ISO 9001 / Quality Management Systems
• Experience in complex engineered-to-order or custom fabrication environments (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for plant operations, including Production, Purchasing, Scheduling, Inventory, Warehouse, and Quality
• Lead and develop managers, supervisors, and employees while building a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement
• Ensure the plant meets safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives
• Transition responsibilities with the Director of Operations and implement operational improvements
• Build strong relationships across the organization and earn credibility with the workforce
• Identify bottlenecks, improve workflow and productivity, and strengthen manufacturing processes
• Ensure effective ISO 9001 / Quality Management System compliance and continuous improvement
• Use ERP/MRP systems, production data, and KPIs to improve visibility and decision-making
• Partner with Engineering to align designs, materials, processes with production requirements
• Promote a clean, organized, and safety-focused manufacturing environment
• Lead change thoughtfully with collaboration and communication to gain employee buy-in

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Change management

Data-driven decisions

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Position: Permanent | On-site, Monday - Friday

Salary range: $90,000 - $110,000 plus profit share

Our client is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to join a well-established manufacturing organization and take on a newly created leadership role. This position will work closely with the long-standing Director of Operations, who has successfully led the organization for many years and is looking to transition day-to-day responsibilities to a strong operational leader

The ideal candidate is an experienced Plant Manager and people leader with combine strong engineering judgement, extensive manufacturing-operations experience who can quickly build trust with the Director of Operations, department leaders, and experienced employees. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can build upon existing strengths by developing people, strengthening systems, improving visibility, and identifying opportunities that enhance safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and scalabili

Responsibilities

• ies:
  Provide overall leadership for plant operations, including Production, Purchasing, Scheduling, Inventory, Warehouse, and Qua
• lity.Lead and develop managers, supervisors, and employees while building a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improve
• ment.Ensure the plant consistently meets safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost object
• ives.Work closely with the Director of Operations to transition responsibilities and implement operational improvem
• ents.Build strong relationships across the organization and earn credibility with a seasoned workf
• orce.Identify bottlenecks, improve workflow and productivity, and strengthen manufacturing proce
• sses.Ensure effective ISO 9001 /Quality Management System compliance, maintenance, and continuous improve
• ment.Use ERP/MRP systems, production data, and KPIs to improve visibility and decision-ma
• king.Partner with Engineering to ensure designs, materials, processes, and production requirements are effectively integr
• ated.Promote a clean, organized, and safety-focused manufacturing environ
• ment.Lead change thoughtfully, using collaboration and communication to gain employee bu

Requirements

• ments:
  10+ years of progressive manufacturing experience, including significant Plant or Operations Management expe
• rience.Proven experience leading multi-department manufacturing teams and developing managers and super
• visors.Engineering background or strong understanding of engineering and manufacturing pro
• cesses.Demonstrated hands-on experience with ISO 9001 /Quality Management Systems expe
• rience.Experience in a complex, engineered-to-order, custom fabrication, or similar manufacturing environment is highly des
• irable.Strong understanding of production, scheduling, inventory, purchasing, quality, and shop-floor oper
• ations.Proven ability to improve productivity, quality, delivery, and operational effi
• ciency.Strong ERP/MRP and data-driven decision-making
• skills.A hands-on, approachable leader who can quickly establish trust and credi
• bility.Strong communication, relationship-building, problem-solving, and change-management
• skills.Ability to bring forward new ideas and improvements without creating unnecessary disruption or d

What Success Lo

oks LikeThe successful Plant Manager will become a trusted partner to the Director of Operations and the leadership team, develop strong relationships throughout the plant, and gradually assume greater operational responsibility. They will improve processes and accountability while preserving the organization's strengths and maintaining a safe, respectful, and collaborative work place.