Plant Manager

Fisher Barton; Loves Park (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fisher Barton in Loves Park, IL is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee daily plant operations from production to policy adherence. You will drive manufacturing process improvements and build a strong manufacturing organization focused on safety, quality, cost and delivery.

You will lead and coach high‑performance teams, manage cycles of planning, scheduling, and performance metrics, and partner with leadership to execute optimized production schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, operations management, manufacturing engineering or related field.
• Proven manufacturing operations experience; 10 years with 5 years at a managerial level.

Responsibilities

• Drive a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with safety procedures.
• Direct scheduling and flow for production and inventory control to optimize costs and labor.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiencies and reduce costs.
• Develop and maintain reports on production data, KPI, and performance metrics.
• Recommend capital purchases with justification for Expenditure Requests.
• Collaborate with local leadership to optimize production schedules for SIOP.
• Lead performance management for plant employees and provide coaching.
• Create an environment that attracts driven individuals and teams.
• Empower the team and hold them accountable for results.
• Make hiring, discipline, training, promotions, and transfers decisions aligning with core values.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Machining

Leadership

Operations management

Continuous improvement

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Epicor ERP

Job description

The Plant Manager will oversee all daily operations of the plant from production and manufacturing to ensuring policies and procedures are followed. Oversees and coordinates manufacturing operations to meet production needs.Responsible for manufacturing process improvement, development of the manufacturing organization, increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction/engagement, safety, quality, cost and delivery of product.Responsible for manufacturing process improvement, development of the manufacturing organization, increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction.

You will do this by:

• Driving a safety-first culture; continuously improves and ensures compliance with all safety procedures.
• Directly leading and overseeing the scheduling and flow for production and inventory control to ensure cost effectiveness, efficient labor utilization/performance and meets quality standards.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives to drive improved efficiencies, reduce costs and improve the work environment.
• Developing and maintaining reports on production data, metrics and KPIs which drive and measure operational performance, Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, Cost.
• Making sound recommendations on capital purchases including development of Capital Equipment Expenditure Requests and justifications.
• Partnering with the local leadership team to ensure the execution of the production schedules are optimized to the targeted completion dates, supporting Fisher Barton’s SIOP process
• Leading performance management for plant employees; identifying and addressing areas of needed coaching and guidance
• Creating an environment where driven individuals and teams want to join.
• Empowering his/her team (direct and indirect) to take risks while measuring their performance and holding them accountable for results.
• Making employment decisions (hiring, discipline, training, promotions, transfers) which support business operations and company core values.
• Ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.
• Performing additional duties as assigned

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities. Responsibilities and impact may crossover technical fields/functions.

You are the kind of person who is:

• An ambitious, strong leader with demonstrated skills in machining and managing high-performance teams
• Highly detail-oriented with strong verbal, written, and presentation skills (one-on-one and group settings)
• Able to work cross functionally at all levels of the organization
• Able to drive and successfully lead projects of significance across multiple departments
• Analytical and enjoys problem-solving
• Able to identify solutions for process improvement
• Flexible and can adapt to changing requirements, schedules, deadlines, and priorities

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in business administration, operations management, manufacturing engineering or related field.
• Ten Years manufacturing Operations with five years at a managerial level of responsibility
• Strong customer orientation. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills is a must
• Proven leadership skills in planning, manufacturing systems and processes and continuous improvement
• Past experience working with customers and vendors
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills is a must.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Management, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience using Epicor
• Machining experience is a must. Machine shop environment, milling, turning, grinding and heat treat is highly desirable.
• Lean or other Continuous Improvement experience
• ISO experience

Physical | Visual Demands:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with impairments to perform the essential functions.

• Occasionally required to sit and use hands to grip, handle, or feel.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
• Occasionally required lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Visual acuity to inspect products and machinery.
• Some travel to each business unit for training purposes
• Time will be spent sitting in front of a computer screen
• Spending 80% of your time on the production floor
• Manufacturing environment, loud noises.
• Machine Shop

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Location:

5200 Zenith Parkway | Loves Park | IL | 61111

Shift:

1 st Shift with flexibility based on business needs