Plant Manager

Cabot Corporation; Michigan; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Cabot Corporation is seeking a seasoned Facility General Manager for its Midland, Michigan facility. You will lead safe production, drive Lean initiatives, and ensure cost-effective operations while meeting quality standards and customer expectations.

The role requires strong cross-functional leadership and accountability for budgets, people development, and regulatory compliance. As the site senior leader, you will champion continuous improvement, asset stewardship, and community relations,

Qualifications

• Lead the safe production of products meeting quality, quantity, reliability, and service targets.
• Demonstrate strong analytical judgment to manage diverse resources (budgets, people).
• Provide leadership for cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Direct cross-functional site activities across Manufacturing, Sales, SH&E, Finance, Quality, HR, and Community Affairs.
• Build a culture of continuous improvement to strengthen process capability and reduce variability.
• Ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing performance for standard products.
• Oversee capital budgeting and budget planning for the site to hit financial targets.
• Champion leadership development and workforce capability across the site.
• Lead community outreach and represent Cabot with regulators and partners.

Skills

Chemical manufacturing

Leadership

Budget management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

The Facility General Manager is the senior site leader with overall responsibility for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of the Midland manufacturing facility. This role provides overall leadership for the site, ensuring safe production, quality, financial performance, asset stewardship, people development, continuous improvement, and leading cross-functional alignment. Setting long-term overall direction required to ensure site capability and sustain operational excellence.

The Midland, MI facility, built in 1999, manufactures hydrophilic fumed silica used in applications such as adhesives and sealants, chemical mechanical planarization, coatings, printing, and packaging. As the leader of this strategically important site, the FGM is expected to build organizational capability, advance Lean Management principles, and represent the facility with employees, customers, regulators, and the surrounding community.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Lead the safe production of products that meet customer expectations for quality, quantity, reliability, and service
• Direct cross-functional site activities and ensure compliance with company and external requirements across Manufacturing, Sales, SH&E, Finance, Quality, HR, and Community Affairs.
• Build a culture of continuous improvement that strengthens process capability, improves reliability, reduces variability, and minimizes off-quality material.
• Ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing performance for standard recipe products.
• Ensure that the appropriate management of change process is followed
• Champion effective Human Resources processes and promote excellence in leadership, engagement, development, and workforce capability across the site.
• Establish local initiatives that improve utilization of plant assets
• Protect the long-term integrity, reliability, and fitness for purpose of all facility assets.
• Manage the capital budget effectively through disciplined use of the capital management system.
• Plan and control departmental budgets and expenditures to achieve financial targets established through formal planning processes.
• Lead community outreach through a facility plan that reflects Cabot’s commitment to being a responsible and trusted neighbor.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the Responsible Care® Management System in alignment with RC14001® technical specification requirements applicable to the site or region.
• Apply Performance Based Management by coaching and developing employees, direct reports, and matrixed team members while ensuring effective alignment with functional partners.

What You Will Bring To Cabot

• Bring deep knowledge of chemical manufacturing processes, safety procedures, continuous improvement methods, environmental requirements, and how a plant supports Cabot’s manufacturing objectives
• Demonstrate the ability to organize and manage diverse resources, including budgets, while applying strong analytical judgment to complex and dynamic operating situations.
• Provide strong leadership for cross-functional teams and represent the site effectively with external stakeholders, community partners, and government agencies as required.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor/University Degree, preferably in a technical discipline.
• 7+ years manufacturing experience, including prior people/budget management experience.

How We’ll Support Your Success

• Collaborative Operating Environment – Join a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where meaningful work is delivered through strong collaboration and shared accountability.
• Leadership Growth – Build your impact through training, peer coaching, leadership support, and opportunities to expand your influence and career progression.
• Purposeful Work – Contribute to solutions that help customers meet sustainability, quality, and performance expectations while creating visible business and community impact.
• Competitive Rewards – Receive a competitive benefits package beginning on the first day of employment, including access to Cabot benefits information.
• Open Feedback Culture – Participate in a culture committed to direct, constructive, and transparent feedback that supports performance and development.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001

Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect To Discussion of Pay

This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks

Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.