Plant Manager

Oldcastle-Infrastructure; Redding (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly bonus

401(k)

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Disability insurance

Job summary

Oldcastle Infrastructure is seeking a seasoned Plant Manager to lead our California operations in Redding. The role centers on optimizing safety, production efficiency, and customer service while coordinating across operations, sales, engineering, and finance.

You'll drive continuous improvement, manage staffing, scheduling, and asset utilization, and ensure safe, on-time delivery of precast concrete and related infrastructure products. On-site leadership required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree expected or equivalent experience in operations or manufacturing.
• Demonstrated leadership in an industrial plant setting.
• Experience improving safety and production efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead site safety and environmental compliance, championing a safety-first culture.
• Direct production scheduling to meet customer delivery needs.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure correct drawings and manufacturing methods.
• Hire, supervise, train, and retain plant staff.
• Promote a clean, tour-ready workplace and maintain performance metrics.

Skills

Leadership experience

Industrial manufacturing

Precast/concrete knowledge

Continuous improvement mindset

Computer literacy (Excel/PowerPoint/AX

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

AX ERP

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Job description

Career Opportunities: Plant Manager (529242)

Requisition ID529242-Posted09/25/2026-Infrastructure Products Group-Oldcastle Infrastructure-Full Time-Operations, Field and Plant Mgmt-United States-California

Oldcastle, a CRH company, is reinventing what's possible in building solutions. We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers, and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products. Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.

The Plant Manager is the senior leader on site and is responsible for everything that goes on inside the fence-line and is the driver of the production process. We look to the Plant Manager to build a collaborative environment between operations, sales, engineering, accounting, and transportation. This dynamic leader will be pushing continuous improvement in workplace safety, production efficiency, product cost, and customer service.

Job Location

• This role will be on site at our facility in Redding, CA.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure the plant employees and guests on site comply with safety and environmental practices – lead by example and build a safety first culture
• Lead production scheduling to meet customer needs including timely delivery
• Develop a keen focus on customer service and proactive communication across the team
• Partner with the engineering team to ensure proper drawings and designs are being used during the manufacturing process
• Purchase material/services to successfully operate the facility
• Successfully hire, supervise, orient, train and retain operations/product staff
• Promote and maintain a clean workplace that is “tour-ready” at all times
• Ability to read drawings, plan production tasks from those drawings, and coach employees to produce product correctly
• Ability to operate some of the standard tools on the plant floor such as overhead cranes, hand tools, batch plant, etc. While the Plant Manager will not be asked to operate these things continuously, having some of these skills will make him/her a better coach and troubleshooter
• Be a leader and coach leadership. Motivate crews during morning huddles. Lead effective Mid-Day meetings. Coach Leads on how to set expectations on a whiteboard and have them followed. Lead inventory counts. Promote safety best practices in meetings with other Plant Managers
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the General Manager as deemed appropriate and necessary by them

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Engineering or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience working in a leadership role in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience with precast/concrete or building materials is a plus
• Proven track record of developing, leading and maintaining a continuous improvement mindset at the plant
• Ability to work on your feet for the majority of the day in a production/plant environment subject to areas that are unheated and/or non-air conditioned
• Ability to work with computer as necessary (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AX)
• Ability to lead and direct other individuals and work with other group leaders

Compensation

• Yearly target salary is $120,000.00-130,000.00
• Yearly bonus eligible
• 401(k) plan/ group retirement savings program
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• Aninclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, is an Aff

EOE/Vet/Disability

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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