Plant Manager

Egreenservices; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 67,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Innovation Lab in Topeka, KS is seeking a Plant Manager to lead critical operations and decisions between Predictive Maintenance and Hydraulics teams. You will guide renewal terms with internship clients, and streamline workflows once driven by email, turning insights into tested actions.

The role demands clear communication, strong judgment, and a track record in plant management. Expect a fast-paced environment with tangible impact and a path toward leadership.

Qualifications

• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings.
• Strong judgment to distinguish urgent issues from routine tasks.
• Analytical thinking to translate data into actions.
• Ability to work across maintenance, hydraulics and design teams.
• Proven track record delivering results as a Plant Manager.

Responsibilities

• Sit between Predictive Maintenance and Hydraulics teams as the person who makes the call.
• Walk an internship client through renewal terms that keep both sides whole.
• Stitch together HMI Configuration and CMM Operation workflows previously run by email.
• Make the renewal case before the internship client starts shopping around.
• Convert a design-led hunch into a tested hypothesis the board can weigh.

Skills

Communication

Judgment

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Plant management

Job description

The Plant Manager job in Topeka is simple to describe and hard to do: find the leak, size it, and tell us how to plug it. Where most business jobs cap your reach, this Social Innovation Lab one in Topeka pays $67,000 - $108,000 and widens it the longer you stay.

Key Responsibilities

• Sit between Predictive Maintenance and Hydraulics teams as the person who makes the call
• Walk an internship client through renewal terms that keep both sides whole
• Stitch together HMI Configuration and CMM Operation workflows that used to run on email
• Make the renewal case before the internship client starts shopping around
• Convert a design-led hunch into a tested hypothesis the board can weigh

What You'll Bring

• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• Comfort with a Social Innovation Lab pace that rarely sits still
• Proven track record delivering results as a Plant Manager
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten

Social Innovation Lab has quietly become one of the most performance-driven names in business, all from a modest office in Topeka, KS. Trust is the default setting at Social Innovation Lab; you have to actively spend it to lose it.

Earn a $67,000 - $108,000 base while a mentor accelerates your jump from manager to lead, with benefits and flexibility along for the ride.

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