Plant Manager: Lead Concrete, Metals & Assembly Ops

Hearth Products Control Company; Miamisburg (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hearth Products Control Company in United States (OH) seeks a Plant Manager-Manufacturing Manager to lead Concrete, Metal Fabrication, and HPC Assembly operations. You’ll oversee production planning, scheduling, capacity, and labor management while driving continuous improvement and 5S practices across departments.

You will partner with Planning, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Customer Service to meet customer commitments and optimize productivity, safety, and quality metrics.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading supervisors and hourly manufacturing employees.
• Experience in fabrication, assembly, concrete/cast products, or mixed manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling, capacity planning, labor management, manufacturing flow, and constraint management.
• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, 5S, and standard work.
• Experience with ERP/MRP-driven manufacturing operations.
• Ability to read production drawings, BOMs, routings, and labor standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for Concrete, Metal Fabrication, and HPC Assembly operations.
• Directly lead, coach, and develop the supervisors responsible for each manufacturing area.
• Ensure daily and weekly production requirements are clearly communicated and executed.
• Translate the production schedule into clear departmental priorities and measurable daily targets.
• Monitor actual production against plan and require recovery plans when production falls behind.
• Maintain visibility to backlog, past-due orders, customer priorities, and production constraints.
• Ensure work moves efficiently between departments and work centers.
• Establish clear ownership and accountability for production results at the supervisor level.
• Escalate significant risks to the VP of Operations with recommended corrective actions.
• Partner with Production Planning to ensure schedules are realistic based on available labor, equipment, materials, and capacity.
• Review production requirements and capacity before significant customer commitments are made.
• Ensure supervisors understand daily, weekly, and longer-term production priorities.
• Identify schedule risks before customer commitments are missed.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing

Production scheduling

Capacity planning

Labor management

Lean manufacturing

5S

Quality assurance

Continuous improvement

ERP/MRP

Tools

ERP/MRP

Job description

The Hearth Products Control Company in United States (OH) seeks a Plant Manager-Manufacturing Manager to lead Concrete, Metal Fabrication, and HPC Assembly operations. You’ll oversee production planning, scheduling, capacity, and labor management while driving continuous improvement and 5S practices across departments.

You will partner with Planning, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Customer Service to meet customer commitments and optimize productivity, safety, and quality metrics.