Plant Manager - Lean Leader for Rubber Operations

Aerofoam USA; South Carolina; Sur place; USD 110 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacation and holidays

Retirement plan

Résumé du poste

Aerofoam USA, Abbeville, SC, is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead our NBR rubber manufacturing operations. You will translate strategy into daily execution, build capable leaders, and foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across all shifts.

The role requires hands-on leadership, floor presence, and the ability to drive Lean initiatives, coordination with Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering, and strong cost management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years experience leading manufacturing operations.
• Experience with rubber, polymer, foam, plastics, or related process manufacturing; NBR experience preferred.
• Experience leading Lean methods, root-cause analysis, standard work, and structured problem-solving.
• Strong communication, coaching, planning, decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsabilités

• Lead manufacturing operations to meet safety, quality, production, and cost objectives.
• Maintain floor presence and engage employees in problem identification and process improvement.
• Oversee material preparation, mixing, kneading, milling, extrusion, curing/foaming as applicable.
• Establish production plans, staffing priorities, standard work, and visual management.
• Drive safety improvements, quality, maintenance, and cost reduction through Lean initiatives.

Connaissances

Leadership & People Development

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Outils

ERP systems

Description du poste

Aerofoam USA, Abbeville, SC, is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead our NBR rubber manufacturing operations. You will translate strategy into daily execution, build capable leaders, and foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across all shifts.

The role requires hands-on leadership, floor presence, and the ability to drive Lean initiatives, coordination with Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering, and strong cost management.