Plant Manager - Lebanon

Timken; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Timken is seeking a Plant Manager in Lebanon, NH to lead all daily operations, drive lean improvements, and align site activities with the broader business strategy. The role focuses on customer service, quality, safety, costs, and production output, while developing talent and ensuring regulatory and corporate compliance.

The ideal candidate will have extensive manufacturing leadership experience, strong communication, and a track record of implementing process improvements in a complex plant

Qualifications

• Experience leading a manufacturing operations group.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills across an organization.
• Experience developing associates within a plant.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred for senior leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations to meet business plan and KPIs (customer service, quality, safety, cost, inventory, production).
• Drive lean manufacturing improvements and adopt best practices from Timken and other facilities.
• Align plant strategy with overall business needs and collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing Advancement.
• Develop training programs to enhance skills and capabilities of plant associates.
• Ensure compliance with government regulations and Timken policies and core values.
• Represent Timken in the local community and with local organizations.

Skills

Manufacturing facility experience

Manufacturing operations leadership

Developing associates

Communication skills

Business/Manufacturing strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field

Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field

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Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03766

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Purpose:

The Plant Manager is responsible for leading and directing all activities of the Lebanon Plant. Specifically, the Plant Manager is expected to manage all day-to-day operations to achieve business plan, drive improvements throughout the plant utilizing lean manufacturing principles, align the plant's strategy and activitieswith the overall business needs, train and develop associates, ensure compliance with all government regulations and Timken policies and act as the representative of The Timken Company in the local community.

Responsibilities:

Manage all day-to-day operations of the plant to meet the Business Plan Objectives and Key Performance Indicators related to Customer Service, Quality, Safety, Environmental, Cost, Inventory and Production Output.

Drive improvements in all phases of the operations (i.e. production, scheduling, inventory, quality, HR, safety,costs, etc.) by aggressively implementing lean manufacturing principles and by benchmarking and implementingbest practices from other Timken and non-Timken facilities.

Ensure the plants mission, strategy and short-term activities are aligned with the overall needs of the business bydeveloping strong working relationships and joint business processes with key functional groups (i.e. Sales,Marketing, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing Advancement, etc.).

Improve the skills, knowledge and capabilities of all associates in the plant by ensuring that appropriate trainingand development programs are established and implemented.

Ensure all plant processes and associates comply with all applicable Government regulations (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley, environmental reporting, etc.) and Timken policies and core values.

Act as the primary representative of The Timken Company in the local community. As appropriate, becomeactive with local organizations (e.g. Chamber of Commerce, etc.), represent Timken to local governmentorganizations and act as point of first contact for local media outlets.

Technical/Functional Skills:

Experience in a manufacturing facility

Experience leading a manufacturing operations group

Developing associates of all levels within a plant

Strong Communication skills (verbal, written) up, down and across an organization

Business and/or Manufacturing strategy experience

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field with 15+ years’ experience inmanufacturing

Master’s degree in engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field with 12+ years’ experience inmanufacturing

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.
We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

• Over a century of knowledge and innovation
  
• A culture of top performance
  
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
  
• A conviction to improve communities around us
  
• Competitive salary and benefits
  

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