Plant Superintendent: Lead Operations & Lean Improvement

Jobot; Franklin (NH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Base Salary

Company paid health plan for employees

Very generous PTO

Small team, autonomy

Many more great perks!

Job summary

Jobot in Concord, New Hampshire is seeking a Plant Superintendent to lead the day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery. You will own production scheduling, develop staffing, and drive continuous improvement across the plant.

The role reports to the Plant Manager and offers significant influence over plant performance, with opportunities to shape workforce development and operational efficiency in a large global organization.

Qualifications

• Extensive plant leadership and supervisory experience.
• Experience in pulp & paper or heavy industrial manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of safety, production scheduling, quality, and cost control.
• Willingness to travel occasionally as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and direct the activities of manufacturing personnel across the plant.
• Own production scheduling and ensure manufacturing activities align with customer delivery requirements.
• Communicate production schedules, capacity, and current lead times with customer-facing teams.
• Help lead hiring, development, evaluation, and cross-training of direct labor employees.
• Partner with area managers to ensure employees are effectively trained, evaluated, and utilized.
• Drive plant performance around safety, quality, productivity, cost, and on-time delivery.
• Maintain responsibility for overall quality and cost performance of serviced/manufactured rolls.
• Ensure products and processes meet applicable SPI and industry standards.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives, including LEAN, RCFA, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), ISO, and related methodologies.
• Oversee assigned capital projects and plant improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with the Plant Manager to identify operational issues, establish priorities, and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with other company manufacturing facilities to improve plant efficiency and share operational best practices.
• Occasionally travel to customer sites and other company facilities as business needs require.

Skills

Leadership

Production scheduling

Quality control

Cost control

LEAN/CI

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Jobot in Concord, New Hampshire is seeking a Plant Superintendent to lead the day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery. You will own production scheduling, develop staffing, and drive continuous improvement across the plant.

The role reports to the Plant Manager and offers significant influence over plant performance, with opportunities to shape workforce development and operational efficiency in a large global organization.