Senior Plant Technical Manager – Plastics/Injection Molding

Confidential; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 128,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential plastics-focused manufacturing organization in the Phoenix area seeks a Plant Technical Manager to lead maintenance, reliability, and capital projects. You’ll drive process improvements, mentor technical teams, and partner with Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain to enhance safety, quality, and productivity.

Ideal candidates have plastics packaging or injection molding experience, strong cross-functional leadership, and a hands-on engineering mindset to solve complex manufacturing

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive manufacturing experience with supervisory or management responsibility.
• Strong technical, engineering, maintenance, or manufacturing operations expertise.
• Experience leading technical and skilled-trades teams.
• Plastics packaging and/or injection molding experience is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or technical discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing maintenance, facilities, technical, and continuous improvement teams.
• Improving equipment reliability and manufacturing process performance.
• Providing technical leadership for troubleshooting, process optimization, and operational challenges.
• Leading capital and expense projects from planning through execution.
• Strengthening preventive and strategic maintenance programs.
• Driving continuous improvement and implementation of new technologies.
• Supporting plant quality initiatives through data-driven problem solving.
• Providing leadership for plant control and manufacturing information systems.
• Managing relationships with contractors, equipment manufacturers, and technical vendors.
• Partnering cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, HR, Finance, and other plant functions.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Equipment reliability

Process improvement

Manufacturing operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Confidential plastics-focused manufacturing organization in the Phoenix area seeks a Plant Technical Manager to lead maintenance, reliability, and capital projects. You’ll drive process improvements, mentor technical teams, and partner with Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain to enhance safety, quality, and productivity.

Ideal candidates have plastics packaging or injection molding experience, strong cross-functional leadership, and a hands-on engineering mindset to solve complex manufacturing