Plant Manager

ABOUT ENGINEERED PRODUCTS At Engineered Products, we design and manufacture high-performance material handling and storage solutions with a focus on quality, durability, and operational efficiency. We are a fast-paced, growth-oriented manufacturer where execution matters and where strong leaders have the opportunity to drive meaningful impact and advance their careers. POSITION SUMMARY Position: Plant Manager Reports to: President/COO Location: Easley, SC The Plant Manager leads daily operations across Engineered Products’ metal fabrication operation, with accountability for production, Operational Excellence (OpEx), maintenance, tooling, material flow, and shipping & receiving. This high-visibility role drives Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost performance across the full operating value stream. This is a hands-on, shop-floor leadership role. The successful candidate will recognize what “good” looks like in a high-mix fabrication environment, build capable leaders, ensure equipment and tooling readiness, improve flow, and establish a disciplined operating system that delivers reliable customer, workforce, and financial results. SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY Leads a multi-shift, single-site manufacturing operation with responsibility for production, maintenance, tooling, Operational Excellence, material flow, and shipping & receiving. Provides direct leadership to plant supervisors and functional leaders while partnering closely with Quality, Engineering, EH&S, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Finance, Sales, and Project Management. HOW SUCCESS IS DEFINED (ROLE EXPECTATIONS) Operates with an uncompromising Safety Quality Delivery Cost (SQDC) mindset—in that order. Spends 50%+ of time on the shop floor, developing people, confirming standards, and driving execution. Improves safety performance and closes corrective actions promptly and effectively. Improves first-pass yield while reducing scrap, rework, defects, and cost of poor quality. Delivers production schedule attainment, on-time delivery, labor productivity, and controlled operating expense. Improves equipment uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, tooling readiness, inventory accuracy, and material flow. Builds a capable leadership team, effective skills coverage, and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Delivers verified OpEx benefits that improve profitability, cash flow, asset utilization, and customer service. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Operational Leadership & Production Planning Lead all plant operations including fabrication, welding, powder coat, assembly, material flow, maintenance, tooling, and shipping & receiving. Own execution against the approved production schedule, aligning labor, equipment, tooling, materials, and capacity to customer and backlog priorities. Lead daily and weekly operating reviews covering schedule attainment, constraints, staffing, quality, maintenance, and shipment priorities. Coordinate with Sales, Project Management, Engineering, Purchasing, and Production Planning to resolve constraints and protect customer commitments. Ensure timely and accurate ERP transactions for labor, material movement, production completion, scrap, inventory, shipping, and job status. Monitor and actively manage throughput, labor efficiency, schedule attainment, backlog flow, equipment uptime, tooling readiness, inventory accuracy, and on-time shipment. Identify constraints across people, equipment, tooling, materials, information, and logistics, and drive timely corrective action. Operational Excellence & Lean Manufacturing Own the plant OpEx roadmap and serve as the site’s primary Lean leader, translating business priorities into measurable improvement plans. Lead tiered daily management, KPI reviews, visual controls, leader standard work, process confirmation, and structured problem-solving. Build and execute a prioritized pipeline of productivity, quality, cost, lead-time, capacity, equipment reliability, and chan…

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