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Location: Richfield, WI | Schedule: Full-Time, 1st Shift, 100% on-site | Compensation: Up to $100,000 Base Salary + Elite Performance Incentive

Overview

An established, green-tech industrial capital equipment manufacturer with a decades-long record of stability is seeking a Plant Manager to lead operations at its Wisconsin facility. This newly created, direct-hire role offers a seasoned manufacturing leader full operational command over fabrication, supply chain, and Lean deployment in a stable, autonomy-driven environment.

What you'll do

• Oversee custom industrial fabrication, master scheduling, strategic procurement, inventory control, and outbound logistics to guarantee high delivery metrics
• Act as the primary Lean mentor on the shop floor, driving Continuous Improvement (CI), Kaizen initiatives, 5S cleanliness standards, and personal accountability
• Partner closely with production managers to diagnose assembly bottlenecks, refine resource allocation, and bridge communication between engineering and shop floor teams
• Analyze material yields, negotiate vendor freight programs, and implement root-cause waste reduction strategies to preserve operational margins
• Define and monitor plant KPIs, analyze throughput data, evaluate prospective CapEx equipment investments, and standardize best practices across departments

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of successful leadership as a Plant Manager or Operations Manager overseeing complex industrial fabrication, capital equipment, or heavy structural assembly operations
• Verifiable track record utilizing Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen events, and Root Cause Analysis to secure measurable efficiency and throughput gains
• Practical experience auditing raw material procurement, inventory management, shipping/receiving protocols, and logistical scheduling
• Sophisticated interpersonal skills required to align front-line labor teams with executive corporate strategy seamlessly
• A rock-solid career background demonstrating long-term organizational dedication and steady multi-year tenure with prior employers
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card) required; must reside within a comfortable daily commuting distance of the Wisconsin manufacturing facility

Preferred qualifications

• 3+ year tenures with prior employers preferred
• Direct experience driving master production scheduling and material inventory workflows within enterprise ERP environments (e.g., SAP, Infor, Epicor, JobBOSS)
• Practical familiarity with structural steel welding, CNC machining cells, fluid power assemblies, and large-scale mechanical integration
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or formal Lean Enterprise certifications

Compensation and benefits

• Starting base salary up to $100,000, scaling with operational leadership depth
• Elite performance-based incentive program
• Full corporate benefits

Why this role

This direct-hire seat offers a stable, zero-politics culture with true operational autonomy, backed by a facility with a 40-year record of zero layoffs and a recession-proof project backlog.