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Plant Manager

United StatesUnited States·Auroramid
Manufacturing & ProductionPlant Manager
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$120,000-$160,000/Annually RK Company Overview As a second-generation, family-owned enterprise, RK Industries, LLC (RK) offers a diverse range of construction, manufacturing,

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Manufacturing & ProductionPlant Manager
$120,000-$160,000/Annually
RK Company Overview
As a second-generation, family-owned enterprise, RK Industries, LLC (RK) offers a diverse range of construction, manufacturing, advanced fabrication and building services. Led by Rick and Jon Kinning, RK represents seven distinct lines of business that work together to provide seamless project collaboration. Our exclusive building methodologies, accredited safety standards and professional execution allow us to turn our customers’ greatest concepts into reality. 
 
Position Summary
The Plant Manager position is a key leadership role that requires strategic and hands-on business involvement. He/she is responsible for building, coaching, developing, and leveraging the talents of a multidisciplinary team and their performance metrics.
 
Role Responsibilities
  • Transition a successful business into a high-performing lean manufacturing organization.
  • Utilize Lean Manufacturing concepts, tools, and techniques to deliver quantifiable and sustainable improvements.
  • Align operational activities that synchronize processes and a balanced scorecard, which measures financial, operational, and employee engagement goals.
  • Identify opportunities that will impact operational goals of improving safety, quality, delivery, production efficiency, job cost, and employee engagement.
  • Manage a multidisciplinary team, including responsibility for recruiting, developing, coaching, and managing performance, and establishing departmental procedures and practices.
  • Identify improvement opportunities in support areas, including the supply chain, to create financial synergies and enhance our service delivery to the customer.
  • Contribute to the development of plant budgets and is accountable to budgetary expectations.
  • Builds and fosters positive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external clients and vendors, turning them into advocates and partners.
  • Establish and sustain a culture of continuous improvement to identify and implement improvements in work methods, procedures, and operations that increase efficiency, profitability, quality, and safety.
  • Responsible for the effective management of personnel directly involved in manufacturing operations. This includes alignment, leadership, talent, engagement, and retention with the objective of building and maintaining a high-performing organization.
  • Responsible for the full scope of execution and continual advancement in processes, procedures, equipment, and execution strategies with the plant.
  • Coordinate closely with the vice president of manufacturing to provide detailed strategic and tactical input on methods of project manufacturing support and execution.
  • Directly involved in production hours estimating and providing constructability and risk analysis on project pursuits.
  • Responsible for conducting and implementing all manufacturing processes, including hazard analysis, safety procedures, etc.
Qualifications 
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Science Management, Business Administration, or similar 
  • 10+ years of relevant manufacturing management experience 
  • Minimum 5 years of Lean Manufacturing experience 
  • Six Sigma Black Belt certification is beneficial 
  • P&L experience 
  • Strong Leadership competencies with high interpersonal skills 
  • Excellent time management skills; Operates with a sense of urgency 
  • Strong lean manufacturing and change management skills 
  • Passionate about developing team members 
  • Adaptable and flexible to a changing environment 
  • A focus on accountability and results-oriented 
  • Desire for process excellence 
  • Strong financial and analytical skills 
  • Strategic and tactical; able to translate strategy into plans and execution 
  • Demonstrated operational leadership; hands -on management style; effective decision-maker 
 
Minimum Physical Requirements and Accountability 
  • Minimal travel is required 
  • Requires frequent sitting, standing, and walking 
  • Noise level can fluctuate from quiet to loud 
  • Hazards associated with the industry 
 
What Sets RK Industries Apart 
Safety: Our unmatched culture of safety is our foremost core value, guiding everything we do each day: Health, Safety, & Environmental  
 
Awards: Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry: Accreditations & Recognition  
 
Benefits: RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards  
 
Philanthropy: RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation  
 
Development: Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University  & RK Apprenticeship Program  
 
 
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Aurora, United States
On-site at the office
Who can apply
US

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Posted
August 28, 2026
First seen
September 26, 2026
Last seen
September 26, 2026

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