Plant Manager – Industrial Manufacturing

Richfield, WI

Direct-hire fulltime onsite. 80-100k

About Us
Join a highly profitable,
40-year-old green-technology OEM with an absolute zero-layoff history. We
manufacture advanced industrial systems that cut pollution, delivering a
sub-one-year ROI and recession-proof stability. Operating a modern, immaculate
facility, we are seeking a 100% onsite leader for a role born purely out of
corporate expansion.

Who You Are
You are a veteran
operations executive who thrives on the shop floor, values organizational
loyalty, and avoids corporate politics. You possess:

• 
  8+ Years of Success:
  Proven track record as a Plant Manager or Operations
  Director in heavy industrial fabrication or manufacturing ecosystems.
• 
  Lean Architecture Mastery:
  A verifiable history
  of using VSM, Kaizen, and Root Cause Analysis to drive measurable
  efficiency and eliminate waste.
• 
  Technical Instincts:
  Deep familiarity with robust metal fabrication,
  welding workflows, and thermal/heat exchange processes.
• 
  End-to-End Fluency:
  Competence managing production scheduling, material
  purchasing, capital equipment evaluation (CapEx), and freight logistics.
• 
  Elite Presence:
  The communication skills needed to mentor teams and
  unite engineering, production, and corporate executives.

Requirements

• 
  Experience:
  8+ years as a Plant Manager or Operations Director in industrial
  manufacturing/OEM environments.
• 
  Technical Skills:
  Management of custom shop floors featuring metal
  fabrication, machining, and welding. Thermal or heat exchange background
  preferred.
• 
  Lean Expertise:
  Proven track record implementing Continuous
  Improvement tools (VSM, Kaizen, Root Cause Analysis) to optimize
  efficiency.
• 
  Operations:
  Competence handling production scheduling, purchasing, CapEx
  evaluations, and freight logistics.
• 
  Stability:
  Stable career history showing loyalty, averaging
  3+ years per employer
  with no job-hopping.
• 
  Location:
  Must live within
  45 minutes of Richfield,
  WI
  (100% onsite; no relocation).
• 
  Authorization:
  US Citizen or Green Card holder only.

Benefits

Compensation
Up to $100K base salary +
robust performance incentives & full benefits.