Plant Manager

Overview

Plant Manager

Location: Twin Falls, Idaho Department: Operations

About Lippert

Lippert is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of engineered products and customized solutions supporting the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle, and building products industries. Our culture is built around the belief that Everyone Matters, fostering an environment where team members are valued, developed, and empowered to succeed.

Position Summary

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and daily operations of a manufacturing facility generating approximately $12 million in annual sales and employing approximately 20 team members. This role ensures safe, efficient, and profitable production while maintaining a positive workplace culture and driving continuous improvement.

The Plant Manager provides leadership for all manufacturing operations from raw material processing through final product delivery. The position is accountable for safety, quality, customer satisfaction, operational performance, financial results, team member development, and achievement of key business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

- Lead and manage all day-to-day manufacturing operations.

- Ensure production activities are executed according to established processes, schedules, quality standards, and customer requirements.

- Coordinate workflow across all manufacturing processes including material staging, fabrication, welding, assembly, finishing, quality inspection, and shipment preparation.

- Remove operational barriers and resolve production issues to maintain efficiency and delivery performance.

- Monitor daily production activities, labor utilization, downtime, and operational effectiveness.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

- Promote and maintain a culture where safety is a core value.

- Ensure compliance with company policies, safety regulations, and quality management systems.

- Conduct routine audits and observations to verify adherence to safety, quality, equipment, and training standards.

- Maintain focus on first-pass quality and reduction of scrap, rework, and defects.

- Support quality audits, corrective actions, and continuous compliance initiatives.

Financial & KPI Management

- Manage plant operations to achieve revenue, profitability, and cost objectives.

- Maintain accountability for plant-level profit and loss performance.

- Monitor labor efficiency, material utilization, overtime, inventory accuracy, and operating expenses.

- Establish, track, and improve key performance indicators (KPIs), including:

Safety

- Quality

- Productivity and throughput

- Labor efficiency

- On-time delivery

- Inventory accuracy

- Customer satisfaction

- Lead problem-solving efforts and corrective actions when performance goals are not achieved.

Continuous Improvement

- Champion Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Identify opportunities to eliminate waste, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance quality.

- Utilize root-cause analysis and data-driven decision making to improve operational performance.

- Lead facility-wide process standardization and productivity improvement efforts.

Team Leadership & Development

- Develop, coach, and mentor leaders and team members.

- Foster an environment built on accountability, teamwork, mutual respect, and continuous learning.

- Conduct regular communication meetings to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and expectations.

- Support hiring, workforce planning, performance management, succession planning, and retention efforts.

- Maintain training programs and support ongoing development of team members and leaders.

- Partner with Human Resources to address team member relations, development, and organizational needs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Finance, Human Resources, Safety, and Sales teams to support business objectives.

- Provide operational input on capacity planning, process improvements, product launches, engineering changes, and customer requirements.

- Participate in strategic planning, cost reduction initiatives, and operational improvement projects.

Qualifications

Education

- Associate's degree or higher in Business, Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field preferred.

- Equivalent manufacturing leadership experience will be considered.

Experience

- 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.

- Experience in fabrication, welding, metal processing, assembly, or industrial manufacturing environments preferred.

- Experience managing operational performance, labor productivity, budgets, and financial results.

- Proven leadership experience developing teams in a manufacturing environment.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and production flow.

- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.

- Ability to analyze operational and financial data and drive corrective actions.

- Strong leadership, coaching, communication, and organizational skills.

- Effective problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

- Experience with workforce planning, staffing, and team development.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems, including D365 preferred.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured by:

- Safety performance

- Profitability and P&L results

- Quality performance

- Labor efficiency and productivity

- On-time delivery

- Inventory accuracy

- Continuous improvement achievements

- Team member engagement and retention

- Customer satisfaction

- Development of future leaders

Leadership Characteristics

The successful candidate will be:

- A visible and engaged leader on the production floor.

- Results-oriented, accountable, and customer-focused.

- Data-driven and financially minded.

- Passionate about safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

- Skilled at developing people and building high-performing teams.

- A collaborative leader who drives operational excellence while maintaining Lippert's culture and values.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications: List any other specific eligibility qualifications.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Pay Group : AAP/EEO Statement

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters. All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member. Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members. Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership. Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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