CRH PLC

Plant Manager

CRH PLC$130K — $135K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years in a leadership role within industrial manufacturing
  • Experience with precast/concrete or building materials preferred
  • Proven continuous improvement leadership skills
  • Ability to operate tools on the plant floor for coaching
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications
  • Strong leadership and team management capabilities

Responsibilities

  • Ensure safety compliance for employees and visitors
  • Lead production scheduling for timely customer delivery
  • Focus on customer service and proactive team communication
  • Collaborate with engineering on manufacturing designs
  • Manage procurement of materials and services
  • Oversee hiring, training, and retention of staff
  • Maintain a clean, 'tour-ready' workplace

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and disability benefits
  • 401k retirement plan and employer contributions
  • Two weeks of vacation annually
  • Sick leave benefits up to 56 hours per year
  • 11 paid holidays and a community volunteer day
Full Job Description
Job ID: 518169

Exempt

Oldcastle Infrastructure™, a CRH company, is the leading provider of utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're more than just a manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, or plastic products. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more. With our network of more than 80 manufacturing facilities and more than 4,000 employees, we're leading the industry with innovation and a safety-first mindset.

Job Summary

The Plant Manager is the senior leader on site and is responsible for everything that goes on inside the fence-line and is the driver of the production process. We look to the Plant Manager to build a collaborative environment between operations, sales, engineering, accounting, and transportation. This dynamic leader will be pushing continuous improvement in workplace safety, production efficiency, product cost, and customer service.

Job Location

  • This role will be on site at our facility in Auburn, WA.


Job Responsibilities

  • Ensure the plant employees and guests on site comply with safety and environmental practices - lead by example and build a safety first culture
  • Lead production scheduling to meet customer needs including timely delivery
  • Develop a keen focus on customer service and proactive communication across the team
  • Partner with the engineering team to ensure proper drawings and designs are being used during the manufacturing process
  • Purchase material/services to successfully operate the facility
  • Successfully hire, supervise, orient, train and retain operations/product staff
  • Promote and maintain a clean workplace that is "tour-ready" at all times
  • Ability to read drawings, plan production tasks from those drawings, and coach employees to produce product correctly
  • Ability to operate some of the standard tools on the plant floor such as overhead cranes, hand tools, batch plant, etc. While the Plant Manager will not be asked to operate these things continuously, having some of these skills will make him/her a better coach and troubleshooter
  • Be a leader and coach leadership. Motivate crews during morning huddles. Lead effective Mid-Day meetings. Coach Leads on how to set expectations on a whiteboard and have them followed. Lead inventory counts. Promote safety best practices in meetings with other Plant Managers
  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the General Manager as deemed appropriate and necessary by them


Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of experience working in a leadership role in an industrial manufacturing environment
  • Experience with precast/concrete or building materials is a plus
  • Proven track record of developing, leading and maintaining a continuous improvement mindset at the plant
  • Ability to work on your feet for the majority of the day in a production/plant environment subject to areas that are unheated and/or non-air conditioned
  • Ability to work with computer as necessary (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AX)
  • Ability to lead and direct other individuals and work with other group leaders


Compensation

  • Yearly target salary is $130,000.00-135,000.00
  • Yearly target bonus of 15%
  • Vacation hours of two weeks per year
  • Sick leave benefits up to 56 hours per annum
  • 401k plan
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability benefits
  • Eleven paid holidays per year
  • Annual Community Volunteer paid day


What CRH Offers You

  • Highly competitive base pay
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
  • Group retirement savings program
  • Health and wellness programs
  • An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion


About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

If you're up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

EOE/Vet/Disability

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Date: Jan 2, 2026

About CRH PLC

CRH plc is a leading global building materials company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company operates in 31 countries with a primary focus on Europe and North America. CRH produces and supplies a range of integrated building materials, products and innovative solutions which are used in construction projects ranging from large, infrastructural projects to residential buildings. The company's product portfolio includes cement, aggregates, asphalt, readymixed concrete, roofing and other building materials. CRH is committed to sustainable development and has set ambitious targets to reduce its carbon footprint and improve its environmental performance. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange.
Learn more about CRH PLC
Size
77,446 employees
Market Cap
$29.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.1 billion
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$27.5 billion
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