Plant Manager

Nox Metals

$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4 to 8 years of experience in factory or production team leadership
  • Strong intuition for identifying operational issues on the floor
  • Proficient in practical math including yields, cycle times, and margins
  • Deep knowledge of machines and the associated workforce
  • Demonstrates urgency, organization, and speed in operations
  • Possesses a low-ego, high-agency mentality
  • A strong customer focus with commitment to timely shipping

Responsibilities

  • Prioritize safety above all else every day
  • Take ownership of daily operations on the floor across all shifts
  • Effectively manage and lead technicians
  • Inspire teams with exceptional leadership qualities
  • Pursue high throughput and operational efficiency relentlessly
  • Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in production
  • Ensure all products meet quality standards on first shipment
  • Leverage data for decision-making while maintaining intuitive insights
  • Coordinate efforts across departments to optimize material and order flow
  • Act as a key liaison with the software engineering team, translating floor needs into actionable items

Benefits

  • Full-time position
  • In-person work arrangement in Detroit
  • Opportunity to lead and innovate in a manufacturing environment
  • High degree of autonomy in a dynamic role
  • Collaborative work with engineering teams to enhance production efficiency
Full Job Description
We are hiring a Plant Manager to run our Detroit factory floor and own safety, throughput, and quality across every shift.

You will:
  • Make safety the first priority every day, no exceptions
  • Run the floor. Own daily execution across all saws and shifts
  • Manage technicians very well
  • Be an amazing leader that can inspire
  • Be obsessed with throughput
  • Be obsessed with efficiency
  • Remove bottlenecks then find the next ones
  • Own quality. Every cut ships to spec the first time
  • Use data to make decisions without drowning in dashboards. Numbers guide, intuition decides
  • Work across every department to keep material, orders, and people flowing
  • Partner closely with our software engineering team. You are their eyes on the floor and they build what you need

You should be:
  • Experienced. 4 to 8 years running a factory floor or leading production teams
  • Strong on intuition. You can walk the floor and know what's wrong before the report says so
  • Sharp with practical math. Yields, cycle times, capacity, margins
  • Full of tribal knowledge about machines, metal, and the people who run both
  • Urgent, organized, and fast
  • Low ego, high agency. You handle big items alone and ask for help when you need it
  • Customer obsessed. The part ships on time or you know why
  • Never someone who says "that's not my job"

This role is full time, in person in Detroit.

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