We are looking for a Plant Manager. This position will be based at our Knightdale, NC location. As the Plant Manager, you will lead a growing manufacturing operation responsible for producing engineered electrical distribution equipment and outdoor-rated power distribution skid solutions. This role will guide a newly established site through continued ramp-up, workforce growth, production readiness, and long-term operational stability. You will help build the structure, culture, and accountability needed to deliver safe, high-quality products that support data center, electrification, and power infrastructure growth.
You'll make a difference by:
- Leading and managing daily plant operations across production, quality, customer service, engineering, procurement, and related support functions.
- Driving production ramp-up, capacity planning, throughput, and operational readiness to meet business metrics, customer commitments, and site growth objectives.
- Promoting a culture focused on safety, quality, cost, delivery, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborating with plant leadership and shop floor teams to establish structure, improve process flow, optimize production capacity, and support Lean manufacturing practices.
- Providing direction, development, and leadership to the management team while building a culture of ownership, proactive communication, and employee engagement.
- Establishing and managing key performance indicators, operating budgets, load planning, headcount planning, capital needs, and other operational cost controls.
- Partnering with Sales, Project Management, Global Procurement, Product Management, People & Organization, technical teams, suppliers, regional leadership, and external partners to support business alignment and manufacturing execution.
You'll win us over by having the following qualifications:
Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience with the following:
- Manufacturing operations leadership in a production environment.
- Leading shop floor operations, production teams, supervisors, and cross-functional manufacturing support teams.
- Driving safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, throughput, and operational performance metrics.
- Developing operational plans, budgets, resource plans, process improvements, and business-aligned manufacturing strategies.
- Leading teams through change, solving operational challenges, and improving accountability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience leading electrical products manufacturing, power distribution equipment, switchgear, transformers, outdoor-rated electrical equipment, or related engineered products.
- Experience supporting plant start-up, production ramp-up, facility expansion, new production line launch, or transition from launch phase to steady-state manufacturing.
- Proven Lean implementation, continuous improvement, digital transformation, and change management experience.
- Experience building, developing, and scaling manufacturing teams while strengthening leadership capability, culture, and accountability.
- Experience operating in environments with ambiguity, evolving processes, growing headcount, and a need to create structure while maintaining production urgency.
You'll Benefit FromSiemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $145,156 - $248,839 annually with a target incentive of 20% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
