The Plant Operations Leader at the Kingsford Burnside plant is responsible for leading manufacturing operations across the retort and briquetting areas and achieving performance targets in safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

This role serves as a technical and people leader, accountable for daily execution while driving process stability, technical capability, and continuous improvement within a process-intensive portion of the plant.

As a key operations leader, this role partners closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, and Quality to sustain gains, troubleshoot complex process issues, and embed a high-performance culture.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and coordinate manufacturing operations across retort and briquetting in a 24/7 operating environment, ensuring safety, quality, and production goals are met.

• Serve as a process expert for retort and briquetting; increasing stability, capability, and continuous improvement

• Ensure systems are in place to promote problem identification, root cause analysis, and appropriate countermeasures.

• Drive adherence to standard work, centerlines, and process controls, ensuring consistency in operations.

• Partner with Maintenance and Engineering to troubleshoot equipment reliability and optimize process performance.

• Utilize data, process trends, and performance metrics to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.

• Strengthen process capability through standardization, control strategies, and technical problem-solving.

• Support development and execution of CILs, centerlines, and abnormality management systems.

• Lead, coach, and develop production teams across multiple shifts, building accountability and engagement.

• Develop team capability in both technical process understanding and operational execution.

• Drive a culture of safety, ownership, and continuous improvement across all shifts.

• Promote a positive and inclusive culture aligned with Clorox values.

• Support capital projects and technical upgrades within retort and briquetting

• Leverage systems such as SAP/ERP, MES, and performance dashboards to support execution and decision-making.

What we look for:

• Degree and/or 2+ years of manufacturing leadership or technical experience

• Technical knowledge of process manufacturing systems
• Experience managing and leading teams across multiple shifts in a 24/7 manufacturing environment

• Leadership capability with a focus on coaching, training, and team development

• Experience in continuous improvement methodologies

• Demonstrated ability to lead in a 24/7 manufacturing environment

• SAP/MES experience preferred

• Adopts a servant leadership approach
• Degree in Engineering preferred

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Workplace type:
Onsite

[U.S.]Additional Information:

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates' unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.

-Zone A: $90,900 - $170,100

-Zone B: $83,400 - $155,900

-Zone C: $75,800 - $141,700

All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox's incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.

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