Plant Manager

JENSEN INFRASTRUCTURE • Lancaster, CA

33d • $12,000 - $145,000

About The Position

Jensen Infrastructure is hiring a Drycast Plant Manager to lead manufacturing operations for precast concrete products, including oversight of production, yard operations, and shipping and receiving activities. In this role, you’ll be responsible for driving safe, efficient, and high-quality plant operations while leading and developing a strong production team.
You’ll serve as a key member of the plant leadership team, coordinating daily production activities, ensuring workforce readiness, and reinforcing a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for a hands-on manufacturing leader who thrives in environments where safety, quality, and execution are critical to success.
A highlight of your day-to-day will include:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, engineering, or a related discipline
• 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment with progressively increasing supervisory and management responsibility
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing production teams in a manufacturing setting
• Strong background in plant safety with the ability to identify, diagnose, and address operational and people-safety risks
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to lead high-performing teams
• Experience driving operational discipline, quality, and continuous improvement
• Exposure to lean manufacturing principles, ERP systems, and industry certifications (such as ACI or APICS CPIM) that support operational excellence, with the ability to obtain additional certifications as needed

Responsibilities

• Leading daily production activities, coordinating schedules and labor to meet customer demand while ensuring quality standards are consistently met
• Overseeing yard operations, including loading, receiving, and shipping of finished products
• Monitoring production performance to ensure work orders are executed safely, efficiently, and on schedule
• Training, developing, and motivating plant employees on manufacturing processes, equipment usage, safety expectations, quality standards, and productivity goals
• Ensuring employees operating equipment (cranes, forklifts, cutters, etc.) are properly trained and certified
• Partnering with Human Resources on recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and ongoing employee development
• Championing plant safety by ensuring compliance with safety programs, procedures, and best practices
• Partnering with the Corporate EHS Director to implement corporate safety initiatives and conduct safety meetings
• Leading lean manufacturing and continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve product quality

Benefits

• Jensen Infrastructure offers various competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, PTO, and 401k with a Company match.
• The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Jensen’s annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. Incentive awards will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees