Plant Manager

RK Industries•Aurora, CO

About The Position

The Plant Manager plays a critical leadership role in transforming a successful business into a high-performing lean manufacturing organization. This strategic, hands-on position is responsible for developing a strong multidisciplinary team, driving continuous improvement, and delivering measurable results in safety, quality, efficiency, and performance. Ideal for a results-driven leader with a passion for Lean Manufacturing, team development, and operational excellence, this is a chance to make a meaningful, lasting impact. Self, Made, at RK At RK, Self. Made. isn’t a tagline, it’s how work gets done. People here build more than projects; they build capability, confidence, and careers they can be proud of. With so much work designed and fabricated in-house, ideas move quickly from concept to shop floor to job site. Teams collaborate across disciplines, solve real-world challenges, and grow through hands-on work that truly matters. RK Company Overview As a second-generation, family-owned enterprise, RK Industries, LLC (RK) offers a diverse range of construction, manufacturing, advanced fabrication and building services. Led by Rick and Jon Kinning, RK represents seven distinct lines of business that work together to provide seamless project collaboration. Our exclusive building methodologies, accredited safety standards and professional execution allow us to turn our customers’ greatest concepts into reality. Position Summary The Plant Manager position is a key leadership role that requires strategic and hands-on business involvement. He/she is responsible for building, coaching, developing, and leveraging the talents of a multidisciplinary team and their performance metrics.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Science Management, Business Administration, or similar
10+ years of relevant manufacturing management experience
Minimum 5 years of Lean Manufacturing experience
P&L experience
Strong Leadership competencies with high interpersonal skills
Excellent time management skills; Operates with a sense of urgency
Strong lean manufacturing and change management skills
Passionate about developing team members
Adaptable and flexible to a changing environment
A focus on accountability and results-oriented
Desire for process excellence
Strong financial and analytical skills
Strategic and tactical; able to translate strategy into plans and execution
Demonstrated operational leadership; hands -on management style; effective decision-maker

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma Black Belt certification is beneficial

Responsibilities

Transition a successful business into a high-performing lean manufacturing organization.
Utilize Lean Manufacturing concepts, tools, and techniques to deliver quantifiable and sustainable improvements.
Align operational activities that synchronize processes and a balanced scorecard, which measures financial, operational, and employee engagement goals.
Identify opportunities that will impact operational goals of improving safety, quality, delivery, production efficiency, job cost, and employee engagement.
Manage a multidisciplinary team, including responsibility for recruiting, developing, coaching, and managing performance, and establishing departmental procedures and practices.
Identify improvement opportunities in support areas, including the supply chain, to create financial synergies and enhance our service delivery to the customer.
Contribute to the development of plant budgets and is accountable to budgetary expectations.
Builds and fosters positive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external clients and vendors, turning them into advocates and partners.
Establish and sustain a culture of continuous improvement to identify and implement improvements in work methods, procedures, and operations that increase efficiency, profitability, quality, and safety.
Responsible for the effective management of personnel directly involved in manufacturing operations. This includes alignment, leadership, talent, engagement, and retention with the objective of building and maintaining a high-performing organization.
Responsible for the full scope of execution and continual advancement in processes, procedures, equipment, and execution strategies with the plant.
Coordinate closely with the vice president of manufacturing to provide detailed strategic and tactical input on methods of project manufacturing support and execution.
Directly involved in production hours estimating and providing constructability and risk analysis on project pursuits.
Responsible for conducting and implementing all manufacturing processes, including hazard analysis, safety procedures, etc.