Job Details

Plant Manager

The Plant Manager & Site Lead is responsible for all manufacturing, internal supply chain operations, site safety, and facility management. They lead a cross-functional leadership team, work closely with global managers, and drive continuous improvement in safety, engagement, quality, delivery, cost, and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities include being an active member of the Management Team, ensuring safety and environmental compliance, promoting a company culture of continuous improvement, building strong teams, developing annual business plans, improving product quality, maximizing use of equipment, controlling product costs, following inventory and sourcing rules, setting clear performance targets, supporting global projects, planning and managing capital investments, working with local and global leaders on union relations, ensuring EHS compliance, developing and delivering site business plans, achieving targets for quality, on-time delivery, lead time reduction, and productivity, controlling manufacturing costs, ensuring optimal use of all manufacturing assets, collaborating with Supply Chain and Sales teams, defining KPIs and performance standards, fostering a mindset of continuous improvement, building and leading a high-performing team, supporting global initiatives, developing and managing the site's capital expenditure budget, and managing union interactions.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Management, Business Administration, or related field.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, with at least 2 years in a senior leadership role or holding a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Proven experience managing machine operations, ideally with exposure to assembly and aftermarket/service environments.
• Experience in mid-sized plants (~100 people), including cross-functional team leadership.

Technical Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of:
• CNC machining and tooling
• Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma principles
• Production Planning & Scheduling
• EHS standards and compliance (Canadian regulatory knowledge preferred)
• Quality Management Systems
• Familiarity with ERP systems
• Working knowledge of Maintenance practices (TPM) and OEE tracking

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to build, lead, and develop teams.
• Experience with labor relations or unionized environments is a strong asset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skillsable to engage with shop floor, leadership, and customers.
• Results-driven with a focus on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable managing change, navigating ambiguity, and driving cultural transformation.

Eligible to work in the USA (citizen, permanent resident, or valid work permit).

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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