Plant Manager

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Plant Manager

On Site

Atlanta, Georgia

$130,000 – $175,000 per year

Direct Hire

Reliance One, Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager to lead operations for a manufacturing facility in Atlanta, GA. This individual will play a critical role in driving cultural transformation, fostering accountability, and ensuring operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of successfully turning plant culture around, leading with urgency, and spending significant time on the plant floor.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure plant operations meet legal, safety, and customer quality requirements.
• Establish measurable product safety and quality objectives and communicate them across the plant.
• Lead a multidisciplinary hazard and risk management team.
• Oversee documentation of product safety and quality systems.
• Supervise plant staff and indirectly lead all employees, providing direction, performance assessment, and team development.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure compliance with company policies.
• Maintain a safe workplace by demonstrating commitment to safety, enforcing plant safety rules, and implementing corrective actions for incidents.
• Manage cost-effective operations by controlling budgets, inventories, and manufacturing performance standards.
• Partner with Human Resources on employee performance management, equitable compensation, and employee welfare.
• Represent the company positively within the community.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (business or technical discipline ).
• 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment (film or flexible packaging conversion ).
• 5+ years of direct supervisory/management experience.
• Proven plant management experience or equivalent leadership with direct reporting to a plant manager.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and planning skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cultural change and build high-performing teams.

Human Relations:

The Plant Manager serves as the cornerstone of successful operations, requiring professionalism, respect, and authority. This leader must be firm yet fair, sensitive to employee needs, and able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Statement

Reliance One, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to , color, , , , , status, genetics, protected veteran status, , or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.