Plant Manager

RK Industries
United States, Colorado, Aurora
Jun 27, 2025
Description 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. 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. Role 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 within 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. Qualifications 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 Six Sigma Black Belt certification is beneficial 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 Minimum Physical Requirements and Accountability Minimal travel is required Requires frequent sitting, standing, and walking Noise levels can fluctuate from quiet to loud Hazards associated with the industry What Sets RK Industries Apart Safety: Our unmatched culture of safety is our foremost core value, guiding everything we do each day: Health, Safety, & Environmental Awards: Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry: Accreditations & Recognition Benefits: RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards Philanthropy: RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation Development: Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. RK Industries, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law