Plant Manager

Summary of the Role: 

The Plant Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations for our TSS Seattle facility. The Plant Manager will successfully lead and direct the local operations, maintenance, customer support, quality, and finance teams. Additionally, the Plant Manager will partner with the business to achieve both short term and long term financial operating goals while aligning with Trelleborg’s Core Values.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop a strategic manufacturing/capability/capacity plan to meet the market needs and organization’s overall business plan and agreed objectives of sales, profit, cash, on time delivery, quality and other performance targets.
• Establish operating budgets; monitor the cost and effectiveness of production activities to optimize resources, prioritize spending, and achieve volume, quality, and manufacturing standards.
• Ensure facility goals are established and driven to support Corporate Goals and Objectives
• Motivates team to meet or exceed production and revenue  forecast expectations
• Collaborate with Quality and Regulatory team to ensure SOPs are followed, corrective actions are implemented and repeated occurrences are resolved timely
• Partner with Human Resources to determine talent needs, improve employee engagement, performance management and overall alignment to the business unit’s organizational structure
• Works with direct reports to communicate and update goals and/or metrics, illustrating objective evidence of improvement
• Allocate labor and capital resources to maximize
• Set, and monitor the performance of the plant against, standards and targets in areas such as manufacturing and administration efficiency, cost control, revenue, legal compliance, and human resource management.
• Provides monthly reports to communicate the financial, KPI and overall management performance
• Research, evaluate, and recommend investments in technology, capital, equipment, systems, or other assets that will enhance the plant’s production
• Develop, implement and manage a variety of operating policies and procedures (in conjunction with corporate subject matter experts) to ensure that the plant meets it current and future production targets and quality standards.
• Drive key metrics regarding quality and continuous improvement
• Ensure CapEx projects are completed on time and in budget
• Perform process audits to monitor procedure and policy conformance
• Collaborates across functional areas to implement needed improvements (tools, equipment, procedures, forms, training materials, etc.)
• Actively promote/build a culture of continuous improvement
• Establish and champion a 5s protocol for the site
• Conducts regular communication meetings to review performance, production, project status and Initiatives
• Provide a safe and clean working environment for all employees, achievement of all environmental and health and safety
• Oversee the preventative maintenance in Production and Tooling
• Ensure continuation of quality, manufacturing and material accreditations to support the Aerospace
• Implementation and maintenance of control and reporting systems for the effective management of the business. This will also include the implementation of a new ERP system.
• ME, CE, safety KPI’s

Education and Experience: 

• 4-year degree in Engineering, Operations Management or equivalent experience 
• 8 years of operations experience
• 5 years experience leading a team
• Previous P&L responsibilities
• Experience with Lean Sigma methodologies
• Experience with AS9100D and ISO9001:2015 preferred

Travel: 

• Up to 10% domestic and international

Application: 

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Last Application Date 1/18/26

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran or disability status.

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