Plant Manager | Food & Beverage

***Position open to US permenent residents only...

StaffRight Associates is proud to partner with an established industry leader to secure a visionary Plant Manager for their manufacturing facility in Austin, Minnesota. This impactful leadership role commands total oversight of operational performance, safety excellence, financial stewardship, and continuous improvement across a facility dedicated to extruded and agglomerated food products. You will formulate both tactical execution plans and long-term strategic roadmaps, ensuring alignment with broader corporate growth objectives while maintaining rigorous compliance across all operational standards.

What You’ll Do

• Direct daily manufacturing activities across multiple plant groups to guarantee seamless output, operational discipline, and reliable customer fulfillment.

• Formulate and execute site-level strategies aligned with overarching business targets for production efficiency, financial cost control, and service delivery.

• Spearhead both strategic oversight and hands-on leadership across diverse plant departments to maintain safe, efficient, and fully compliant workflows.

• Implement standardized operating procedures, robust performance metrics, and governance structures throughout the facility.

• Optimize throughput, asset utilization, and production yields to consistently satisfy customer demand.

• Cultivate a proactive safety ecosystem enforcing Occupational Safety And Health Administration guidelines, Environmental Protection Agency mandates, and process safety management protocols.

• Direct environmental stewardship initiatives encompassing dust control, waste management, materials handling, and hazardous process safety programs.

• Spearhead internal audits, facility inspections, and corrective action workflows associated with regulatory, safety, and quality standards.

• Mentor site leadership teams through targeted coaching, structured performance management, and comprehensive succession planning.

• Foster cross-functional collaboration connecting Operations, Environmental Health And Safety, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Human Resources.

• Oversee asset reliability through advanced preventive and predictive maintenance strategies alongside effective spare parts management.

• Collaborate with Engineering teams to execute plant upgrades, facility expansions, debottlenecking, and automation implementations.

• Champion Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Operational Excellence initiatives to drive continuous improvement and systematic standardization.

• Implement cost-reduction strategies and productivity enhancements that protect uncompromising quality and safety standards.

• Support high-level corporate initiatives including new product introductions and major plant expansion projects.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science, Manufacturing, or a related discipline

• 6-12+ Years Of Progressive Manufacturing Or Processing Leadership Experience within the food manufacturing sector

• Demonstrated track record leading heavily regulated food production environments with rigorous safety frameworks

• Proven expertise managing complex, multi-department manufacturing operations

• Comprehensive working knowledge of Food Safety, Quality Systems, Nutrient Production, and Regulatory Compliance

• Exceptional financial acumen with demonstrated success in cost management and operational budgeting

• Extensive familiarity with asset-intensive operations, research and development production coordination, and reliability-focused maintenance

• Advanced leadership, communication, and Change Management competencies

Compensation & Total Rewards

Annual salary ranging from $150,000 to $180,000 with potential for bonus, full-time direct hire employment, and relocation assistance negotiable for the right candidate.

Joining StaffRight Associates

When you partner with StaffRight Associates in your search for your next role, you’re doing more than pursuing a job, you’re aligning yourself with a team of experts committed to placing top-tier talent in truly impactful positions. We take pride in fostering professional growth and connecting forward-thinking individuals with organizations that value innovation and excellence. We look forward to showcasing your expertise in a way that resonates with our clients and opens the door to meaningful opportunities.