Plant and Operations Manager

The Opportunity:

Our client is seeking an experienced Plant / Operations Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of a brand-new facility in Burlington. This individual will oversee all aspects of plant performance, including production, safety, quality, maintenance, equipment reliability, inventory, and staffing.

This is a hands-on leadership opportunity suited to someone with a strong technical background in an industrial environment. The ideal candidate may come from an industrial millwright, maintenance leadership, power or process operations, or similar technical manufacturing background, with the ability to transition between troubleshooting equipment, leading teams, and managing overall plant performance.

The successful individual will be responsible for ensuring safe and efficient production, maintaining equipment reliability, managing operating costs, and driving continuous improvement while supporting customer delivery requirements and operational objectives.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Oversee daily manufacturing operations, including production scheduling, staffing, packaging, inventory flow, shipping, and overall plant performance.
• Ensure production targets, customer orders, delivery schedules, and inventory requirements are consistently achieved.
• Monitor production efficiency, equipment uptime, product quality, yields, waste, and operating costs while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, safe work procedures, PPE, lockout/tagout, and emergency response protocols.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, troubleshooting mechanical and operational issues while supporting reliable plant performance.
• Coordinate preventative maintenance, equipment repairs, inspections, contractors, vendors, and commissioning activities to minimize downtime.
• Oversee safe operating practices involving pressurized systems, valves, piping, ventilation, industrial equipment, and related regulatory requirements.
• Supervise plant personnel, manage staffing and shift coverage, support recruitment and onboarding, and drive employee training, accountability, and performance.
• Manage raw materials, consumables, spare parts, and finished goods while coordinating production requirements with shipping, dispatch, and customer demand.
• Monitor KPIs, labour utilization, production costs, maintenance expenses, and operational budgets while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful:

• Several years of experience in industrial manufacturing, plant operations and equipment maintenance
• Experience as a maintenance lead or supervisor- 433A license considered an asset
• Experience in industrial gas, food processing, beverage, chemical, refrigeration, packaging, utilities, or another regulated process environment
• Experience supporting plant startup, equipment installation, commissioning, operational ramp-up, or production optimization
• Demonstrated knowledge of lockout/tagout, machinery safety, preventive maintenance, and industrial health and safety
• Ability to develop and maintain multidisciplinary relationships
• Experience being held accountable for plant performance- including productivity, staffing, equipment readiness, quality, inventory and safety

Compensation Range: $100,000-130,000/annually