About this role
Plant Manager (Transformer Industry + Supervisor Management Exp Req) Location: Buffalo, NY (Relocation Assistance Available) Salary: $140,000-$160,000 + Annual Bonus + Stock Options
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability, 401K w/ Match, PTO Job Type: Full-Time Typical Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:00am–4:00pm Start Date: ASAP Sponsorship: Available Relocation Assistance: Available Travel: None Plant Manager (Transformer Industry + Supervisor Management Exp Req) Description Our client in the transformer manufacturing industry is looking for a Plant Manager to add to their team in Buffalo, NY. In this role, you will oversee transformer production operations, ensuring efficient workflows, product quality, and on-time delivery.
This role is approximately 75% office-based and 25% on the production floor, with a focus on workforce planning, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have transformer manufacturing experience, a strong background leading supervisors, and proven success managing production and labor planning against demand and budget . To be successful, you must be a strong leader and problem-solver who can drive accountability across multiple levels of supervision.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role in a company's significant growth and planned expansion, backed by the strength and resources of a Fortune 200 company . Plant Manager (Transformer Industry + Supervisor Management Exp Req)
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily transformer production operations to ensure quality, safety, and on-time delivery
- Directly manage 3 Supervisors and oversee Foremen, Team Leads, and production personnel
- Lead hiring, onboarding, training, and workforce development to support company growth
- Conduct daily plant walkthroughs with management to review operations and priorities
- Monitor production performance KPIs including labor efficiency, downtime, and scrap
- Manage production staffing, labor capacity, and resource allocation against demand and budget
- Troubleshoot production challenges, resolve bottlenecks, and address quality concerns
- Own production execution, partnering with the Production Scheduler to ensure on-time delivery
- Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, and Quality to maintain production workflows
- Support the rollout of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives
- Coordinate customer visits, witness testing, and warranty investigations as needed
- Enforce safety procedures, quality standards, and manufacturing best practices Plant Manager (Transformer Industry + Supervisor Management Exp Req)
Qualifications
- 7+ years of manufacturing experience is required
- 3+ years of plant or plant or production management experience leading supervisors is required
- Transformer manufacturing experience is required
- Experience managing production & labor planning against demand & budget is required
- Ability to work 100% on-site is required