Company: Express Employment Professionals

Plant Manager - Manufacturing Operations

Beamsville, ON | Full-Time, Permanent | $100,000–$110,000

Lead. Build. Improve. Grow.

Express Employment Professionals is recruiting for an experienced Plant Manager to lead the day-to-day manufacturing operations of a growing, technically sophisticated manufacturing organization in Beamsville.

This is an excellent chance for a hands-on manufacturing leader who understands electrical manufacturing, production, fabrication, scheduling, quality, and team leadership and is ready to take ownership of plant performance.

The successful candidate will lead a workforce of approximately 60 employees across multiple manufacturing disciplines, working closely with senior leadership, Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Quality, and Health & Safety.

If you're a strong manufacturing leader who enjoys being on the floor, solving problems, developing supervisors, and improving production performance, this could be an excellent next step in your career.

What You'll Get

- $100,000–$110,000 annual salary
- Full-time, permanent position
- Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM
- Leadership role with significant influence over plant operations
- Opportunity to lead a diverse manufacturing team
- Work with technically challenging, custom-engineered electrical power systems
- Long-term chance with a growing organization

The Opportunity

As Plant Manager, you will have overall responsibility for safety, quality, productivity, scheduling, workforce performance, and day-to-day plant operations.

You will establish production priorities and ensure that labour, materials, equipment, and capacity are aligned with project requirements and delivery schedules.

This is a hands-on leadership position. You'll be expected to maintain a visible presence on the shop floor, work directly with supervisors and production teams, identify bottlenecks, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

- Manufacturing & Production Leadership
- Lead daily plant operations across multiple manufacturing departments.
- Establish production priorities based on project schedules and customer requirements.
- Coordinate labour, materials, equipment, and production capacity.
- Monitor production schedules, throughput, productivity, and delivery performance.
- Identify and resolve production issues quickly and effectively.
- Maintain a strong presence on the manufacturing floor.
- Coordinate fabrication, assembly, electrical installation, equipment integration, testing, and final completion activities.
- Monitor labour utilization, downtime, rework, scrap, and other key manufacturing metrics.

Electrical Manufacturing





The manufacturing environment includes technically complex electrical products and integrated systems, including:

- Low- and medium-voltage switchgear
- Electrical distribution equipment
- Protection & Control systems
- Relay, metering, and control panels
- E-Houses and modular electrical buildings
- Portable substations
- Specialty electrical products
- Packaged and turnkey systems

Experience with electrical equipment, switchgear, electrical assembly, system integration, or related manufacturing will be considered a strong asset.

Team Leadership

- Lead and develop supervisors, leads, tradespeople, technicians, and production employees.
- Establish clear expectations around safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and accountability.
- Coach supervisors and develop strong frontline leadership.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, and employee development.
- Identify opportunities for cross-training and workforce development.
- Build a culture of teamwork, accountability, safety, and continuous improvement.

Scheduling & Operational Performance

- Ensure production schedules are achievable and consistently maintained.
- Monitor schedule adherence and identify potential delivery risks.
- Work closely with Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, and other departments to address production constraints.
- Monitor material availability and identify shortages that could affect production.
- Review plant capacity and labour requirements.
- Recommend equipment, tooling, facility, maintenance, and capital improvements.
- Quality, Safety & Continuous Improvement
- Ensure manufacturing activities meet drawings, specifications, procedures, codes, and customer requirements.
- Support ISO 9001:2015 quality system requirements.
- Promote a safe, clean, organized, and professional manufacturing environment.
- Work closely with Health & Safety to identify hazards and implement corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement in workflow, production flow, capacity, quality, cost, and delivery.
- Monitor quality, first-pass yield, rework, scrap, and manufacturing performance.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a proven manufacturing leader, ideally someone who has progressed through production, electrical, fabrication, engineering,



or industrial manufacturing environments.

Required / Preferred Experience

- 7+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience
- Experience supervising multiple departments and a workforce of approximately 50+ employees
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production planning, and scheduling
- Experience managing production KPIs and operational performance
- Strong knowledge of workplace health and safety and quality systems
- Experience in electrical, industrial, custom-engineered, fabrication, or project-based manufacturing
- Experience in engineer-to-order or custom manufacturing is strongly preferred
- Experience with ERP/MRP or manufacturing management systems
- Strong computer skills
- Technical diploma, engineering, operations/manufacturing education, or equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred

Electrical / Technical Experience Is an Asset

- Electrical manufacturing
- Switchgear
- Electrical assembly
- Protection & Control
- Electrical distribution equipment
- E-Houses or modular buildings
- Fabrication
- System integration
- Industrial equipment
- Factory testing and equipment integration

Candidates with experience in any of the following will be particularly well suited

- Electrical manufacturing
- Switchgear
- Electrical assembly
- Protection & Control
- Electrical distribution equipment
- E-Houses or modular buildings
- Fabrication
- System integration
- Industrial equipment
- Factory testing and equipment integration

The Ideal Leader

- Leads from the shop floor, not just the office.
- Is comfortable making decisions and taking ownership.
- Can balance safety, quality, schedule, cost, and productivity.
- Knows how to hold teams accountable while developing and supporting employees.
- Communicates effectively with senior management, engineers, project managers, supervisors, trades, suppliers, and customers.
- Is a practical, solutions-oriented problem solver.
- Enjoys improving processes rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
- Understands that strong supervisors and teams are the foundation of a successful plant.
- How Success Will Be Measured

The Plant Manager will have a direct impact on

- On-time production and project delivery
- Production schedule adherence and throughput
- Labour productivity and utilization
- Quality and first-pass yield
- Reduction of rework and scrap
- Safety performance and incident prevention
- Equipment utilization and downtime
- Material availability
- Employee development and workforce utilization
- Continuous improvement and manufacturing cost performance

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