Plant Manager
Molin Concrete Products · Ramsey, MN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $120k–$150k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 13 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Molin Concrete Products (industrial) in Ramsey, MN.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, Kaizen, EHS / safety
- Base pay
- $120k–$150k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $105k–$174k. This one lists $120k–$150k.
Median of the low and high ends of 15 live postings that list pay, out of 21 production engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 20 other live production postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- About 17% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (7+ vs 8+)
Typical $105k–$125k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 62%
- ✓ Lean 43%
- ✓ EHS / safety 33%
- Six Sigma 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Molin Concrete Products
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Full description from Molin Concrete ProductsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Education and Experience
- ✓High school degree required; prefer 4-year degree or equivalent experience
- ✓5-7 years experience in a leadership capacity within a production facility; precast industry experience preferred
qualifications
of the applicant.*
- ✓Molin offers paid holidays, PTO, health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, ESOP contributions and so much more
- ✓Please note that the pay range is a good faith estimate of the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual's qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as the actual work location.
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The Plant Manager provides overall leadership and direction for plant and yard operations, driving a culture of safety, accountability, quality, and operational excellence. This role is responsible for the overall performance and profitability of the plant, setting clear goals and expectations while empowering the team to achieve them. The Plant Manager leads by example, ensures company policies and procedures are followed, and continuously looks for opportunities to improve efficiency, performance, and results.
Leadership
- •Responsible for driving the spirit of continuous improvement into their operations.
- •Responsible for selection of team players and performance outcomes
- •Accountable for Plant Supervisor and Leads for their growth and development
- •Keeps team informed of company goals/objectives and policies/procedures
- •Provides ongoing feedback on attainment of predetermined objectives with regard to individual, departmental and companywide performance
- •Secures accurate job descriptions for plant employees; set standards and goals for direct reports
- •Acts as liaison between other Department Managers of Molin and Plant Operations to maximize customer satisfaction
Safety
- •Uses JSA’s to provide awareness of all the hazards in the plant and systems to manage the risks
- •Assures safe operations are maintained within all Departments by holding each lead/supervisor accountable for safe behaviors and proper use of PPE at all times
- •Ensures that employees receive initial and annual training on PPE use
- •Assists Safety Director in maintaining documentation that each team member has received new hire, PPE, annual AWAIR/ERTK, and all other OSHA mandated training and retraining as needed.
- •Participates in setting direction for Safety by serving on the Company’s Safety Management Committee.
- •Holds team accountable for timely reporting of Near Miss and Accidents; participates in accident investigations
Continuous Improvement
- •Identifies, develops, implements, and sustains Lean Manufacturing practices within the yard and plant operations
- •Organizes work tasks for efficient execution, ensuring quality products are produced in proper quantities in time to meet commitments to customers
- •Works with other internal customers to identify process improvements on a continuous basis
- •Participates and leads projects for continuous improvement (e.g. kaizen)
Financial
- •Develops annual budgets for financial performance
- •Develops business plans for all capital expenditures included in budgets.
- •Responsible for timely actions/reactions to ensure budget guidelines are met or exceeded.
- •Manage waste removal and recycling efforts.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- •Conflict and change management skills
- •Performance management- coach and develop others
- •Business planning
- •Strong customer service skills
- •Excellent written and oral communication
- •Understanding of concrete products and services as well as their application
- •Total rewards leadership
- •Ability to execute to attain desired outcomes
- •Lean Management principles
- •Ability to train, coach and develop self and others
- •Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Excel, Outlook, Word), and Eli-Plan
- •Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- •Ability to problem solve
- •Capacity to read blueprints
Licenses/Certificates
- •Valid driver’s license
- •Lean Practitioner Certification or real world experience implementing Lean principles
Pay & Benefits
- •Pay for this position will range from $120,000 to $150,000 annually depending on the experience and
