Plant Manager
Pick Your Part Midwest LLC · Wayland, MI
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Travel
- Includes overnights
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Pick Your Part Midwest LLC (industrial) in Wayland, MI. On occasions, an employee may be asked to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
- They ask for
- 5+ years
- Day to day
- overnight travel
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $116k–$158k.
Median of the low and high ends of 241 live postings that list pay, out of 787 production engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 20 other live production postings in Michigan.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (5+ vs 8+)
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 67%
- ✓ Team leadership 52%
- Six Sigma 33%
- Automation 33%
- New product launch 33%
- Cost reduction 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from Pick Your Part Midwest LLCAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Job Duties
- ◆Oversee all departments for the specific facility pertaining to production, administration, distribution, and safety.
- ◆Develop relationships with and provide service to existing customers in efforts to promote customer retention and loyalty.
- ◆Interact with customers to determine better service needs and implement changes accordingly.
- ◆Manage key performance indicators relative to sales growth, collections, productivity, inventory control and profit margins.
- ◆Establish accurate budget projections and work within the designated budget.
- ◆Oversee product quality control and implement efficient changes as necessary.
- ◆Manage aspects of human resources for all departments by hiring, terminating, and reassigning personnel to appropriate tasks as required.
- ◆Assume other duties as assigned.
- ◆Identify deficiencies and implement a plan for continuous improvement
- ◆Actively reaching out and being involved in the local community.
- ◆Ability to develop leadership at the lead person and foreman levels.
- ◆Assume other duties as assigned.
Supervisory
Responsibilities
- ◆Manage the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling and reviewing work, ensuring quality standards.
- ◆Responsible for hiring, terminating, training and developing, reviewing performance and administering corrective action for staff.
Education & Experience
- ✓High School Diploma/GED.
- ✓5+ years of managerial/supervisory experience related to production, operations, and/or distribution.
Requirements
- ✓Prior experience management in salvage yards.
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Description
Summary: Responsible for general supervision of all phases of plant operations including production, quality control, high quality customer service, maintenance, receiving, and shipping. To assure that the plant is run in a safe, efficient, and proper manner. Manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- •Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
- •Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc. Ability to create, maintain and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations to support business objectives.
- •Frequently communicates complex information across departments and interacts with management. Can present, resolve and address delicate situations. Can motivate and persuade others.
- •Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation. Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedents and practices.
- •Decisions impact the management and operations within a department or business unit. May contribute to business and operational decisions that affect the department.
- •Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional areas. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others.
- •Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.
Essential Physical Demands/Work Environment
- •While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, push, pull, squat, bend, reach, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or sit for extended periods.
- •The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. On occasions, an employee may be asked to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
- •The employee may be exposed to hazardous situations, conditions, and equipment. Must be able to work in cramped spaces or underneath vehicles that may require getting into awkward positions. May regularly wear personal protective equipment (PPE). May be exposed to extreme temperatures and high noise levels.
- •Travel may be required periodically, including overnight stays (contingent on position requirements).