Plant Manager
PLZ Aeroscience Corp · Coal City, WV
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at PLZ Aeroscience Corp (industrial) in Coal City, WV.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value stream mapping, TPM, OEE
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $116k–$161k.
Median of the low and high ends of 293 live postings that list pay, out of 962 production engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
West Virginia plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 961 other live production postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (7+ years)
Typical $108k–$154k, from 247 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 44%
- ✓ Lean 40%
- EHS / safety 25%
- Root cause 24%
- New product launch 21%
- ✓ Six Sigma 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, Value stream mapping, TPM, OEE, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
Pulled from the posting text. If it's not listed here, the posting didn't say.
How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at PLZ Aeroscience Corp
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Full description from PLZ Aeroscience CorpAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Operational Management, or a similar field
- ✓Minimum 7+ years of related experience
- ✓Successful track record of delivering consistent OEE improvements while providing 95%+ on-time, in-full (OTIF) service to customers
- ✓Experience with lean tools including Kaizen, Six Sigma, continuous flow operations, autonomous and total productive maintenance, workplace organization, people development, and value stream analysis
- ✓3+ years of experience using SAP, SPC, and WMS preferred
- ✓Strong leadership and communication skills
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PLZ is committed to product stewardship and innovation, strong ethical standards, sustainable operations and most importantly, the development of our people. Whether at our manufacturing facilities or corporate headquarters, PLZ provides to its teams the highest standards of health and safety, and offers you the support you need to create the career you want, through engagement, equity and inclusion, and opportunity.
From household cleaning solutions to personal care products, and food to automotive lubricants, PLZ produces more than 2,500 different aerosol and liquid products in our facilities across the continent. We know that being the partner of choice for our clients starts with being the partner of choice for our employees. Learn more at www.plzcorp.com/careers or visit https://youtu.be/XYNIFpLQIJY
We are hiring a Plant Manager at the Coal City, IL facility. The ideal candidate will demonstrate hands-on experience leading a manufacturing site that is experiencing significant growth and expanding its capabilities and capacities. This is a tremendous opportunity for the individual to take on the transformation of an existing site and drive organizational and operational excellence.
Primary
include
- •Lead all aspects of plant operations.
- •Be a champion of safety to maintain a culture that protects the employees, equipment, and environment.
- •Create and drive accountability to performance metrics with the management team and on the plant floor.
- •Consistently deliver on operational KPIs and develop action plans to close any gaps.
- •Execute the production plan, ensuring that key resources are available on time and balanced to business needs.
- •Ensure products are manufactured on time and in full to meet customers' service targets.
- •Ensure the site meets all quality standards set by customers, certifying agencies, and internal quality management systems.
- •Identify and implement savings opportunities to deliver year-over-year cost reductions.
- •Collaborate on budget development and consistently deliver results that meet or exceed established financial targets.
- •Lead CAPEX planning and execution to drive automation improvements while sustaining facility operations and infrastructure.
- •Lead and develop an adaptable, high-performing team of people leaders focused on delivering results and adapting to changing demands.
- •Establish a cadence of accountability at all levels of the plant.
- •Lead cross-functional collaboration with Sales, R&D, and customers.
PLZ Corp offers a robust suite of benefits including
- •Medical, Dental & Vision benefits.
- •Company paid Life and Short-Term disability.
- •Voluntary benefits including additional life, disability, and hospital/accident insurance.
- •401k & company provided match.
- •Paid Time Off
- •Bonus incentive programs (Note, bonuses are subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.)
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.