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Plant Manager

Alleguard · Grandville, MI

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Level
Manager
Team
Production
Degree
Preferred
Experience asked
2+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
Recently

The role in 30 seconds

A management production role at Alleguard (industrial) in Grandville, MI. Lead and support Continuous Improvement using Lean principles and tools.

They ask for
2+ years · degree preferred
Tools it names
Lean, IATF 16949, EHS / safety

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 (2+ 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.

Stands out: this posting asks for IATF 16949, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Promotion path mentioned

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Alleguard

    Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.

  2. 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. 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. 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. 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 AlleguardAs posted on their careers site.Show

### Job Summary

The primary responsibility of the Plant Manager is to drive continuous improvement and optimization of all processes. The Plant Manager oversees all daily operations of the plant, from production and manufacturing to ensuring policies and procedures are followed. This role requires the key skills to develop processes that maximize stewardship, safety, quality, and productivity.

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Responsibilities

  • ◆Responsible for the overall performance of the facility. Reviews and evaluates financial and manufacturing performance, establishing improvement plans when required.
  • ◆Direct and coordinate facility operations within established company policies and procedures.
  • ◆Provide direction, evaluation, motivation, training, and support to facility management, supervisory, and administrative staff.
  • ◆In conjunction with the Director of Manufacturing, prepare the operational budget for the facility, including capital expenditures. Analyze plant capacity and identify resources needed to achieve targeted performance.
  • ◆Lead and support Continuous Improvement using Lean principles and tools. Support and implement systems and practices under the Company's certifications (IATF-16949, ISO-9001, ISO-14000, etc.).
  • ◆Responsible for overall daily production and manufacturing activities, scheduling, processes, maintenance, and supervision of production personnel.
  • ◆Ensure that Environmental and Safety policies are followed.
  • ◆Comply with procedures, regulations, and instructions of environmental and safety programs.
  • ◆Promote the fulfillment and awareness of customer requirements, quality system requirements, and all relevant state, federal, and local legal and regulatory

requirements

in Environmental and Safety aspects.

  • ✓Ensure compliance with legal, environmental, and safety

requirements

of the area.

  • ✓Know the environmental aspects of the area and its control, as well as the environmental impacts associated with the activities.
  • ✓Provide the necessary resources to establish, implement, and maintain the IMS.
  • ✓Perform other duties as assigned.

###

Qualifications

  • ✓Minimum 2 years of post-secondary education. Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a relevant field preferred.
  • ✓Minimum of 3 years of experience in a supervisory or plant management position in a manufacturing environment. Additional experience may be substituted for the education requirement at the discretion of the Director of Manufacturing.
  • ✓Experience directing molding operations.
  • ✓Experience with Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement practices.

### Benefits

We believe in taking care of the people who take care of our customers. Our benefits package offers eligible team members access to:

  • ✓Medical Insurance
  • ✓Dental Insurance
  • ✓Vision Insurance
  • ✓Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
  • ✓Retirement Program (401k)
  • ✓Short Term Disability
  • ✓Long Term Disability
  • ✓Flexible Spending Accounts
  • ✓Health Savings Accounts
  • ✓Employee Assistance Program
  • ✓Vacation and Holiday Pay

### Alleguard Company Values

  • ✓**Safety** – We care for our employees by creating and maintaining an environment with consistent actions, trusted processes, and courageous conversations.
  • ✓**Trust** – We build confidence with our employees and customers through dependability, respect, clear communication, and service.
  • ✓**Integrity** – We are consistent in always striving to do the right thing by accepting responsibility for our decisions and actions.
  • ✓**Collaboration** – Our diversity is the catalyst that drives our teamwork, creative problem-solving, and partnership.
  • ✓**Growth** – We invest, develop, and empower our people to build our company so our customers will experience outstanding success, in turn contributing to our own.
  • ✓**Accountability** – We achieve our success by holding ourselves and each other to high standards of behavior, commitment, and personal responsibility.

### Come Join Us

We're a dynamic, high-growth business, invested in helping you grow with Alleguard. Many of our colleagues have been with us for decades because we believe in collaborating as a team to serve and support each other as well as we serve and support our customers.

Alleguard's employee-centric culture is designed to help you maximize your talents, learn new skills, and gain valuable experience on the way to achieving your professional goals.

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## Plant Manager

Alleguard is a leader in protective foam solutions, built from the ground up to expand and shape our customers' businesses. We understand the diversity of challenges customers face across industries—from confidence in their supply chain to needing the latest innovations at their fingertips. Whether our customers are in construction, protective packaging, cold-chain, or other industries, we are relentless in seeing around corners and going the extra mile to help their business succeed.

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