Plant Manager
Cascades · Birmingham, AL
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 8 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Cascades (industrial) in Birmingham, AL. You will lead a state-of-the-art paper-based packaging and protective solutions manufacturing operation positioned for significant growth.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Root cause, Painting / coating, SAP
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Alabama: typical posted base $144k–$216k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 18 production engineer openings in Alabama, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 17 other live production postings in Alabama.
- Experience asked
- Typical (7+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 67%
- Team leadership 50%
- ✓ Root cause 33%
- Cost reduction 28%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Painting / coating, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Your Role
As Plant Manager , you’ll take on real challenges that bring out your full potential.
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Welcome to Cascades!
As the Plant Manager with the Cascades Sonoco team, you will lead a state-of-the-art paper-based packaging and protective solutions manufacturing operation positioned for significant growth. Providing strategic and day-to-day direction for all plant operations, you will ensure the safe, efficient and profitable production of high-quality products while fostering a culture centered on employee engagement, accountability and continuous improvement.
Bring your expertise to a people-first, dynamic environment where your ideas come to life and excellence shapes everything we do. Join MIKAEL AVEQUIN's team as a Plant Manager in Birmingham, Alabama and help build a more sustainable future.
What’s In It For You
Taking care of our people is in our nature – so you’ll enjoy
- •Competitive Annual Salary starting at $150,000 + Profit Sharing
- •Career pathways that support your goals in a values driven environment where your work directly supports customer success.
- •Excellent Benefits Package: Wellness Plan Options, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off
- •Financial Benefits : Retirement Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Stock Purchase Plan
- •Wellness Benefits : Employee Assistance Plan, Lifestyle Flex Benefit Allowance
- •A collaborative, respectful, and people-centered workplace
Your scope includes
- •Provide visible leadership that promotes a strong safety-first culture and ensures compliance with all regulatory and company requirements.
- •Direct all manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity and cost objectives.
- •Establish performance expectations and monitor key manufacturing metrics including productivity, downtime, waste, throughput, customer service and overall equipment effectiveness.
- •Partner with commercial teams to support customer growth, service requirements, and new business opportunities.
- •Champion quality systems while leading root cause investigations and corrective actions related to safety, quality, customer complaints and operational issues.
- •Foster a culture of Lean Manufacturing by implementing initiatives through a servant leadership lens that leads to engagement with process improvement.
- •Monitor financial performance and analyze operational metrics to identify opportunities to achieve profitability and cost targets.
What You Bring
You're a natural fit for Plant Manager if you have
- •Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations Management, Business or related discipline.
- •7+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including plant, operations in a fast paced, high growth-oriented environment.
- •Experience managing safety, quality, maintenance, production, and continuous improvement initiatives through Lean tools and methodologies.
- •Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, labor costs, capital expenditures, and operational performance metrics.
- •Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate with external and internal stakeholders across departments while influencing growth and positive change at all levels of the organization.
- •Paper, paperboard, protective packaging, converting, corrugated and coatings manufacturing experience will be highly considered.
- •Proficiency with MS365 applications, CMMS systems and SAP/ERP.
If you bring the same care to who you are as to what you do, we’d love to meet you!
Apply now and join our team as Plant Manager in Birmingham.
Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably.