Assistant Plant Manager
Tri-City Extrusion Inc · Bristol, FL
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Tri-City Extrusion Inc (industrial) in Bristol, FL. Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing aluminum products in accordance with safety, cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Extrusion
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Florida: typical posted base $104k–$140k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 29 production engineer openings in Florida, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 28 other live production postings in Florida.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (7+ vs 5+)
Typical $89k–$130k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 41%
- Team leadership 41%
- New product launch 31%
- Lean 28%
- EHS / safety 21%
- Automation 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Extrusion, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Tri-City Extrusion Inc
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Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in production management
Bachelor’s degree preferred and applicable experience in related field a must.
Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables. Responsible for understanding, comprehending and implementing company procedures.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must have the ability to perform the majority of the work while standing 50% of the time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and extreme heat. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. Employee must be able to perform work while in restricted/confined areas.
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Job Description
Job Description JOB DESCRIPTION
Summary of position
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing aluminum products in accordance with safety, cost, quality, and quantity specifications. Must have emphasis on production that meets customer specifications while minimizing cost and maximizing recovery while developing and implementing a production plan that utilizes effective time and materials to provide a quality product to be shipped as scheduled.
Essential Job Function
- •Direct and coordinate production and processing of aluminum extrusions for the organization.
- •Ensure that supplies, materials, labor and equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
- •Focus on production recovery during extrusion process to minimize waste and use ability to modify, alter or change work order during production run.
- •Review processing schedules and production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- •Involvement in all production meetings as required.
- •Assist scheduling all customer orders based on shipping schedule to meet customer demands
- •Utilize experience in help with the set-up, performance and maintenance of the dies used in the production process.
- •Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
- •Initiate and coordinate inventory and cost control programs.
- •Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- •Ongoing order management concerning correct billet, alloy, length, scheduled recovery during production process.
- •Assist and develop new profile quotes for new business.
- •Assist and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
- •Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, and statistical studies.
- •Responsible for proper machine start up and readiness for new work week.
- •Responsible for proper disposal of waste materials leaving plant.