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Senior Plant Manager - Rocky Mount, NC

Hubbell · Rocky Mount, NC

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Level
Manager
Team
Production
Degree
Preferred
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
22 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management production role at Hubbell (industrial) in Rocky Mount, NC. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure.

They ask for
5+ years · degree preferred
Tools it names
Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Casting, 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 North Carolina: typical posted base $98k–$145k.

Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 35 production engineer openings in North Carolina, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

North Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 34 other live production postings in North Carolina.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $98k–$145k, from 6 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (5+ vs 8+)

Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Lean 51%
  • Team leadership 40%
  • ✓ Six Sigma 29%
  • ✓ EHS / safety 23%
  • Root cause 20%
  • Automation 20%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

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  2. 2

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  3. 3

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  5. 5

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This plant: Hubbell in Rocky Mount

4 other open roles at this site.

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requirements

and ensures production schedules are met.

  • ✓Develop Staff and a culture within the business unit dedicated to the highest levels of quality and customer service

What will help you thrive in this role?

  • ✓Bachelor’s degree, Engineering or other Technical Degree preferred/MBA preferred
  • ✓5 years Manufacturing leadership experience Plant Manager/Director or Manager of Operations in a manufacturing environment.
  • ✓Strong working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing
  • ✓Understanding of Operations Metrics and managing to metrics

o Ability to influence metrics through planned decision making

  • ✓Experience with forecasting manufacturing needs/manufacturing hours to meet key objectives
  • ✓Ability to understand bottleneck in shop, improve, identify opportunity for improvement and implement plan for change
  • ✓Excellent problem solving skills
  • ✓Excellent communication and training skills
  • ✓Dynamic, results oriented, metric driven, disciplined leadership

Hubbell Incorporated

Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.

The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.

We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.

Hubbell Utility Solutions

Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.

The above summary of position

responsibilities

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requirements

is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.

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Job Overview

Provide leadership and is responsible for all aspects of the Operation for the Rocky Mount Plant; personnel, productivity, on-time delivery performance, cost, budgeting/forecasting as well as asset management. Manage and develop a team in a fast paced environment with a commitment to process improvements in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery performance and inventory management utilizing business practices/processes to include 5S, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Deploy company and factory policies and strategies to staff throughout the manufacturing operation and translate them into business, team and personnel goals.

A Day In The Life

  • •Manage and direct overall manufacturing activities of the Rocky Mount Site.
  • •Maintains a safe working environment consistent with all local, state and OSHA requirements.
  • •Originates, measures, and improves key indicators for the business unit (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Cost).
  • •Ensures the quality systems are established and maintained.
  • •Continues to enhance the LEAN culture. Ensures the production area maintains a clean, well-organized environment through “continuous improvement” and 5S. Implements and drives “continuous improvement” activities by eliminating non valued added activities in the manufacturing process (waste elimination).
  • •Develop budgets and forecasts. Approves expenditures for supplies, materials, and human resources, ensuring that materials, labor and equipment are used efficiently to meet productivity and customer requirements.
  • •Establishes work

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