Plant Manager-Anaheim, CA
Legrand North America · Anaheim, CA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $200k–$225k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 15+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 12 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Legrand North America (industrial) in Anaheim, CA.
- They ask for
- 15+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, 5S, Value stream mapping, Root cause, ISO 9001, SAP
- Base pay
- $200k–$225k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $134k–$180k. This one lists $200k–$225k.
Median of the low and high ends of 64 live postings that list pay, out of 147 production engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 146 other live production postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 45% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (15+ vs 6+)
Typical $120k–$173k, from 49 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 6+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- New product launch 37%
- ✓ Lean 30%
- ✓ Root cause 28%
- ✓ Team leadership 25%
- Automation 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, Value stream mapping, ISO 9001, SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Legrand North America
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
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This plant: Legrand North America in Anaheim
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- Continuous Improvement Specialist · Lean / CI · Specialist
Full description from Legrand North AmericaAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
and accountabilities.
- ◆Communicate goal progress, roadblocks, and solutions to the Director of Operations (DOO), Vice President, and Global Operations leadership in a timely manner.
- ◆Ensure adherence to all procedures, setup requirements, and work instructions in compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.
- ◆Maintain an active presence on the production floor and conduct regular meetings with employees across all shifts to promote communication, teamwork, and cooperation.
- ◆Perform other similar and related duties as required.
Benefit Highlights - LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network.
Education
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field, MBA a plus
Experience
- ✓Minimum 15 years’ experience in manufacturing/production
- ✓Minimum 7 years plant management experience in a production and/or manufacturing environment, including direct supervision of hourly and salaried employees
- ✓SAP and/or large-scale ERP/MRP experience with the Production/Inventory/Quality modules
- ✓Experience working within quality systems
- ✓Demonstrated understanding and utilization of lean tools to help facilitate continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment. LEAN (Value-Stream mapping) experience, Six-sigma a plus
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Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Plant Manager to join the Power & Thermal Management Division . This position reports to Anaheim, CA. This position is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating production floor activities, ensuring that customer expectations, quality objectives, productivity, and cost savings goals are met while providing a safe work environment for employees. The position will provide direct leadership to department supervisors, team leaders, and support production employees.
It’s an exciting time to join Legrand’s Power & Thermal Management Division as our Cabinets & Containment business continues to grow, including investment in a new, larger, state-of-the-art facility. This expansion creates a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the operation, develop an inclusive, high-performing team, and make a lasting impact.
- •Oversee production management, including manufacturing operations, inventory accuracy, facilities, and planning.
- •Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, local, and federal regulations by plant leadership and employees.
- •Participate with and provide direction as necessary to shop floor teams in resolving immediate quality, production, scheduling, technical, or personnel issues.
- •Continually review manufacturing processes and make appropriate recommendations for lowering costs and improving productivity, efficiency, labor utilization, and quality.
- •Assist with the annual strategic and business planning process by providing key inputs from production operations.
- •Develop metrics and ensure proper reporting to track manufacturing performance against budget, including revenue projections, backlog action plans, schedule attainment, throughput, labor utilization, efficiency, scrap reduction, and cost containment initiatives.
- •Participate with and provide direction as necessary to shop floor managers and supervisors in resolving immediate quality, production, scheduling, technical, or personnel issues.
- •Apply Lean manufacturing principles, including 5S and Material Flow methodologies.
- •Lead cross-functional teams in conducting root cause analyses of defects and driving mistake-proofing initiatives.
- •Coordinate plant activities through collaboration with staff to ensure customer expectations are met and aligned with manufacturing and budget objectives.
- •Resolve production scheduling issues by quickly analyzing information and implementing both short-term and long-term corrective actions.
- •Proactively communicate information to peers and implement solutions that satisfy the expectations of all parties.
- •Maintain open communication regarding improvement initiatives and key operational targets and objectives.
- •Ensure the availability of the manpower, competencies, skills, knowledge, and equipment required to achieve production and demand targets.
- •Support the personal and professional development of direct reports.
- •Effectively manage, develop, and motivate direct and indirect reports.
- •Provide constructive and appropriate feedback and leadership to foster a positive team environment while establishing clear and measurable
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- •Detail-oriented and have excellent follow-through skills
- •Proven ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form
- •Proven ability to work independently and as a member of a team
- •Proven ability to make sound decisions within established guidelines
- •Must have the ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using judgment that is consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulation or government law
- •Ability to demonstrate flexible and efficient time management and to appropriately prioritize workload based upon organization or department needs
- •Ability to operate/work in a high growth & entrepreneurial environment
- •Proven ability to manage people; train and motivate employees, as well as delegate effectively
- •Must be able to function in a deadline driven environment
- •Excellent project management, planning, and organizational skills with the ability to effectively manage several projects at one time while providing high attention to details and excellent follow-through skills
- •Mu
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