Plant Manager
LSI Industries · Columbus, OH
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 22 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at LSI Industries (industrial) in Columbus, OH.
- They ask for
- 7+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Root cause, ISO 9001
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $111k–$139k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 49 production engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 48 other live production postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (7+ vs 8+)
Typical $111k–$139k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 57%
- ✓ Lean 53%
- ✓ EHS / safety 39%
- ✓ Six Sigma 29%
- ✓ Root cause 22%
- ✓ New product launch 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, ISO 9001, Assembly lines, Plant layout, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: LSI Industries in Columbus
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Full description from LSI IndustriesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position Summary
The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all daily operations of our manufacturing facilities and ensuring excellence in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost control, and customer satisfaction. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across Production, Materials, Planning, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and supporting operational functions.
The successful candidate will possess strong leadership experience within electronics manufacturing, PCB assembly, contract manufacturing, or a similarly complex, high-mix manufacturing environment. This individual must effectively balance customer requirements, engineering changes, material constraints, production priorities, and delivery commitments while driving operational excellence.
The Plant Manager is accountable for maintaining compliance with the company's ISO 9001 Quality Management System and all applicable OSHA regulations while fostering a culture of Continuous Improvement, accountability, and employee engagement.
Essential
requirements
and production schedules are achieved.
- ✓Ensure production plans are realistic, executable, and aligned with available resources.
- ✓Monitor daily production performance and implement corrective actions as necessary.
- ✓Identify and eliminate bottlenecks impacting throughput and efficiency.
- ✓Optimize labor utilization, equipment performance, floor space, and manufacturing capacity.
- ✓Establish and manage operational performance metrics.
- ✓Drive improvements in productivity, throughput, labor efficiency, and equipment utilization.
Electronics Manufacturing Operations
requirements
and company safety policies.
- ✓Foster a proactive safety culture throughout the facility.
- ✓Ensure employees receive appropriate safety training and support.
- ✓Lead investigations of workplace incidents and implement corrective actions.
- ✓Identify and eliminate workplace hazards to reduce risk and improve employee safety.
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Build your Career with an Industry Leader
Headquartered in Cincinnati, LSI is a publicly held company traded over the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the symbol LYTS. The company manufactures advanced lighting, graphics, and display solutions across strategic vertical markets. The company’s American-made products, which include non-residential indoor and outdoor lighting, print graphics, digital graphics, refrigerated and custom displays, help create value for customer brands and enhance the consumer experience. LSI also provides comprehensive project management services in support of large-scale product rollouts. The company employs approximately 3,000 people at 23 manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Canada. Additional information about LSI is available at www.lsicorp.com
We are looking for a Plant Manager to support our team in Columbus, Ohio.
Plant Leadership & Operations
- •Provide overall leadership and direction for all manufacturing operations.
- •Establish and communicate priorities aligned with Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Customer Satisfaction.
- •Develop and lead supervisors, group leaders, and operational staff.
- •Set performance expectations and maintain accountability at all organizational levels.
- •Promote a culture of ownership, teamwork, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
- •Conduct regular operational reviews and plant communication meetings.
- •Ensure appropriate staffing, training, and resource allocation to meet business objectives.
- •Serve as the primary escalation point for significant operational issues.
- •Foster employee engagement, accountability, teamwork, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- •Ensure effective workforce planning, succession development, and talent retention strategies.
Production Management
- •Direct all manufacturing activities to ensure customer
Oversee manufacturing activities including
- •SMT and PCB Assembly
- •Through-Hole Assembly
- •PCB Inspection and Testing
- •Cable and Wire Harness Assembly
- •Box Build and System Integration
- •Final Assembly and Functional Testing
- •Material Kitting and Handling
- •Rework and Repair Operations
- •Packaging and Shipping
Additional
include
- •Partnering with Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and Quality teams to resolve manufacturing challenges.
- •Ensuring engineering changes and product revisions are accurately implemented throughout production.
- •Supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing readiness activities.
Materials, Planning & Supply Chain
- •Collaborate with Business Managers and Supply Chain personnel to ensure material availability.
- •Align production priorities with customer demand and inventory requirements.
- •Coordinate with Planning and Customer Service teams regarding delivery commitments.
- •Support inventory accuracy, inventory turns, and overall supply chain performance.
Quality Management
- •Ensure compliance with the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
- •Promote a quality-first culture throughout the organization.
- •Work closely with Quality leadership to monitor customer complaints, defects, corrective actions, and performance metrics.
- •Drive root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- •Support customer, regulatory, and ISO audits.
- •Ensure adherence to documented procedures, work instructions, and quality standards.
Safety & Regulatory Compliance
- •Maintain compliance with OSHA
Continuous Improvement
- •Champion Continuous Improvement initiatives and operational excellence programs.
- •Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, and other improvement methodologies.
- •Establish measurable improvement objectives and project plans.
- •Reduce waste, scrap, rework, downtime, overtime, and non-value-added activity.
- •Improve workflow, plant layout, and facility utilization.
- •Encourage employee participation in improvement initiatives.
Financial & Cost Management
- •Manage plant operating expenses within approv