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Plant Manager

Marmon Holdings · Shelburne, VT

Level
Manager
Team
Production
Experience asked
10+ years
Certification
Black Belt preferred
Industry
Industrial
Posted
9 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management production role at Marmon Holdings (industrial) in Shelburne, VT.

They ask for
10+ years · Black Belt preferred
Tools it names
Lean, Kaizen, Root cause, AS9100, Casting

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Production Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $116k–$158k.

Median of the low and high ends of 241 live postings that list pay, out of 787 production engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 786 other live production postings in the US.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $109k–$152k, from 207 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
More than usual (10+ vs 7+)

Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Team leadership 44%
  • ✓ Lean 39%
  • EHS / safety 26%
  • ✓ Root cause 25%
  • New product launch 22%
  • Six Sigma 21%

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

Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, AS9100, Casting, Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 10+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Promotion path mentioned

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Marmon Holdings

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  2. 2

    Send a short, curious note

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  3. 3

    Turn a reply into a short call

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    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
    • How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
  4. 4

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    If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.

  5. 5

    Bring proof to the interview

    One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

This plant: Marmon Holdings in Shelburne

2 other open roles at this site.

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requirements

through ownership of Production and collaboration with Planning, Supply Chain, and Sales functions.

  • ✓Key team member in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to ensure accurate revenue forecasting, volume planning, and customer alignment.
  • ✓Drive performance to meet operational KPIs including shipments, throughput, scrap, labor and material efficiency, on time delivery, and other cost reduction initiatives.
  • ✓Oversee facility capital equipment planning, justification, installation, and performance integration.
  • ✓Leverage company data systems to drive cross functional improvements in current workflows to eliminate waste and streamline process and information flow.
  • ✓Develop and execute preventative and corrective maintenance strategies to minimize downtime and optimize equipment performance.
  • ✓Develop, manage, and report on various departmental budgets, ensuring financial discipline and resource optimization.
  • ✓Support digital transformation initiatives to improve process visibility, data accuracy, and decision-making effectiveness.
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Harbour Industries LLC

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway— you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Harbour Industries manufacturing facility. This role oversees all continuous improvement, production, maintenance, and shipping activities while ensuring a world-class safety culture, operational discipline, and alignment to customer, business, and compliance requirements. This role also sets and executes long-term operational strategy, enables future growth, and strengthens customer confidence through responsiveness, reliability, and operational consistency.

The Plant Manager is a hands-on, people-first leader with focus on coaching, developing talent, driving cross-functional collaboration, building resilient and high performing teams, and fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, continuous learning, and trust. This role has P&L responsibility for the direct cost drivers of the facility and needs to ensure financial goals are met by managing costs and maximizing revenue generation opportunities, while ensuring best-in-class quality standards. Supply Chain, Safety, Process Engineering and Production reports directly to the Plant Manager

Safety & Continuous Improvement

  • •Champion and drive a safety-first culture throughout the facility with employee feedback and participation in driving improvement in the safety culture, ensuring compliance with all safety regulations, and implementing and sustaining ongoing safety training and initiatives.
  • •Ownership of Safety Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the facility and driving improvement of such.
  • •Regularly assess and update safety protocols, ensuring a safe working environment for all employees.
  • •Lead behavior-based safety initiatives, auditing routines, risk identification, root cause investigations, and implementation of corrective/preventive actions.
  • •Ensure robust Job Hazard Analysis process for all new or modified equipment and processes.
  • •Champion plant and enterprise-wide continuous improvement culture through LEAN and Kaizen initiatives, fostering broad employee involvement and ownership to streamline processes, reduce waste, and improve overall efficiency.
  • •Mentor team members across all levels to adopt a problem-solving mindset grounded in data-based decisions, curiosity, and shared accountability.
  • •Partner with Applications and Process Engineering, Quality, and other business functions to implement improvements that reduce waste and scrap, improve yield and quality, and optimize throughput.
  • •Analyze financial performance and identify areas for improvement, implementing corrective actions to enhance profitability.

Quality

  • •Build a culture of ownership of quality at the source, coaching leaders and operators in quality awareness, documentation accuracy, and risk reduction.
  • •Ensure all products meet rigorous aerospace and defense industry standards such as AS9100, customer specific compliance, and facility maintains compliance audit readiness.
  • •Oversee implementation and sustainment of in-process quality inspections conducted by Operations.
  • •Collaboration with Quality, Supply Chain, and Process Engineering on root cause investigation, implementing and sustaining corrective actions, and investigating and implementing robust quality control systems to identify and correct defects early in the production process.
  • •Drive culture of accurate reporting of inventory such as finished good production, scrap, and other future metrics within company’s systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and real-time data tracking.

Operations

  • •Lead and oversee daily manufacturing operations, ensuring production schedules are met and shipment goals are achieved while maintaining high standards for quality, efficiency, and safety.
  • •Ensure alignment of production planning, capacity, staffing, and material availability to meet customer and revenue

People

  • •Build and sustain a high-performing, resilient, and engaged workforce grounded in communication, feedback, empowerment, accountability, and clear KPIs and developmental goals.
  • •Coach and mentor leaders at all levels, fostering strong succession pipelines, leadership maturity, and development plans.
  • •Promote an environment centered on trust, transparency, and continuous improvement.
  • •Partner with HR on hiring, performance evaluations, disciplinary processes, and workforce planning.
  • •Ensure consistent execution of feedback systems, annual rev

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